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Contractor groups say data from injury report forms OSHA plans to post online could be mischaracterized.

Washington is one of a handful of states experimenting with using orange pavement stripes to increase driver awareness of work zones.

Japan's plan to discharge treated wastewater from the stricken plant into the sea would have "negligible" health and environmental impacts, says International Atomic Energy Agency.

New Jersey AG says firm Solvay would fund remediation at and around its 243-acre plant, where industrial plastics, coatings and other products were made for more than 30 years

US Occupational Safety and Health Administration continues to investigate building that partially collapsed on June 2 at construction site, injuring eight workers who fell two stories

Officials from areas experiencing poor air quality have advised against strenuous outdoor activity and suggested wearing masks.

Need to address construction crew safety gains more state attention following a March 22 crash in Baltimore that killed six workers

June 5 trial of manufacturer 3M also halts as firm and municipal attorneys seek time to craft what one media report termed a possible $10B settlement to include toxic impact compensation for other US water systems, towns and cities.

Workers were rescued from a partially collapsed building in New Haven, Conn., on June 2, including two critically injured workers. 

Construction has resumed after a crane accident in Atlanta crushed a part of a garage and injured four workers.