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freepik Working in construction is an inherently hazardous activity, with a high risk of accidents on-site, as well as increasingly complex health and safety risks and hazards off-site. This is why knowing the best ways to prevent construction site hazards will put you and your building sites in the optimal position to continue to attract the best workers. Injury, long-term damage, illnesses and mental health issues are some of the main negative outcomes that construction site managers or employers need to prevent. This is especially crucial given that, on average,two construction wo...

03/03/21 WorkersCompensation.com Baton Rouge, LA (WorkersCompensation.com) - At the same time work-related fatalities recorded for the United States increased to 5,333 in 2019 from 5,250 in 2018, Louisiana's number of work-related fatalities recorded also increased in 2019, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. The number of work-related fatalities recorded in 2019 in Louisiana were 119, previously recorded as 98 in 2018. The Louisiana fatal injury rate increased to 6.2 per 100,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers in 2019, from 5.1 ...

MIPS It’s the nature of the work. Construction is no easy task – it involves lifting, transporting materials, operating equipment, drilling, hammering and a host of other duties. It often involves manual, challenging work that is often dangerous. The nature of those tasks puts workers at risk for a variety of injuries, from slips and falls to burns and machinery collisions. Construction workers experienced the second-highest rate of fatal injuries from 2015-2109, after transportation workers, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Census of Fatal Occupational Injur...