Constructonomics
SEPTEMBER 17, 2014
To help highlight where the risks lie, the HSE release figures every year detailing stats on the number of injuries and accidents that have been reported and how they have been caused. It’s not a nice place to start yet the fact that there are fatal accidents within the construction industry can’t be hidden. Major Injuries.
FDR Safety
FEBRUARY 19, 2015
While careful attention to fall protection is needed in a wide variety of workplaces, evidence for its importance clearly can be seen in fatality statistics in the construction industry – falls were the leading cause of fatal construction accidents in 2013, with 294 of the 796 total deaths. Accident Prevention OSHA'
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Constructonomics
JANUARY 29, 2014
Working at height is still one of the largest causes of workplace accidents; in the year 2012-2013, a total of 5,274 major falls from height were reported in the UK, and it was the biggest cause of fatal accidents in the workplace. The law stipulates that employers and contractors must assess the risk of any work from height.
FDR Safety
MARCH 19, 2014
In a letter to companies in the communication tower industry, OSHA Administrator David Michaels said the fall protection lapses are occurring because “either employers are not providing appropriate fall protection to employees, or they are not ensuring that their employees use fall protection properly.” Accident Prevention Enforcement OSHA'
Construction Equipment
JANUARY 23, 2014
Inspections began after a worker was electrocuted during a crane operation on July 10, 2013. The worker died in the accident. The employer faces $42,300 in proposed fines for the violations.' OSHA has cited McConnell Dowell Constructors in Pago Pago, American Samoa with nine serious safety violations.
Safety Services Company
NOVEMBER 26, 2013
Violations of OSHA’s general industry regulations for Powered Industrial Trucks (1910.178), or forklifts went up from 1,993 in 2012, (7th most cited regulation) to 3,340 in 2013, (6th most citations). Employee involved in an accident or near-miss. First off, forklifts must not be operated by anyone under 18-years-old.
FDR Safety
AUGUST 27, 2015
The report shows that from 2004 to 2013, accidental workplace deaths dropped by 25 percent. Employers may erroneously assume that the workplace statistic is the only one relevant to them, but the fact is that no matter where accidents occur, the consequences are in many ways the same. About half occur in the home.
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