Articles Tagged with ''fatal work injuries''

A Midwest Drywall employee died after falling about 60 feet from scaffolding at the Wichita Biomedical Campus project. Federal safety officials are investigating.

Unchecked mental health issues lead to increased suicide rates among construction workers.

A concrete wall collapsed on two workers at a construction site in Long Island, New York, on July 1, according to News 12 Long Island.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently investigated NOR-D LLC after the contractor had a worker pass away from injuries suffered while working on a warehouse in Macon, Georgia, according to Robert Yaniz Jr. of Occupational Health & Safety.

A contractor in New Jersey will pay $13,500 in OSHA fines after one of its workers fell to their death on a job site, according to Guy Burdick of EHS Daily Advisor.

Construction is a dangerous profession, with more than 1,000 workers dying on job sites each year in the U.S., according to Bilal Sajjad of Legal Reader.

A drywall contractor in Florida received a $75,000 fine and 14 safety violations from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration after a worker died on a job site in July, according to Kate Hinsche from The Real Deal.

James Patrick Judge Sr., a 78-year-old resident of Dunedin, Florida, entrepreneur, construction pioneer, inventor and U.S. patentholder, died Dec. 29 at Melech Hospice House in Temple Terrace, Florida, following a continued decline in his health over the last year.

On Dec. 19, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration released its 2022 data on occupational fatalities, which showed an overall increase of 5.7 percent and that the construction and transportation industries had the highest fatality rates.

A 20-year-old construction worker passed away after being crushed in a job site accident at John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle, Australia, according to Giselle Wakatama of ABC Newcastle.