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Health & wellness
How Skanska is Supporting Employee Mental Health
Personal stressors coupled with stressors in the workplace have many workers stretched thin. Here's how one contractor is intentionally focusing on employee mental well-being.
March 4, 2024
Safety & Compliance
Construction Supervisor Charged with Homicide After Worker Dies in Trench Collapse
The charge of felony criminally negligent homicide follows a worker being buried alive in a 9-foot-deep trench with no cave-in protection.
February 28, 2024
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August 4, 2025
Safety & Compliance
Tenn. Contractor Faces $75K Penalty for Fatal Trench Collapse
A worker was in a 10-foot-deep trench on a sewer line project when a side collapsed and buried him.
February 14, 2024
Safety & Compliance
Contractor Fined After Worker Dies of Heat Illness in Alabama
Three days after he was hired for concrete finishing work, the employee died after working in a heat index of 107 degrees.
February 12, 2024
Health & wellness
AGC Forum: Communication is Key in Battle Against Mental Health Challenges
Matt Granados, co-founder of Life Pulse Inc., speaks at AGC forum on the importance of communication to address mental health issues in construction.
February 8, 2024
The Dirt
How to Find Good Employees – What Works, What Doesn’t
A former corporate recruiter comes on The Dirt to offer advice for contractors looking to hire better workers.
February 2, 2024
Safety
Mass. Contractor Faces Proposed $142K Fine for Fatal Skid Steer Accident
A 63-year-old worker was found with the loader on top of him at the bottom of an 8-foot-deep trench.
January 31, 2024
Regulations
AGC Sues to Stop Biden's New Labor Rule on Federal Construction Projects
The new rule would essentially require unions to be represented on all federal construction projects over $35 million.
January 11, 2024
Safety
Man Wins $11M Jury Award Against Kubota After Skid Steer Accident
He was riding on the front of the skid steer when his shoulder got caught between the raised grapple and roof overhang, paralyzing him.
January 10, 2024
Safety & Compliance
Three Florida Contractors Fined Total of $131K for Trench Violations
According to OSHA records, the trench at the jobsite lacked any shoring or a trench box to prevent any cave-ins.
December 4, 2023
Business
FMI Study Reports Decline in Construction Labor Productivity
About half of respondents to 2023 Labor Productivity Study reported declining productivity.
November 22, 2023
Safety
Excavator Overturns, Kills Worker on Demolition Job in Florida
The excavator was on top of a pile of debris in Delray Beach when it tipped over and its grapple bucket landed on a haul truck.
November 14, 2023
Safety & Compliance
Colorado Contractor Sentenced to 90 Days in Jail After Trench Death
The jobsite had a history of cave-ins, yet workers continued to enter unprotected trenches even after a worker died.
November 13, 2023
Safety
Contractor Faces $59,153 in Penalties After Fatal Collapse at JFK Airport
Two workers were crushed by a concrete slab while working on a $19 billion reconstruction project at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
October 23, 2023
Safety
J-Tech LaneBlade Truck Attachment Designed to Protect Highway Workers
The device is like a snow plow for road debris, enabling workers to stay in the truck rather than being out in traffic.
October 20, 2023
Safety & Compliance
Trench Collapse Victim Wins $19 Million Jury Verdict
He was in a 10- to 11-foot-deep trench on a D.R. Horton residential project when the collapse occurred.
October 9, 2023
Pay and benefits
Mack Trucks UAW Workers Go on Strike
The United Auto Workers union informed Mack Trucks Sunday night that its members rejected a new five-year collective bargaining agreement.
October 9, 2023
Safety & Compliance
Contractor Fined $82,149 After Project Manager Dies in Trench
The project manager and other workers were in a 10-foot-deep excavation with inadequate cave-in protection, OSHA says.
October 2, 2023
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