Health and Safety

Wed December 09, 2015

NYC’s Building Boom Coming With a Human Cost

The New York Times is reporting that New York City is experiencing a building boom that has transformed barren blocks and led to a frenzy of construction on commercial and residential buildings across all five boroughs....

Jeff Winke - Mon December 07, 2015

Aerial Access Equipment: Safe Practices Are Key

Apparently workers on scaffolding are tougher than most. For them, fall protection is not required by OSHA until 10 ft. (3m). For employees in general industry, the fall-protection height is 4 ft. (1.2 m) above a lower level....

Fri December 04, 2015

MASABA Celebrates Major Milestone of Workplace Safety

MASABA employees reached a major milestone in regards to workplace safety. On July 9th, the custom manufacturer of bulk material handling equipment successfully completed its second straight year without a loss time accident....

Mon December 07, 2015

Heavy Equipment Falls on Construction Worker, Killing him

MIAMI (AP) - Fire officials say a 29-year-old construction worker died when a piece of machinery that was being hoisted by a crane fell onto him as he stood on the 37th floor of a condominium building under construction in Miami....

Wed December 02, 2015

ABC of Eastern Pa.Signs Five-Year OSHA Partnership

The Associated Builders & Contractors (ABC) Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter signed a five-year partnership agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Scranton, Allentown and Philadelphia area offices....

Fri November 27, 2015

OSHA Cites Company After Death in Trench Collapse

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited a Baton Rouge company with violations after a trench collapse killed a worker. The federal agency cited Ted Hebert LLC on Thursday for one ”willful violation’ and five serious violations and said the company could face fines of $105,000, The Times-Picayune (http://bit.ly/1XdB4jr) reports....

Wed November 25, 2015

Thieves Abscond With $20K Worth of Tools

KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) - Police in central Nebraska are looking for a construction trailer full of tools taken from the site of the new Kearney High School being built. The Kearney Hub reports (http://bit.ly/1O80wWU ) that the theft occurred last weekend between midday Saturday and early Sunday....

Wed November 25, 2015

Pastor Uses Power Saw to Free Impaled Construction Worker

OCALA, Fla. (AP) - Doctors say a central Florida laborer impaled by a piece of rebar from a concrete block is lucky to be alive after the object narrowly missed his vital organs. Casey Zawojski, 20, was painting an Ocala home earlier this week when he fell backward off a ladder, landing on a partially constructed pillar....

Fri November 20, 2015

Has Lawyer Bilked Construction Accident Victim for $500M?

New York City ABE Affliliate WABC is reporting that a construction worker from Bensonhurst who was injured on the job says he is getting stiffed out of half a million dollars in settlement money, not by the company, but by his attorney....

Fri November 20, 2015

OSHA Fines Could Increase Over 80 Percent Next Year

According to the National Law Review, Congress recently passed the budget agreement which contained a provision which permits OSHA to raise fines significantly starting in August 2016. The law permits a one-time “catch up” increase up to 82 percent, since fines have not been raised since 1990....