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Safety

Following 4 deaths in 4 days, Cal/OSHA launches special inspections across San Francisco construction sites

In a span of just four days, May 18-May 21, four construction workers died on San Francisco-area construction sites, prompting the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration to launch a special region-wide inspection of construction sites. The agency announced Monday that it has deployed investigators to sites throughout the Bay Area to “determine whether adequate […]

May 28, 2014

Business

Burning buildings, collapsing freeways: Is our lousy education system to blame for the recent uptick in construction accidents?

Lately there’s been a rash of fires, collapses and accidents at projects “under construction,” all over the country. Here are just three of the more spectacular examples. March, Boston:. A 33-story apartment building under construction pancakes in Boston when a load up top causes the support under it to buckle. April, Des Moines, Iowa: A three […]

May 9, 2014

Safety

OSHA offers range of fall prevention resources in upcoming National Safety Stand-Down

While Equipment World covers a range of topics in our online and print safety articles, one area I like to make sure I write about regularly is fall prevention. The reason is simple. Although falls are one of the most preventable types of accidents, they’re also the number one cause of fatalities in construction; accounting […]

April 23, 2014

Roadbuilding

INFOGRAPHIC: Engineering has second-highest fatality rate in construction

Construction Safety Day, which takes place Wednesday, is a good chance to brush up on safe practices. Though motorists do play a big role in highway construction site safety, it’s your responsibility as a worker to ensure you are following all safety guidelines. Between 2003 and 2012, the engineering sector of the construction industry had […]

April 22, 2014

Business

Dearth of women in construction deprives industry of good workers, women of good jobs

Recently, Barbara A. Res penned an insightful column for the Baltimore Sun examining why there are so few women in the construction industry and detailed why and how this should be changed. As contractors across the U.S. continue battling a skilled worker shortage that is impacting completion dates and ability to meet rising demand, it’s a […]

March 24, 2014

Workforce

Aim is admirable, but OSHA’s proposed silica rule has 3 fatal flaws

Last week, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) began its public hearings on a proposed update to its 40-year-old rule on crystalline silica exposure. Those hearings will conclude Friday, April 4 and a final rule could follow in short order, possibly providing the basis for a future rulemaking from the Mine Safety and Health […]

March 24, 2014

Safety

Disastrous Drops: Falls are the number one cause of death in construction accidents

February 28, 2014

Roadbuilding

ABC, NAM want OSHA to withdraw LOI allowing unions to represent nonunion employees

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) General Counsel Maurice Baskin on February 4 told the House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections that a February 21, 2013 letter of interpretation (LOI) from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) should be withdrawn. Baskin made the statement at a subcommittee hearing titled “OSHA’s Regulatory Agenda: Changing Long-Standing Policies Outside the […]

February 4, 2014

Safety

Construction worker killed after fall into river at Baylor football stadium site

A construction worker at the jobsite of Baylor University’s new football stadium was killed Tuesday after he and another worker fell into the near-freezing waters of the Brazos River in Waco, Texas. The man was identified as Jose Dario Suarez, 55, of Manor, Texas, according to a report from Waco TV station KWTX. Suarez and a […]

January 30, 2014

Safety

Website bug prompts OSHA to again extend public comment period on proposed silica rule

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has again extended the public comment period on proposed updates to standards on worker exposure to crystalline silica. The new deadline for public comment is now February 11, 2014. However, the March 18 date for the beginning of public hearings on the proposed changes has not been changed. This […]

January 29, 2014

Safety

6 tips to avoiding Fatal Falls on the construction jobsite

Of OSHA’s Fatal Four accidents—falls, struck by object, electrocution and caught in/between—falls are the most deadly. Of all construction accidents, falls account for a third of construction fatalities. If you’re working at heights, here are six tips to prevent falls on the jobsite: Personal fall arrest system If you’re working at a height that could […]

January 7, 2014

Safety

OSHA extends deadline for submitted comments on proposed updates to silica exposure rule

After announcing its intent to update standards on worker exposure to crystalline silica that are more than four decades old in August, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced that it is is extending the public comment period for the proposed changes. The comment period has been extended 47 days from December 11, 2013 […]

October 29, 2013