Number, rate of nonfatal construction injuries fell in 2017
Construction Dive
NOVEMBER 19, 2018
Last year marked the second consecutive year that nonfatal jobsite injuries and illnesses declined, following a slight uptick in 2015.
September 2015 newsletter
FDR Safety
SEPTEMBER 22, 2015
A copy of their OSHA 300A log, which summarizes on-the-job injuries and illnesses. How involved is management when an injury occurs? Effective management involvement and light duty programs can assist in injury recovery process. The post September 2015 newsletter appeared first on FDRsafety. When is drug testing done?
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August 2015 newsletter
FDR Safety
AUGUST 27, 2015
The latest edition of the annual Injury Facts book published by the National Safety Council is out, and while company CEOs and safety directors might not take the time to read all 210 pages, there is one set of statistics worth special attention. The post August 2015 newsletter appeared first on FDRsafety. Join Our Mailing List.
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March 2015 newsletter
FDR Safety
MARCH 11, 2015
The responsibility for recording the injury or illness on the OSHA log belongs to the party who supervises and controls the day-to-day work of the temporary employee. The staffing agency and host employer should establish notification procedures to ensure that when a worker informs one of an injury or illness, the other is notified.
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Workplace fatalities at seven-year high
FDR Safety
DECEMBER 19, 2016
Despite a surge in OSHA enforcement in recent years, workplace fatalities in 2015 hit their highest level since 2008, the U.S. The total of 4,836 fatal work injuries in 2015 was up slightly from the 4,821 reported in 2014. In 2008, the number was 5,214, the bureau’s Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries said.
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INJURY REPORTING
Safety Services Company
SEPTEMBER 11, 2014
Injury reporting. The change requires most employers to notify OSHA when an employee is killed, or suffers an injury requiring hospitalization, an amputation, or loss of an eye on the job. These new requirements take effect on January 1, 2015 for workplaces governed by Federal OSHA.
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Construction Nonfatal Injury Rate Dips Slightly in 2015
ENR Construction
OCTOBER 29, 2016
report also shows that the number of construction jobsite illnesses and injuries rose 1.9% Labor Dept.
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Construction Nonfatal Injury Rate Dips Slightly in 2015
ENR Construction
OCTOBER 28, 2016
report also shows that the number of construction jobsite illnesses and injuries rose 1.9% Labor Dept.
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2015 Safest Year Yet for U.S. Mining
Construction Equipment
APRIL 12, 2016
Preliminary data released by the Mine Safety and Health Administration confirm that 2015 was the safest year in U.S. mining history, both in the number of deaths and mining's fatal and injury rates, which are calculated based on hours of miners' exposure.
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1/3 of New York City’s 2015 Construction Deaths Weren’t Counted
Construction Equipment
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
In today’s Crain’s New York Business is an article detailing how the city failed to recognize six construction site fatalities in its official 2015 Construction Related Injuries and Fatalities count.
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OSHA Announces New Injury Reporting Rule
Construction Equipment
SEPTEMBER 12, 2014
1, 2015, for workplaces under federal OSHA jurisdiction.' Department of Labor''s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced a final rule requiring employers to notify OSHA when an employee is killed on the job or suffers a work-related hospitalization, amputation or loss of an eye.
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Workers' Memorial Day
Construction Equipment
APRIL 28, 2017
Since 1992, BLS has collected data on both nonfatal work injuries and illnesses that result in days away from work, and fatal work injuries. . In 2015, the occupations with the highest number of nonfatal injuries and illnesses were:
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Today is Workers' Memorial Day
Construction Equipment
APRIL 28, 2017
Since 1992, BLS has collected data on both nonfatal work injuries and illnesses that result in days away from work and fatal work injuries. . In 2015, the occupations with the highest number of nonfatal injuries and illnesses were
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OSHA announces new requirements for reporting deaths and severe injuries
BD+C
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014
Department of Labor''s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced a final rule requiring employers to notify OSHA when an employee is killed on the job or suffers a work-related hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye. The rule goes into effect on Jan. Regulations Codes and Standards'
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59 Falls Highest Cause of Work-Related Deaths in MA, Roadway Crashes Follow
Construction Equipment
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
Falls were the leading cause of fatal worker injuries in Massachusetts from 2014 to 2015, representing almost 17 percent of the state’s workplace fatalities, according to Safety and Health Magazine. A report by the state’s Department of Public Health states that of the 125 workers killed during…
CPWR Report: Over 602 Killed at Construction Work Zones Since 2011: Report
Construction Equipment
OCTOBER 4, 2018
CPWR reports that between 2011 and 2015, 609 workers lost their lives at various work zones. The report delves into trends and patterns of fatal occupational injuries among specifically road… These work zones include construction, maintenance, or utility work on a road, street, or highway.
