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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
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February 1, 2026
Business
Deere to Pay $1.1M to Resolve Hiring Discrimination Allegations
The Labor Department alleged hundreds of Black and Hispanic applicants for warehouse, assembler and production jobs were discriminated against.
June 14, 2024
Pay and benefits
Equipment Operators on Strike at Wisconsin Construction Sites
Members of the Local 139 of the International Union of Operating Engineers seek higher wages, citing rising inflation.
June 13, 2024
Business
Caterpillar to Shut Down Attachments Manufacturing Complex in Kansas
The campus employs about 300 people and produces excavator and wheel loaders buckets, dozer blades, and brackets and hooks for attachments.
June 12, 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
Workforce development
Caterpillar to Pay $800K to Resolve Hiring Discrimination Allegations
The Department of Labor said 60 Black applicants for fabrication specialist/welder positions at the Decatur plant were discriminated against.
May 24, 2024
Safety
Utah Crane Operator Killed in Crane Rollover
The 50-year-old worker was turning a crane around when the ground broke loose, causing the crane to slide down the hill and roll, crushing him.
May 21, 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
Free Safety Apps You Can Put to Work on the Construction Jobsite
Train, track and respond to hazards – from heat to hearing – with these must-download mobile apps.
July 9, 2014
Pay and benefits
CNH, Union Avert Strike at Case Wheel Loader Plant in Fargo
The IAM Local 2525's ratification of the new contract comes a week after the union voted to hold off on a strike for a week.
May 6, 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
Workforce
Union Rejects CNH Offer at Case Wheel Loader Plant in Fargo
About 700 union employees seek higher pay, better healthcare and increased job security. Their current contract expires May 3.
April 30, 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
3 Construction Workers Killed in Pennsylvania Work Zone Crash
A box truck hit a construction vehicle and continued onto the shoulder, striking the workers. The crash occurred in National Work Zone Awareness Week.
April 18, 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
Dynapac, Ajax Paving Shine Light on Suicide in the Construction Industry
Dynapac signed the Suicide in Construction Awareness Proclamation and had a special suicide-awareness wrap put on a highway paver for Ajax Paving.
April 17, 2024
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