OSHA has issued a Request for Information* (RFI) that seeks comments on how to prevent injuries and deaths from reinforcing concrete activities in construction, and from vehicles and mobile equipment backing into workers in construction, general industry, agriculture and the maritime industry.
A massive and highly visible construction project that was outsourced in China is helping kick off a national "Should Be Made in America" campaign by the Alliance for America Manufacturing (AAM).
A tunnel accident that resulted in injuries to two workers has earned a NY contractor citations for 11 serious violations of workplace safety standards.
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is asking the construction industry to help advance the science behind spray polyurethane foam (SPF) insulation.
OSHA has recently cited Buford, Ga.-based Maga Construction Inc. with 12 serious violations for exposing workers to fall hazards and other safety violations at a San Antonio work site.
In 2010, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that fatal work injuries involving falls decreased 2 percent in 2010 (from 645 in 2009 to 635 in 2010).
A construction superintendent has been sentenced to six months of house arrest and three years of probation for willfully endangering workers at a Washington County, Pa., construction site.
OSHA has renewed an alliance with the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry to continue providing PCBI members and their employees with information, guidance, and access to workplace safety and health training resources.
The American Society of Safety Engineers said it supports OSHA's rescission of the interim Fall Protection Compliance Guidelines for Residential Construction.
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