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From First Grade to Fluor—Challenging the Corporate Status Quo

May 18, 2017

It all started with a missing 'e'—how a young project manager pushed her safety innovation past the early misses into the culture of this giant contractor.

NTSB Joins Colorado Gas Blast Probe

Mark J. Shaw

May 17, 2017

Accident investigations board will look into the cause of an April explosion that killed two working on a basement water heater and badly injured a third .

Risk Management

Why Hand Protection Is a Priority on Construction Sites

A Safety Week-related gathering stresses preventing harm to hands and fingers

Greg Aragon

May 5, 2017

What they said at a Safety Week event about preventing hand injuries.

Construction Risk Management

Why Does Texas Rank Among the Worst States in Work Zone Deaths?

The search for an answer involves data, safety programs and driving habits

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May 5, 2017

The answers may prove revealing in the campaign to stop fatal work zone crashes.

College Park, Md. fire

Five-Alarm Fire in College Park, Md. Renews Calls For New State Code Regulations

Justin Rice

May 3, 2017

A five-alarm fire at a wood-framed apartment building under construction in College Park, Md., has renewed calls to regulate “light-framed, combustible, podium construction,” known as Type V construction, in low- to midrise buildings.

Construction Accidents

Safety Data: Noon Presents the Hour of Greatest Danger

New AGC report provides a revised view of the most potentially lethal time of day

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April 18, 2017

What surprises were discovered in the Associated General Contractors' fatality research report?

Construction Accidents

Survey: Workers Intentionally Take 'Calculated' Safety Risks

Departing from company rules and procedures is common, results show

Scott Van Voorhis

April 17, 2017

What remains to be learned is exactly why workers do it so often.

Construction Safety

OSHA Delays Construction Silica Rule Enforcement Date

Agency changes deadline to Sept. 23, three months after original date

Tom Ichniowski

April 6, 2017

Agency says it will use additional time to provide more information to construction firms.

Construction Safety

OSHA's First Trump-Era Press Releases Omit Sting For Employers

The Dept. of Labor's new approach seems to stress cooperation over enforcement

April 5, 2017

A new emphasis at the safety agency since Jan. 19th.

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Risk Management

How 'Normal' Activities Led to Three Fatal Construction Accidents

Three tragedies that appear to have sprung from routine habits

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April 5, 2017

At these jobsites, sloppy practices seem to have been routine, or normalized, and deadly.

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