Fri September 15, 2017
Volvo Promotes Employee Wellness With Exercise Programs
Last year, over 69,000 construction workers in Great Britain were suffering from an illness they believe was caused or made worse by work, and over 23 million days of work were lost as a result. Common illnesses are depression or anxiety and musculoskeletal disorders, as well as work-related injuries (source: 2015/2016 Health Place Statistics)....
Fri September 08, 2017
TEC Receives T.W. Pugh Excellence in Safety Award
Tractor & Equipment Company (TEC) received the T.W. Pugh Excellence in Safety Award by CompTRUST AGC at its inaugural Construction Risk Summit in August. The award is the highest honor given by the self-insurance fund recognizing safety excellence....
Emily Buenzle - Fri September 08, 2017
Workers Sent to Hospital After Possible Chemical Exposure at WWI Chemical Testing Site
Seven workers were temporarily hospitalized after they got sick during a cleanup job at a World War I chemical weapons testing site beneath a Washington D.C. house near American University. According to Brenda Barber, project manager for the U.S....
Emily Buenzle - Wed August 30, 2017
OSHA Moves Deadline for Crane Certification
OSHA announced Aug. 30 that it will extend the deadline to its Cranes and Derricks in Construction: Operator Certification Extension rule. Crane operators were initially supposed to be certified by Nov....
Emily Buenzle - Wed August 16, 2017
Compliance Deadline for OSHA's Silica Rule Coming in September
Construction employers must comply with all of OSHA's silica rule requirements by September 23, 2017. OSHA said it delayed enforcement, which was initially set for June 2017, to "conduct additional outreach and provide educational materials and guidance for employer[s]."With around two million construction workers exposed to respirable crystalline silica in more than 600,000 workplaces, OSHA said over 840,000 of these workers are exposed to silica levels higher than the new permissible exposure limit (PEL)....
Calily Bien and Chris Davis - Thu August 10, 2017
Texas Construction Worker Crushed to Death Under 30,000-lb. Concrete Slab
Even though emergency crews tried to remove a construction worker who was pinned underneath a concrete slab in Austin, TX, the man was pronounced dead about 45 minutes after the slab fell. The Austin Fire Department received the call around 9:15 a.m....
Emily Buenzle - Mon August 07, 2017
New Report: Struck-By Injuries Hit Construction Workers Hardest
Construction workers are more likely to be injured by struck-by hazards than any other injury, according to a new data report by CPWR, The Center for Construction Research and Training. According to the report, the risk of nonfatal struck-by injuries in the construction industry is almost double the risk of all other industries combined....
Wed August 02, 2017
After Fire, Massachusetts City Votes for Safer Building Codes
Waltham, Mass., city councilors voted unanimously July 31, to call on the state of Massachusetts to implement tighter restrictions on the size of wood-frame residential buildings after a massive ten-alarm fire destroyed a wooden apartment complex under construction in late July....
Chase Cook - Mon July 31, 2017
Maryland Construction Worker Dies After Being Hit By Truck
A highway construction worker died has from injuries he suffered when he was struck by a truck while working on Route 175 in Severn, Md. July 26. Walter I. Gonzalez-Lopez, 56, of Baltimore died Sunday while being treated at the R....
Fri July 28, 2017
OSHA Revises Online Whistleblower Complaint Form
OSHA recently revised its online whistleblower complaint form to help users file a complaint with the appropriate agency. The form provides workers with another option for submitting retaliation complaints....
