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Safety & Health
There is no more important activity in contracting than protecting and preserving the safety of workers. A new section of enr.com will present news and discussion of safety programs, regulatory compliance, accidents and hazards. Reports by staff and contributors of ENR will be augmented with the most useful and revealing information from other news sources. |
Latest Headlines
| 11/05/08 | I-10 Bridge Work Resumes After 10 Workers Fall Boh Bros. Construction, New Orleans, resumed work on Nov. 3 after a four-day suspension of construction on the $803-million Interstate 10 Twin Spans bridge outside of New Orleans, following an accident that put 10 people in the water. |
| 11/05/08 | Deadly Crane and Hoist Crashes Rock Developing World Several mechanical failures have shaken global projects, prompting safety probes. |
| 11/03/08 | Boh Bros. Resumes Work Following Fatal Bridge Accident Contractor gets the green light to resume field operations on big bridge on Lake Pontchartrain near New Orleans. |
More News
10/31/08 Lake Pontchartrain Bridge Work Halted Following Fatal Accident10/29/08 More Information But Less Clarity as Meeting Tape Plays
10/29/08 Managers Need Training, Too
10/29/08 Industry's Injury Rate Down
10/29/08 Developing Nations Struggle To Keep Crane Workers Safe
10/29/08 Exam Options Are Expanding Fast
10/01/08 Pressure Is Mounting to Push Forward New Federal Rules
10/01/08 Contractor's Investigators Blame Design for Collapse
09/26/08 Garage Collapse Contractor Points Finger at Engineer
09/24/08 Feds Circulate Draft Crane Rules
09/17/08 Feds Point To Rigging Failure In Deadly New York Collapse
09/17/08 Reclamation Needs Strategic Approach for Its Many Sites
09/17/08 Last Big Hanford Contract Awarded As New Safety Fine Is Proposed
08/20/08 Out of This Year's Deadly Accidents, A Critical Mass Is Building
08/20/08 Another Shipyard Crane Fatality
07/29/08 ANSI Groups Gears Up For New Workzone Safety Standard
07/23/08 Investigators Eye Giant Mobile Crane's Counterweight in Deadly Texas Collapse
07/22/08 Investigators Eye Giant Mobile Crane's Counterweight in Deadly Collapse
07/09/08 Judge To Decide Liability of BP In Fatal Texas Refinery Blast
07/03/08 OSHA Counts 13 Deaths Related to Augers in 20 Years
06/25/08 OSHA Targets NYC Safety Crisis
06/24/08 Collapse Kills One, Injures Seven at Rice University Dorm Site
06/18/08 Another Fatality in Las Vegas Brings City's Death Toll to 12
06/18/08 Crane Failures Foul Up Texas' Already-Poor Safety Record
06/17/08 Vegas Strip Claims Another Worker Life
06/11/08 Crane Accident Spurs Labor Walkout Along Vegas Strip
06/11/08 Friends, Peers Defend Crane Owner's Maintenance Practices
06/11/08 Crane Anxiety Towers From Coast to Coast
06/10/08 Grim Stat: Hispanics Jobsite Death Rate Continues to Climb
06/06/08 New York City Targets Concrete Work, Demolition
06/04/08 Las Vegas Workers Walk Off Job After Sixth Fatal Accident
06/04/08 Contractors Will Contest OSHA Citations in Garage Collapse
06/04/08 Washington State Shuts Down Chinese-Made Tower Cranes
06/04/08 Latest Vegas Fatality Spurs Brief Protest
06/04/08 Crane Accidents Land Inspectors in Hot Seat
06/02/08 Criminal Probe Shows New Pressure Over Safety
05/30/08 Probers Believe Crane Turntable Weld Had Role in Disaster
05/28/08 Court Enjoins Enforcement of Miami-Dade's Crane Ordinance
05/28/08 Crawler Crane Collapses Near Kansas City, Killing Boilermaker
05/23/08 Judge Stays Crane Regs For Miami-Dade County
05/21/08 Gas Leak Sparks Explosion At San Diego Hotel Project
05/06/08 Florida Coalition Files Lawsuit To Block Miami-Dade Rule Passed After Crane Fatalities
04/30/08 Crane Failures Have Industry Looking at Hazards Under the Hook
04/29/08 Las Vegas Strip Claims Another Craft Worker
04/24/08 Family Files Suit, Second Body Recovered from Arkansas River
04/23/08 N.Y.C. Buildings Commissioner Resigns After Spate of Accidents
04/23/08 Federal Safety Regulators To Boost Tower-Crane Checks
04/03/08 One Worker Dead, Two Are Missing In Arkansas River Bridge Accident
04/02/08 Engineer's Second Fatal Air Crash Is Family Tragedy, Industry Issue
04/02/08 Momentum Builds in Florida For Stricter Oversight of Cranes
03/27/08 Miami Police Identify Crane Accident Victims
03/26/08 Trench Collapse Kills Three
03/26/08 Tower-Crane Fears Drive Regulations
03/20/08 NYC Crane Examiner Charged With Faking Crane Inspection
03/20/08 New York City Council Sets Construction Safety Hearing
03/19/08 Q & A with Patricia Lancaster, NYC Dept. of Buildings Chief
03/19/08 Crane-Accident Probe Targets Nylon Slings
03/05/08 Stalled Federal Rules Prompt State Action
02/20/08 Decorative Material Under Investigation
02/20/08 OSHA Fines Key Contractors At 'Ground Zero' Demolition Job
02/19/08 OSHA Proposes Fine Of $465,000 After Bank Fire
01/30/08 Confined-Space Work Rule Upsets Small Contractors
01/18/08 Worker Killed as Excavator Plunges into Columbia River
01/16/08 Las Vegas Megaresort Suffers Another Fatality
01/14/08 OSHA Proposes Fines Over Colorado Collapse
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