Page 34 - Construction Research News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

03/02/21 WorkersCompensation.com Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced today that it has scheduled the eighth annual National Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction for May 3-7, 2021. OSHA encourages construction employers and other stakeholders to join the event to promote awareness and training to address one of the industry's most serious dangers. “Workers suffer serious and fatal injuries from falls and have a devastating impact on families and businesses,” said Principal Deputy Assistant...

NSC Explores Definition of Workplace Impairment, CPWR Survey Requests Fall Incident Information and More, The National Safety Council (NSC) .

Safety professionals are encouraged to participate in the Fall Experience Survey by April 30. Feb 19, 2021 A new survey from CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training, supported by the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP), aims to gather key insights from safety and health professionals this spring that can help advance fall protection in all industries worldwide. Results from the online Fall Experience Survey, which explores the root causes of falls from height, will assist the ANSI/ASSP Z359 Fall Protection and Fall Restraint Committee in enhancing voluntary nati...

02/16/21 WorkersCompensation.com Park Ridge, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) - Working at height can be a hazardous job, one that exposes workers to significant risks that range from structure collapses to slipping through floor openings to being struck by falling objects. A new survey from CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training, supported by the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP), aims to gather key insights from safety and health professionals this spring that can help advance fall protection in all industries worldwide. Results from the online Fall Experience...

trench collapses in December. The fatal collapses for the month were reported in Georgia, Virginia, South Dakota, Michigan and California. Those fatalities bring the year’s construction trench-collapse death toll to at least 21, which is the same as in 2019, according to reports compiled by Equipment World from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration and news media. (Cumulative OSHA data on trench-collapse deaths have not been released for 2019 and 2020.) Trench-collapse deaths among construction workers appear to be rising slightly since 2018. There were 17 fatalities...