January 14, 2019 Philadelphia Construction Violations Recently, members of Philadelphia Building Trades (PBT) held a news conference in front of an apartment complex in Old City to emphasize the construction violations taking place. According to PBT, the mold-ridden project is a good example of the types of sites it will be exposing in 2019. The PBT says that in the new … Read More »
January 2, 2019 Training Failures can Lead to Workplace Fatalities Despite paying the maximum fine for safety violations that resulted in the death of a 23-year-old employee, a Springfield, New Hampshire-based biomass plant is still up and running. Although the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) oversees and regulates workplace safety and health, the organization still estimates that 5,000 hardworking men and women die from … Read More »
December 26, 2018 Youth Worker Safety The National Institute for Safety and Health (NIOSH) recently joined with the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) in order to launch a large-scale effort supporting increased youth worker safety. Young workers are at more risk for workplace illnesses, injuries, and death than workers of any other age group. While young workers usually face greater … Read More »
December 24, 2018 Worker Dies From Avoidable Safety Failure Every year, workers die in preventable workplace accidents resulting from different safety failures. In a recent and tragic case, a 44-year-old electrician was fatally injured because his employer failed to implement required safety procedures. Although employers are legally obligated to protect the health and safety of employees and guard against known and recognizable workplace hazards, … Read More »
November 1, 2018 Two Workers Die in Scaffold Collapse In late August of this year, two Florida construction workers were fatally injured when the scaffolding they were pouring concrete from collapsed and fell six floors. Although the cause of this particular incident is still under investigation, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) estimates that over 2 million men and women work on scaffolding … Read More »
October 2, 2018 High Hazard Workplaces The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently began employing “site-specific targeting” (SST) in certain workplaces across the country. SST works by directing OSHA’s resources to highly hazardous workplaces, where employees are more likely to experience illness, injury and/or death. To determine which workplaces are the most hazardous, OSHA compiled occupational illness and injury data … Read More »
September 1, 2018 Warehouse Worker Killed The recent death of a 50-year-old New York City marble warehouse worker highlights the all too common and deadly nature of crushing injuries in the workplace. Also referred to as caught in or between injuries, crushing injuries account for nearly 10% of the total worker fatalities that occur in the private construction industry annually. What … Read More »
August 22, 2018 Machine Entanglement Injuries The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that 2.9 million people are injured in workplace accidents each year. Moreover, work-related injuries result in 5,000 fatalities annually. Those who routinely use machinery face numerous risks, especially if the machinery is defective. Workers have experienced devastating and sometimes fatal injuries. While there are many ways a machine-related … Read More »
August 10, 2018 OSHA Safe and Sound Week The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has announced that it will be holding a nationwide event called Safe and Sound Week. The event will take place the week of August 13 through August 19, 2018. The purpose of Safe and Sound Week is to raise awareness and understanding of workplace safety and health programs. … Read More »
