Items Tagged with 'Construction Safety'

As an index of what people are thinking, event themes can serve an important function. That applies to this year's Safety Week events, May 1-5.

Safety Vice President Matthew Compher packages New View safety principles to limit harm from serious injuries.

Nearly 1,000 U.S. construction workers died of work-related injuries each year from 2011 to 2020, with the industry accounting for 20% of all workplace deaths, even though it made up just 7.3% of the national workforce.

The Dept. of Labor is reopening a public comment period of its proposal to revoke permission for Arizona's state safety plan after officials moved to address OSHA's concerns.

The collapse of a catwalk in a defunct, 124-year-old power plant building in Boston injured three workers.

OSHA says Arizona has been delinquent in adopting national safety standards since 2015.

Despite many upgrades with new technology for loaders,  excavators and cranes, manufacturers are still busy trying to solve a persistent safety problem: striking workers or pedestrians while moving in reverse.

Matthew Hallowell isn’t afraid to disrupt the established thinking in construction safety measurement.

Freed from the limitations and demands of construction design work, engineering professors can champion causes in the industry’s best interest.