Tag: Bureau of Labor Statistics

Business

Trump to nominate fast food exec Puzder as Labor Secretary

President-elect Donald Trump continues to choose cabinet members for his administration and recently announced plans to nominate Andrew Puzder, 66, as Secretary of Labor, The New York Times reports. Puzder is the CEO of CKE Restaurants, Inc., the company that owns the Hardees and Carl’s Jr. fast food franchises. He  has been an outspoken critic of the Obama […]

December 14, 2016

Workforce

Aging U.S. workforce carries both benefits and liabilities for construction companies

Many factors have caused older workers to remain on the job longer and the trend is only expected to increase. This change in demographics has several different effects on workplace safety trends. About one-quarter of all workers are expected to be 55 or older by 2022, according to Mitra Toossi, an economist with the Bureau […]

January 20, 2016

Workforce

Construction deaths up 10% in preliminary 2014 report; total leads all industries

Nearly 4,700 people were killed on the job in 2014, according to preliminary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, with the construction industry accounting for nearly one-fifth of those deaths. The number of construction workers killed on the job increased by 10 percent in 2014 to 874, once again making the industry accountable for […]

November 1, 2015

Roadbuilding

Construction industry growth numbers keep outlook positive

The latest report from the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) highlighting construction growth last month is welcome news and a good sign that the construction industry continues to recover. ABC’s Chief Economist Anirban Basu says that nonresidential construction added nearly 5,000 jobs in November and that the outlook remains positive. The U.S. construction industry […]

December 16, 2014

Roadbuilding

Transportation sector gains more than 16,000 jobs in November

The transportation sector gained 16,700 jobs in November 2014 according to statistics released by the Department of Labor. According to the department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were 4,684,600 transportation jobs in November, compared to 4,667,900 in October. The increase in transportation jobs was part of an increase of 321,000 overall jobs in November that resulted in the U.S. unemployment rate […]

December 5, 2014

Roadbuilding

OSHA to require employers to report injuries and deaths quicker

In response to a preliminary report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that tallies 4,405 workers killed on the job in 2013, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has revised its rule on how quickly employers must report worker deaths or serious injuries. Under the revised rule, employers are now required to notify OSHA within eight hours […]

September 16, 2014

Roadbuilding

Most common work-related deaths for highway and bridge construction workers

The general population may not pay a lot of attention to it, but highway and bridge construction workers risk their lives nearly every day at work. We have seen far-too-many work-related deaths, and we haven’t seen the last. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ data for road worker deaths, 86 fatal injuries occurred in […]

September 15, 2014

Business

Majority of skilled construction workers who lost jobs in wake of the recession have been rehired, but many are being paid less

As the U.S. construction industry faces a shortage of skilled labor, a new government study finds that the majority of skilled workers who lost their jobs in the wake of the Great Recession have already been reemployed by the industry. According to a recent Bureau of Labor Statistics study, 62 percent of the 393,000 long-tenured […]

September 3, 2014

Safety

Construction workers are 22% more likely to die on Texas jobsites

Over the weekend, the Dallas Morning News released a bombshell of a report on workplace deaths in Texas as compared to other states. After an analysis of the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics workplace death data available, the News found that workers in Texas are 12 percent more likely to die on the job than in […]

August 18, 2014

Roadbuilding

U.S. construction industry gains jobs, spending falters

The U.S. construction industry added 22,000 jobs in the month of July, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nonresidential construction accounts for 6,600 of those jobs, including 2,500 jobs in the heavy and civil engineering segment.That’s a huge improvement when you consider only 100 nonresidential construction jobs were added in June. “While nonresidential construction’s […]

August 4, 2014

Roadbuilding

OSHA official: Further increase in construction deaths likely; triggered by uptick in activity, less-experienced workers

If it seems like you’re hearing about a lot more construction-related deaths lately, you’re not alone. Anyone who pays close attention to news concerning the industry has likely noticed reports of construction worker deaths in the U.S. have come across the wire at a consistent click so far this year. Officials with the Occupational Health […]

July 30, 2014

Roadbuilding

Transportation gains 16.6k jobs in June

The transportation industry gained 16,600 jobs in June, rising to a total of 4,618,500 employed workers, according to statistics released Friday by the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). In comparison, overall employment in the U.S. increased by 288,000 jobs in June while the unemployment rate fell by 0.2 percent to 6.1 percent. […]

July 7, 2014