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Ready to comply with new confined spaces in construction standard?

There are resources available to help

November 12, 2015

Although the compliance deadline for OSHA’s confined spaces in construction rule has been pushed back a second time – to January 8, 2016 – the new year and the new requirements will be upon us in no time.

$650,000 in grants help colleges study construction safety

Stefanie Tomlinson

November 4, 2015

A system for improving the safety and efficiency of construction equipment is the aim of a three-year, $650,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to a team of researchers from Penn State and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Solving construction lighting challenges

Obstacles include weather, project size & available power and natural light

Brandon Lesley

November 3, 2015

When new construction begins on a structure, tunnel, roadway or any other large project, safe and dependable lighting is always a challenge.

OSHA finds improper load rigging caused fatal worker injury in Nebraska

October 20, 2015

OSHA's Omaha Area Office cited a drilling contractor based in Riverside, Missouri for three for three serious safety violations, after a 42-year-old worker was fatally injured on a job site in Lincoln, Nebraska on June 24, 2015.

Enforcement for construction confined spaces rule extended even further

October 15, 2015

The temporary enforcement policy that had been in effect for the confined spaces in construction standard will be extended until January 8, 2016 for residential construction employers.

OSHA: Meatpacking District fatality 'completely avoidable'

"Carlos Moncayo was a person, not a statistic"

October 13, 2015

Carlos Moncayo, a 22-year-old laborer from Queens, was trying to make a living as he worked on the construction of a Restoration Hardware store at 19 Ninth Ave. in Manhattan on April 6, 2015. Instead, his life ended that day when the 14-foot-deep trench in which he was working collapsed and buried him beneath tons of soil and debris.

OSHA cites Brooklyn contractor for fatal worker fall

J&M Metro General Contracting Corp. failed to provide lifesaving protections

October 9, 2015

Vidal Sanchez fell to his death at a Brooklyn work site on April 1, 2015. It should not have happened. The 51-year-old laborer, who worked for Brooklyn-based J&M Metro General Contracting Corp., fell while raking freshly poured concrete at the unprotected 6th floor edge of a building under construction at 360 Neptune Ave. in Brighton Beach.

Nanomaterials present new OSH questions

October 8, 2015

Nanotechnology is transforming many industries, including construction. Nanomaterials are incredibly small - between 1 to 100 nanometers or about a million times smaller than the length of an ant. At this size, materials can take on new properties.

Theft of heavy equipment up – a little

October 6, 2015

The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) today released a report on heavy equipment thefts in 2014. This report, co-produced with the National Equipment Register (NER), examines heavy equipment theft data submitted by law enforcement to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and profiles that data according to theft state, theft city, theft month, equipment manufacturer, equipment style (type) and year of manufacture.

36-foot fall kills construction worker in Texas

October 5, 2015

A subcontractor and general contractor were cited for safety violations by OSHA after a worker plunged to his death from a four floor apartment complex in in New Braunfels, Texas.