occupational safety and health administration

An earthen bank collapsed and a construction worker was trapped and killed in Holland, New York. WKBW reports that the Holland Fire Department tried to help the worker and had him flown to a nearby hospital, but it was too late. The 34-year-old Silver Springs victim was working in the basement of a home with other workers when the New York workplace accident happened. The earth bank fell and he was pinned underne [...]

A Jackson Heights worker was killed in a New York construction accident after he fell from scaffolding while working on an elevator shaft in a Manhattan building. The New York Post reports that the 51-year-old worker was inside an elevator shaft on the third floor of a construction site at 603 W. 129th St. when he fell from scaffolding to the bottom of the shaft. The man was transported to a local hospital where he [...]

According to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), there are more than 6 million people who work at the more than 250,000 construction sites across the country on any given day. With the large amount of individuals working in the construction industry, it is imperative to understand the potential hazards they face on a daily basis and for employers to implement solutions to prevent workplac [...]

In a second incident at the same construction site, an accident at the building site for a Maryland casino led to one death and one serious injury on July 29, 2011. One of the construction workers was hospitalized with critical injuries and the other was pronounced dead at the scene. The Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Administration is involved in the investigation. Just 14 days earlier, a construction wor [...]

MedPlast Inc. has been cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for exposing their workers to safety and health hazards. According to OSHA’s website, the $72,000 in fines is related to hazards at a New Jersey facility. The Arizona-based firm has been charged with disregarding OSHA standards and exposing workers to conditions that could result in seriou [...]

Three unidentified construction workers were seriously injured last Friday afternoon in Boston when steel rods pinned two of the workers to the ground and also injured a third worker. The construction accident happened in the foundation for two buildings located at 50 Northern Avenue in the city a little after 1:30 p.m. that afternoon. The Boston Globe reported that the steel rods had somehow moved and trapped t [...]

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined three downtown Jacksonville contractors for design and construction flaws that caused the December 6th collapse of the Berkman Plaza 2 parking garage that killed one and injured 20 other workers. Nearly $193,000 has been filed against Choate Construction, Southern Pan Services and A.A. Pittman & Sons Concrete. The companies are alleged to have failed [...]

Phoenix construction accident lawyers are extremely concerned about the high incidence of injuries and fatalities related to falls at work sites, particularly those that involve loose or unstable scaffolding. Officials at a construction site are currently investigating a worker’s 15-foot fall from a scaffold. According to a news report in the Pioneer Press, the man remains in [...]

MercuryNews.com reports that a California jury awarded worker David Travis more than $11.7 million for his injuries suffered during construction of a San Rafael, California hotel in 2007. After hitting his head multiple times while working, he was nearly paralyzed and now has lifelong neurological injuries. It was determined that the general contractor, Bison Builders, did not provide a safe work environment, and t [...]

One construction worker died and another was injured after a roof collapsed at The Hill School in Pottstown on November 1. An article in The Delaware County Times reported that the men were working on the roof of a utility building when the Pennsylvania construction accident occurred. Falls from roofs are of particular concern at construction sites. In 2008, there were 121 worker deaths in caused by falls from a [...]