Boosting peer-to-peer support is critical in reducing the construction industry’s high suicide rate, said mental health advocates at the Construction Working Minds Summit, held May 17-18 in Denver.

More than 60% of respondents say accidents occurred at their firms' highway jobsites.

A Vail, Colo.-based contractor faces nearly $450,000 in federal penalties for a November 2021 trench collapse that fatally injured one worker and nearly cost the lives of two others.

Two firms face proposed penalties totaling $57K related to worker death when a 70-ft-long bridge section suddenly collapsed on Oct. 19.

After two serious safety incidents in consecutive days, Boston area’s largest contractor voluntarily issued a safety stand down on projects ending May 6. 

Justice Department sets up new office of environmental justice enforcement.

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

Agency recommends improved severe weather safety procedures after the partial collapse in Illinois that killed six workers but raises no issues over design or construction.

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