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"Emphasis program" for outdoor and indoor heat hazards in effect now until 2031, but advocates warn of reduced workplace safety enforcement by Trump administration.

Studies sound the alarm over the risks Superfund sites face due to a variety of factors related to climate change, such as inland flooding and wildfires. 

What happened inside the rush to build one of the nation's largest ICE detention facilities is now drawing federal attention.

Changes aim to curtail scope of legacy ash storage site cleanups, allow states to set more site-specific standards and alter rules for “beneficial" use in manufacturing materials such as cement and drywall.

Three workers were ID'ed by city-based Ironworkers union as members Stepan Shevchuk, the first to be found, and Matthew Kane and Mark Scott Jr., who were discovered early on April 13.

The unfinished garage being built for the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is being demolished, following a consultation with structural engineers. 

Former plant dump site in Ringwood was deemed safe after a $21.2M cleanup ordered in 2020, but a New York University study last year said it remained a public health risk. 

The explosives were stolen from a construction site where land is being cleared for a townhouse complex.

David Rodriguez, 45, who was employed by Midwest Drywall, died Mar. 30 after falling about 60 ft from scaffolding on the downtown project, with investigations of the accident underway.  

Revoli Construction was cited for seven willful violations, 33 repeat violations and 17 serious violations after fatal Yarmouth, Mass., cave-in, according to the U.S. Dept. of Labor.