A final rule requiring employers to monitor and substantially reduce worker exposures to breathable crystalline silica—otherwise known as silica dust—will save more than 600 lives annually and protect the health of thousands of others, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and a number of labor unions that support the rule.
The cause of death of an electrician who fell from the 53rd floor of the under- construction Wilshire Grand project in downtown Los Angeles has been ruled a suicide by the Los Angeles County coroner’s office.
Notable news items include the settlement of Clark County School District’s $5-million federal lawsuit, non-residential construction cost projections, updated OSHA scissor lift warnings, and other headlines.
Notable news items include an expansion of the LEED-certified Aria Resort & Casino Convention Center, new OSHA confined space regulations, and Nevada’s Hyperloop test site.
As ENR Southwest’s Best Projects Competition nears its second decade of recognizing the most notable construction projects and bringing them to the attention of the construction community at large, this year’s winners are almost universally led by teams that reported doing their job faster and with less overall waste than was expected.
A large part of the U.S. construction industry may not be aware that crane operators will need to be certified by 2017, according to a report that a training company has published.