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Drugs and Construction Sites Don't Mix: Staying Sober to Save Lives, Prevent Injuries
A new nationwide effort working to help the construction industry remain drug- and alcohol-free has an important message: Drugs and construction sites don't mix...
OSHA Cites Cleveland Cement Contractors for Safety Violations Following Casino Parking Garage Collapse
An eager crowd stood in line for hours on May 14, waiting their turn to enter Ohio’s first casino, Horseshoe Casino Cleveland. Thousands of gamblers translate to thousands of needed parking space, so could the rush to provide parking for all those people have led to safety shortcuts? On May 9, OSHA cited Cleveland Cement Contractors Inc. for six serious safety violations, including not following design and construction standards, following an investigation into the partial collapse on Dec. 16, 2011 of the casino's second floor parking garage. ...
Electrical Safety Month: The Importance of Safety in the Home and in the Workplace
The president of the Electrical Safety Foundation International explains two campaigns created to save lives. The “Be in the Know about the New” campaign addresses latest residential technologies, while “How Do You Know?” helps assess workplace safety practices. ...
Digging Deeper into Trenching Safety
Some employees end up digging their own graves when they’re working in trenches. This tragedy is avoidable when employers take precautions and employees ask one simple question: “Is it safe?” ...
States With Low Nonfatal Injury Rates in the Construction Industry Have High Fatality Rates
The good news and the bad news: States that report low numbers of nonfatal injuries among construction workers tend to have high rates of fatal injuries, while those with low fatality rates tend to report higher numbers of nonfatal injuries, according to a new study from the RAND Corp....
Interactive Map Depicts Fatal Construction Falls
As part of its Campaign to Prevent Falls in Construction, CPWR – The Center for Construction Research has posted an interactive, online map depicting the locations of fatal construction falls that occurred in 2011...
Death on the Job: 13 Occupational Fatalities Occurred Daily in 2010
AFL-CIO's newly released "Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect" report reveals that an average of 13 occupational fatalities occurred every day in 2010...
Boldt’s Sutter Medical Center Construction Site Hits 1,000 Days Without a Lost-Time Accident
The Boldt Co., named one of America’s Safest Companies by EHS TODAY in 2008, has achieved 1,000 consecutive days without a lost-time accident on its Sutter Medical Center construction project in Sacramento, Calif. During those 1,000 days, there were more than 2 million accident-free hours worked on the site....
OSHA Launches New Construction Fall Prevention Campaign
At the April 26 Action Summit for Worker Safety and Health, Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis honored Workers' Memorial Day and revealed a new OSHA campaign focusing on fall prevention in the construction industry...
58 Workers Died on the Job in Massachusetts in 2011
The 2012 Dying for Work in Massachusetts: The Loss of Life and Limb in Massachusetts Workplaces report reveals that 58 workers died on the job in the commonwealth in 2011; an estimated 580 additional workers died from occupational disease...
OSHA Alliance Waves Safety Through the Construction Zone
Roadway construction zones can be a particularly dangerous place to work, with hazards including construction vehicle backovers or runovers and more. In an effort to better protect these construction workers, OSHA announced that it has renewed its alliance with the Roadway Work Zone Safety and Health Partners...
Older Construction Workers Have More Costly Workers’ Comp Claims
Older construction workers file a small percentage of workers’ compensation claims, yet their claims tend to be more costly. A recent analysis of over 100,000 workers’ compensation construction industry claims for the state of Colorado found that medical costs rise 1 percent with each year of age, while indemnity costs rise 3.5 percent each year....
Two New ANSI Standards Address Fall Safety
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has approved two American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) standards addressing fall protection, the new ANSI/ASSE Z359.14-2012, Safety Requirements for Self-Retracting Devices for Personal Fall Arrest and Rescue Systems, and the revised ANSI/ASSE Z359.4-2012, Safety Requirements for Assisted-Rescue and Self-Rescue Systems, Subsystems and Components. The standards are part of the Z359 Fall Protection Code. ...
Feds Sue to Collect Fines from San Antonio Lath & Plaster Related to Years of OSHA Violations
The U.S. attorney's office in San Antonio, Tex., has filed a complaint with the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas against San Antonio Lath & Plaster Inc. to collect $234,450 in delinquent fines assessed by OSHA for workplace safety violations....
Bechtel: Sharing Safety Lessons
An environmental safety and health manager at construction giant Bechtel believes that it’s important to share safety lessons across the construction industry....
Is OMB-Caused Delay in OSHA’s Silica Rules Resulting in Deaths, Cases of Silicosis?
A proposal submitted to the White House Office of Management and Budget by OSHA to update the standard that protects workers from exposure to crystalline silica dust has languished there for a year, even though the review should have taken 45 days....
Efforts to Reduce Injuries and Fatalities in Residential Construction Extended by OSHA
OSHA has added another 6 months to its temporary enforcement measures in residential construction. The temporary enforcement measures, now extended through Sept. 15, include priority, free, on-site compliance assistance; penalty reductions; extended abatement dates; measures to assure consistency; and increased outreach....
Worker Survives 80-Foot Fall: OSHA Cites Employer for Hazards
Luck was with a worker on Sept. 28, 2011, when he fell 80 feet to a lower level from the top of a 118-foot-high scaffold and survived. The same can’t be said of masonry contractor Navillus Contracting Tile Inc., which was cited by OSHA for alleged repeat and serious violations of safety standards at the Brooklyn, N.Y. worksite...
Deadly Building Collapse in Cleveland Kills Two Workers
Two men working as part of a crew demolishing a building on Brookpark Road in Cleveland, Ohio, died Jan. 24 when the building collapsed on top of them around 4:30 pm. The two men – Vincente Collazo of Cleveland, age 49, and a 60-year-old Youngstown man – had been on the job one day....
Inspector Sees Employees Exposed to Cave-In Hazards, OSHA Launches Investigation
OSHA began an inspection Aug. 12 of Sunland Construction Inc. when an agency investigator noticed that the company had failed to provide a safe means of egress from a 5-foot-10-inch trench and protect workers from a cave-in hazard at a worksite in Newman, Georgia....
Three Contractors Cited by OSHA for Fall Hazards
OSHA cited general contractor Arberia & Associates and subs K&G Haxhari Construction (carpentry) and Mondi Construction Inc. (masonry) for a total of 21 alleged violations of workplace safety standards with $71,340 in total penalties for violations at a worksite in the Bronx. ...
OSHA: Companies Gambled on Safety and Lost
OSHA has proposed more than $127,000 in fines against five contractors for hazards at casino construction site in Queens, NY. The companies were cited for 19 alleged serious violations of workplace health and safety standards....
"Green" Construction Workers May Face Additional Safety Risks
It's not easy being green – and it might not necessarily be safer for construction crews building environmentally friendly projects, either. According to new research, these workers suffer more falls than workers on traditional projects; are exposed to new, high-risk tasks; incur more lacerations, strains and sprains; and more...
OSHA Releases New Construction Safety Videos
"Falls cause one of every three construction worker deaths. These falls happen in a split second while workers are on roofs, scaffolds, ladders, bridges and other work surfaces. But these deaths can be prevented." So begins one of OSHA's 12 new videos targeting construction hazards...
Vinton Construction Co. Cited for Failing to Provide Cave-In Protection
OSHA's Trenching and Excavation National Emphasis Program has snared Manitowoc, Wisc., utility contractor Vinton Construction Co. The company was cited for one willful and four serious safety violations for failing to provide trench workers with cave-in protection at a Brookfield, Wis., site. The company was performing trenching operations to install water main lines in Brookfield. ...
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