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Safety & Compliance
Contractors in Texas, Okla. Face Fines Totaling $345K After Trench Deaths
Both have faced trench violations in the past, and neither had deployed proper cave-in protections before the workers died.
August 9, 2024
Safety & Compliance
Contractor Faces $200K Fine After Hangar Collapse Kills 3, Injures 8
The contractor “ignored numerous indications that the structure was unstable," OSHA says.
August 5, 2024
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Technology
New, Free App Predicts Workers’ Heat-Stress Risk in Real Time
The Heat Stress Mobile App “can more accurately gauge heat stress risks in real time unlike any tool offered previously,” says CEO of AIHA.
August 1, 2024
Safety & Compliance
Contractor Faces $394K in Fines After Worker Dies in Trench
The worker was buried at the bottom of a 12-foot-deep trench, and his employer had been cited for similar violations in the past.
July 17, 2024
The Dirt
Hard Hat Finally Enters the 21st Century with Help from Sports
The typical hard hat design hasn't changed in over 100 years, protecting only the top of the head. Sports technology is changing that.
June 14, 2024
Safety & Compliance
National Trench Safety Stand Down Kicks Off June 17
This week marks the annual Trench Safety Stand Down to highlight the dangers of trenching and promote safety awareness by contractors.
June 17, 2024
Safety & Compliance
Dozer Operator Dies in Coal-Mound Collapse in S.C.
It took 24 hours to recover his body as rescue workers first had to stabilize the coal pile.
May 29, 2024
Safety & Compliance
Indiana Contractor Fined for Fatal Concrete Placer Accident
The 49-year-old employee was power washing a concrete placer/spreader when he was caught in between the two augers and suffered fatal injuries.
May 9, 2024
Safety
Steel Cylinder Rolls from Pa. Construction Site, Strikes and Kills Woman
The 1-ton steel cylinder got loose from a construction site, rolled down a hill, broke through a fence and struck a woman walking on the sidewalk.
May 8, 2024
Safety & Compliance
2 Subs Fined After Project Manager Killed by Crane Collapse in Fla.
The 37-year-old veteran of Afghanistan and Iraq wars was operating an aerial lift when the mobile crane toppled and crushed him.
May 2, 2024
Business
San Francisco Contractor Faces $371K in Penalties After Fatal Trench Collapse
The fatal collapse occurred less than three weeks after the company had been cited for trenching violations on another job.
April 24, 2024
Safety
Los Angeles Construction Worker Dies After Forklift Tips Over
The worker died on the scene after a forklift carrying steel rebar toppled over and crushed him.
April 17, 2024
Safety & Compliance
18 Workers Killed in Trench Collapses Since Record Deadly 2022
The deaths have been reported across the U.S. with the most common OSHA citation being failure to use a trench box or other protection.
April 15, 2024
Safety & Compliance
New OSHA Rule Allows Union Reps on Non-Union Jobsite Inspections
Construction groups are considering a legal challenge to the "walkaround" final rule that expands the types of representatives allowed on inspections.
April 11, 2024
Safety & Compliance
Florida Crane Collapse Kills Construction Worker, Injures 3
A section of the tower crane fell hundreds of feet onto a drawbridge hitting two vehicles. A 27-worker fell with the load off the building's side.
April 9, 2024
Safety & Compliance
Judge Upholds Colorado Contractor Citation After Employee Death
American Civil Contractors was cited for $11,747 after an employee in a trench was struck by an excavator bucket when it detached from its coupler.
April 3, 2024
Safety & Compliance
18-Year-Old Dies in Trench; Repeat Violator Faces $258K in Penalties
Hurtado Construction faces penalties of $257,811 after 8 OSHA citations following a previous fatality in 2007, according to OSHA.
March 19, 2024
Safety & Compliance
Construction Safety Scam – Company Accused of Selling 20K Fake Training Cards
Valor's president bought luxury cars, homes, jewelry, yacht after the company issued fake cards for training that never occurred, D.A. says.
March 12, 2024
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