Items Tagged with 'workplace injuries'

In this “If Walls Could Talk” Episode, W&C’s Strategic Content Editor Tanja Kern speaks with Florida’s Attic Queen Founder Jessica Azarelo and how she’s redefining home performance and chasing a bigger mission as an independent insulation subcontractor.

New joint research sheds light on changing safety landscape in construction.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration launched an online tool intended to allow users to search the agency’s severe injury report database and view trends related to workplace injuries occurring in states covered by OSHA.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has updated its Injury Tracking Application data webpage to include 2023 summary data. The 2023 Form 300A data reflects data collection changes beginning in 2024. For example, OSHA added an establishment ID to link the summary data to new case detail data.

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 Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has released 2023 injury and illness data collected under the agency’s new Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses regulations published in July 2023.

The Portable Generator Manufacturers’ Association announced its new G300 Safety and Performance standard, which includes CO-shutoff technology to reduce the risk of injury from misuse of generators in enclosed spaces.

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.

Elected officials and the labor union are calling for South Queens, New York, to remove the general contractor of a construction site after two worker injuries within two months, according to Bill Parry of QNS.