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RATE OF FATALITIES INCREASING AMONG OLDER WORKERS
Safety Services Company
SEPTEMBER 4, 2017
The results of the analysis showed that the workplace fatality rate overall decreased by 22 percent between 2006 and 2015. Specifically, total fatalities fell from 5,480 in 2005 to 4836 in 2015, which older worker fatalities increased from 1,562 to 1,681 those same years.
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OSHA Announces 2021 Citation Penalty Increase
Construction Junkie
JANUARY 18, 2021
Ever since the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act was passed by Congress in 2015 , OSHA has been required to increase the maximum penalty they can assess businesses for violations. You can find out more about gravity based penalty amounts on OSHA’s website by clicking or tapping here.
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Bird Friendly Building now the Law in Howard County
Green Building Law Update
JULY 19, 2020
But there is no authoritative nationwide repository of bird casualties or injuries, so estimating the scope of this is difficult. USGBC made substantive changes to the credit in 2015 and in 2016 and again in 2019 resulting in the current LEED v 4.1 But banning housecats does not make a good public policy in Howard County or elsewhere?
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289 Avoiding common OSHA recordkeeping mistakes
FDR Safety
JANUARY 22, 2016
All affected employers need to finalize their OSHA 300 log data about work-related injuries and illnesses that required medical treatment beyond first aid. In this case, you did not count the Monday of the injury, but you would count the four other workdays the employee was scheduled to work, but could not come in.
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120 AGC to Offer Highway Work Zone Safety Training Program
Construction Equipment
SEPTEMBER 25, 2014
The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) will provide highway work zone safety training classes in 2015 after receiving the $135,000 Susan Harwood Training Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor.
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Are Union Jobs Safer?
Construction Equipment
OCTOBER 18, 2016
New York City counted 12 construction fatalities in 2015, a 50-percent increase over the previous year. Non-fatal injuries were up by almost the same rate, according to the NYC Department of Buildings.
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48 J.F. Kiely Receives Safety Award From NJ Department of Labor
Construction Equipment
APRIL 16, 2015
received the "Recognition Award" for its work in prevention of occupational injuries for 2014, from the Industrial Safety Committee of the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The award will be presented on April 21, 2015.' Kiely Construction Co.
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Injured Worker Sues Falcons Stadium General Contractor
Construction Equipment
JULY 8, 2016
Holder Construction Group, general contractor of the new Mercedes Benz Stadium, home of the Atlanta Falcons, is being sued for negligence that led to a construction worker suffering "permanent and continuing" injuries on July 1, 2015.
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49 Newly Covered Industries Must Post OSHA 300 Summary by Feb 1
Construction Equipment
JANUARY 25, 2016
Records of work-related injuries, illnesses and deaths in 2015 must be posted in an area where employee notices are usually placed and remain posted through April 30, 2016. February 1 is the deadline for posting your company's OSHA 300 Log Summary.
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Amputations in Manufacturing – A New OSHA National Emphasis Program
FDR Safety
JANUARY 16, 2020
This Instruction supersedes OSHA Instruction CPL 03-00-019, National Emphasis Program on Amputations that was published in August of 2015. On December 10, 2019 OSHA published CPL 03-00-022 , National Emphasis Program on Amputations in Manufacturing Industries.
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Worker Comp Claims Hit Nearly $1 Million in Seattle
Construction Equipment
MARCH 13, 2015
According to Washington state occupational date, workplace injuries at the Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement project in Seattle, Wash. 1, 2015, and had estimated the claims would cost $964,920 once each one is completed, according to data provided by Elaine Fischer, an agency spokeswoman.'
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48 Record Numbers of Construction Workers to Get Prevention Message in 2015 National Fall Safety Stand-Down
Construction Superintendent Magazine
MAY 5, 2015
. – Beginning yesterday, a record number of companies and workers around the country are expected to join the Occupational Safety and Health Administration over the next two weeks in the second annual National Fall Safety Stand-Down to focus on preventing these tragic deaths and catastrophic deaths and injuries.
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Construction Fatalities Climb in 2015 to 7-Year High
ENR Construction
DECEMBER 15, 2016
BLS cites 27% fatal-injury increase in specialty trade contractor sector as major factor.
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PSA: Don’t Lie to OSHA, Construction Owner Charged with Perjury After Giving “False Information”
Construction Junkie
MAY 11, 2020
In 2015, a crew supervisor for a roofing contractor told OSHA that he had obtained fall protection equipment for his crew prior to an incident that seriously injured 3 workers after a fall from 30 feet. Department of Labor Investigation of Roof Workers’ Injuries | OSHA.
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Why do we Wear Safety Vests During Construction?
Work Gearz
JULY 10, 2020
Occupational Safety and Health Administration ( OSHA) has identified four focus hazards and has given the statics from the Construction Research & Training ( CPWR ) to illustrate the hazards caused due to not using safety vests: From 2011-2015, nearly 804 construction workers have died due to struck-by injuries.
