September 3, 2020 What are the Fatal Four of Construction Accidents? The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has identified four causes of construction accidents that, taken together, account for nearly 60 percent of all construction industry fatalities each year. Collectively known as the Fatal Four, these accidents include the following: Falls Struck-by accidents Electrocutions Caught in/between accidents Each year, up to 600 workers suffer fatal … Read More »
August 12, 2020 What Workplace Hazards are Often Overlooked? Some workplace hazards are obvious, such as washing windows on a scaffold attached to a skyscraper or operating heavy machinery in a construction zone on a busy highway. However, there are many other serious workplace hazards that are often overlooked. Collectively, workplace hazards account for millions of work-related injuries and illnesses each year. Employers can … Read More »
July 28, 2020 How Should Workers Handle Summer Work Injuries? According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more occupational injuries occur during the summer than in any other season. MedExpress, which operates more than 300 urgent care centers across 27 states, also reports treating a higher-than-average number of patients with work-related injuries during the summer months. However, many summer work injuries are preventable. Exercising caution … Read More »
May 6, 2020 Pennsylvania Allows Residential And Commercial Construction To Resume As of May 1st, Governor Tom Wolf is allowing all Pennsylvania businesses in the construction industry (including those that perform new construction, renovation, and repair) to reopen so long as they comply with certain health and safety guidelines to keep both employees and residents safe. The guidelines will also help limit the spread of the … Read More »
August 22, 2019 Crane Safety Crane equipment, including tower cranes, mobile cranes, service truck cranes, telescopic trains, and boom trucks can be found at almost any construction site. Construction accidents involving defective or negligently operated cranes can result in serious physical injuries and even death. Each year, approximately 45 individuals lose their lives in crane accidents. Many more are injured. … Read More »
August 21, 2019 The Importance of Improving Work Zone Safety According to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), in the last five years more than 4,400 people died – and at least 200,000 others were injured – in work zone crashes across the country. Workers, drivers, and passengers alike face a variety of work zone-associated hazards, though the FHWA reports drivers as the most frequent fatalities. … Read More »
August 1, 2019 Scaffolding Puts Lives on the Line More than half of the construction jobs in the United States require the use of scaffolding. Scaffolding offers a stable platform to build, paint, remodel, and repair buildings and structures of all types. Yet scaffolding also causes thousands of serious and fatal work accidents and injuries every year. Annually, scaffolding causes around 4,500 injuries across … Read More »
July 16, 2019 Concerns Over Artificial Intelligence on Construction Sites For decades, scientists and engineers have been working to develop artificial intelligence (AI) in effort to improve our lives. Yet many people still worry that AI may produce bad outcomes or not live up to its hype. In fact, construction workers recently showed their concerns about AI when they answered a survey about the future … Read More »
July 2, 2019 Trench Worker Dies in Equipment Accident Trenching and excavation work is highly dangerous, and just this month a 33-year-old Texas construction worker died after a backhoe slid into the trench where he was working. Most trenching and excavation accidents are preventable, but because the nature of the work is so dangerous there are fatal consequences when general contractors or employers fail … Read More »
