Connecticut’s highest court in November rejected the claims of workers seeking lost wages as a result of a 2010 explosion at a power-plant under construction.
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.
A recent accident investigation in the Midwest illustrates the problem of “entrapment”—that is, when an operator of an aerial work platform is crushed between the machine and a nearby obstruction.
Lifting technology and industry standards have advanced significantly since the mid- 1990s, when the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association put out the Exxon Crane Guide.
Construction workplace deaths climbed last year to their highest level since 2008 but the industry’s fatality rate edged downward, the Labor Dept. has reported.
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the collapse of steel framework on a university project site in Smithfield, R.I. that injured six ironworkers in early September.
State safety investigators and Minneapolis-based Mortenson Construction are seeking to determine the cause of a worker fatality on the $1.1-billion U.S. Bank Stadium project, which was being monitored via an enhanced safety program with the Minnesota Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
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