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Hand Safety and Gloves: How Much Protection Can You Buy?

Help us investigate for ENR's next safety-related feature

Richard Korman

March 10, 2020

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Help ENR investigate how much safety gloves can help limit damage to hands.

Feds' Bid Rig Crackdown Targets Construction, Among Others

Mary B. Powers

November 27, 2019

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Justice Dept. effort links with US Attorneys and IG investigators to find bid collusion on government contracts and private sector work that undermines competition, federal officials say.

Construction Accidents

Final Collapse Report Details Miami Bridge Team's Failures

A scathing commentary from the transport safety board vice chairman

Scott Judy

November 16, 2019

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The NTSB's final report on the Miami bridge collapse provides detailed insights on the engineer's actions leading up to the tragedy.

NTSB Vice Chairman Slams Design-Construction Team for Miami Bridge Collapse

November 15, 2019

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Bruce Landsberg laments the "group think" that pervaded the FIU bridge project's team members and led to the collapse that killed six people in March 2018.

Editorial: The Unspoken Messages in NTSB's Miami Bridge Collapse Report

ENR Editors

November 12, 2019

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The National Transportation Safety Board last came down hard on engineering and construction in 2007. Did group-think obscure last year's unfolding disaster in Florida?

Constructions Accidents

What Florida Bridge Collapse Report Leaves Unexplained

The transportation board describes FIGG’s alleged design flub without filling in the why

Richard Korman

October 29, 2019

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A single phrase about unexplained reasons stands out in the transportation board's report.

Construction Accidents

Recent Scissor-Lift Accident Takes Life of Texas Worker

Jonathan Barnes

October 28, 2019

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An accident described as a collision at a Frito Lay facility in Irving also critically injured another worker.

Wash. State Regulator Issues Citations in Fatal Seattle Crane Collapse

Jeff Rubenstone

October 21, 2019

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Following a nearly six-month investigation, the Washington State Dept. of Labor & Industries has issues its findings in the collapse of a crane in Seattle on April 27 that killed three people, including two ironworkers dismantling the crane at the time.