Construction Industry Safety and Health - Articles - Page 116

OSHA fines 4 contractors more than $460,000 for exposing workers to falls, other safety hazards at Jersey City, NJ, construction site

Concrete contractors cited with egregious willful violations

July 25, 2012

OSHA has cited four New Jersey contractors working on a 20-story building in Jersey City for exposing workers to fall hazards following a December 2011 inspection during which inspectors observed employees working on the fourth floor without personal fall protection or fall protection systems.

OSHA’s keep it simple formula for preventing falls

July 25, 2012

Falls can be prevented and lives can be saved through three simple steps, according to OSHA: Plan, provide and train.

10,000 falls in construction every year prompts OSHA outreach campaign

July 25, 2012

Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis earlier this year announced a new campaign led by OSHA to prevent deadly falls in the construction industry. The awareness campaign will provide employers and workers with life-saving information and educational materials about working safely from ladders, scaffolds and roofs. In 2010, more than 10,000 construction workers were injured as a result of falling while working from heights, and another 255 workers were killed.

Four falls in New Jersey prompt OSHA to call for increased contractor awareness

July 25, 2012

OSHA has issued a request that construction companies ensure their employees working above 6 feet have the proper equipment to protect themselves from falls on the job. OSHA has opened investigations following four unrelated construction accidentsin New Jersey.

Trench box on hand but unused, exposing workers to cave-in hazards

July 24, 2012

With a name like Ditchdiggers, you’d think a Ft. Pierce, Florida company would know how to protect workers who are, well, digging ditches.

OSHA sets record for most trainees for a 10-hour safety training session

July 6, 2012

OSHA, the Hispanic Contractors Association De Tejas (HCAT) and the American Sub-Contractors Association held a 10-hour marathon training session last month to promote safety and health for construction workers in the Greater Houston area.

OSHA bolsters fall prevention campaign with new resources

July 5, 2012

Falls from heights are the leading cause of death in the construction industry, but these deaths are preventable, and OSHA is working to educate workers and employers about Preventing Falls in Construction.

ASSE protests new Arizona bill that lowers construction worker fall protections

June 29, 2012

With a new state bill that raises the height for fall protection requirements, Arizona is pitting itself against the federal government – and the ASSE is urging OSHA to enforce federal fall hazard standards.

Construction fatality report yields surprising results

June 7, 2012

States that report low numbers of nonfatal injuries among construction workers tend to have high rates of fatal injuries, while those with low fatality rates tend to report higher numbers of nonfatal injuries, according to a new study from the RAND Corporation.

A “zero accident culture” wins Miami airportlink contractor VPP status

May 31, 2012

Monthly safety courses for subcontractors and OSHA 10-hour training for all workers formed the backbone of a strategy that allowed contractor Odebrecht-OHL to construct a two million-man-hour project at Miami International Airport without a single lost time accident.