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BD+C
JANUARY 9, 2015
1, 2015, all employers under the jurisdiction of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are required to report all work-related fatalities within eight hours and all in-patient hospitalizations, amputations, and losses of an eye within 24 hours of finding out about the incident. As of Jan. Regulations Codes and Standards'
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LEED Bird Collision Deterrence to be Required in Highland Park
Green Building Law Update
JULY 5, 2015
The City of Highland Park, Illinois, became the latest jurisdiction to consider bird friendly building regulations when on June 22, 2015 the City Council forwarded a proposal to the Plan Design Review Commission for comment prior to final approval by the Council. It is that same standard now being adopted in Highland Park.
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LEED Bird Collision Deterrence to be Required in Highland Park
Green Building Law Update
JULY 5, 2015
The City of Highland Park, Illinois, became the latest jurisdiction to consider bird friendly building regulations when on June 22, 2015 the City Council forwarded a proposal to the Plan Design Review Commission for comment prior to final approval by the Council. It is that same standard now being adopted in Highland Park.
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#76: Indemnity and the Statute of Repose
NH Construction Law
APRIL 24, 2019
In this respect it is unlike the statute of limitations, RSA 508:4 , whose three-year clock does not start ticking until the claim “accrues” -- which may be more than three years after the breach of duty occurs if the breach and resulting injury were neither discovered nor reasonably discoverable until later. Town of Newport , No.
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40 The Heat Is On
Safety Services Company
MAY 10, 2017
In addition to the physical toll heat can play on a worker’s body, heat can also cause increase the risk of work-related injuries. The Dangers of Heat Stress and How to Prevent It. 2016 marked the warmest year in history. The previous warmest year in history? The warmest before that? You guessed it. 2017 is shaping up to be a hot one as well.
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48 Safety Fail; Go to Jail?
Safety Services Company
FEBRUARY 17, 2016
To prevent and deter crimes that put the lives and the health of workers at risk, the Departments of Justice and Labor announced a plan on December 17, 2015 to more effectively prosecute such crimes. Under the new plan, the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division and the U.S.
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48 Examining OSHA’s Pending IIPP Standard
Safety Services Company
JULY 24, 2013
OSHA is directing its efforts toward enforcing a standard in which employers nationwide will be required to establish a thorough, written injury and illness prevention program (IIPP). Not really — the average injury rates for employers after a citation dropped by 20% over the next two years. What will the standard mean for businesses?
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48 Attn Contractors: Workers' Comp Costs Likely to Increase Beginning January 1, 2013
Best Practices Construction Law
NOVEMBER 2, 2012
NCCI has been operating as not-for-profit since 1922, performing the following: engaging studies on workplace injuries and other national and state factors impacting workers compensation. With the new proposal, the split point will be increased to $10,000 in 2013; to $13,500 in 2014; and to $15,000 in 2015.
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48 New Executive Order Requires Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors
Best Practices Construction Law
DECEMBER 16, 2015
Signed by President Barack Obama on September 7, 2015, Executive Order No. Sick leave includes time off for the employee’s physical or mental illness, injury, a medical condition, treatment, or diagnosis thereof. … ) or when a close family member is sick. But right now, they are all happy.
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January 2015 newsletter
FDR Safety
JANUARY 21, 2015
Falls from portable ladders, including stepladders, straight ladders and extension ladders, are one of the leading causes of work injuries. The post January 2015 newsletter appeared first on FDRsafety. Portable ladders: Tips to keep workers safe. By Jim Stanley. President, FDRsafety. We handle all payroll and human resources matters.
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Is 100% Cotton Fire Resistant? (Explained)
Work Gearz
FEBRUARY 12, 2022
From this mandate that has been in practice from August 2015, OSHA makes it clear that the outerwear must compulsorily be fire resistant. The inner layers could be of any material but using flammable materials is indeed discouraged as it increases the chance of burns and injuries.
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What Voltage is Acceptable to Work in Your Leather Gloves?
Work Gearz
SEPTEMBER 4, 2021
But you should definitely get a leather protector glove in order to save yourself from the cuts and injuries while working with cables and wires. NFPA 70E-2015 compliant for arc flash; CSA Z462-15 compliant for arc flash (Canada); ANSI/ASTM D120, Class 00, Type 1; Max use voltage 1,000V AC/1,500V DC. ENHANCED PROTECTION.
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Best Safety Glasses for Mechanics
Work Gearz
MAY 22, 2021
2015 and CSA Z94.3 So absolutely, it is highly recommended that all mechanics wear safety glasses to reduce any risk of injury and permanent damage to their eyes. You should not take it for granted that because you have not had an eye injury, everything is fine. Uvex by Honeywell Avatar Safety Glasses. LENS TINTS FOR ANY TASK.
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