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Snapshots from the Construction Site

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Golf-X, Chicago, IL. Construction is rarely pretty but wait until you see the finished X-Golf Chicago project. Floor & Decor, Chicago, IL. Congratulations to Englewood’s Retail Group on their completion and grand opening of the Floor & Decor in Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood. Golf-X, Chicago, IL.

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OSHA to Investigate Steel Beam Collapse in Chicago

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Four workers were injured when a steel beam collapsed at a Chicago construction site on Dec. An investigation into the incident by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is pending.'

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OSHA Partners with Chicago Workers on University Project

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Department of Labor''s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has established a strategic partnership with the Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters and W.E. to reduce workers'' exposure to hazards and the likelihood of serious injuries on the University of Chicago William Eckert Research Center Project.

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OSHA Lab, Water Agency Probe Chicago Plant Explosion

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The dust has settled from a methane explosion last month that brought down the roof of a sludge concentration building at the Calumet water reclamation plant on Chicago’s far south side, but there is still uncertainty as to what triggered the blast.

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OSHA Fines Contractor Following Forklift Injury

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OSHA has cited Global Experience Specialists, a Las Vegas-based tradeshow and exposition contractor, for safety violations following a September 2012 forklift incident that injured a worker at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago.

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Chicago Engineering Company Faces More Citations

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For the second time this year, OSHA has cited Pan-Oceanic Engineering Co. for failing to protect workers from trenching hazards at a job site at East 93rd Street and South Woodlawn Avenue in Chicago.

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Illinois Plumbing Contractor Ignores 3 OSHA Warnings In One Month

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Less than three weeks after being cited for exposing workers to unsafe trenches, federal investigators saw a Chicago plumbing contractor, Og Plumbing, exposing the same four-man crew to trenching hazards as they worked on sewer and water utilities at two locations in Oak Park on consecutive days in March 2016. OSHA's inspection found:

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