NYC Halts Construction at 222 Broadway Office-to-Residence Tower July 28, 2026 By Nacha Cattan and Natalie Wong New York City’s Department of Buildings issued a stop-work order at a Manhattan office tower that’s being converted into apartments...
Contractor Faces $4.6 Million in OSHA Fines After Fatal Trench Collapse April 9, 2026 A Massachusetts water and sewer line construction contractor is facing $4,699,362 in proposed penalties for safety violations related to a...
Concrete Firm Pleads Guilty to OSHA Violation That Led to Worker’s Death February 9, 2026 A Massachusetts concrete services company pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to willfully violating Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
Contractor Again Exposed Workers to Cave-In, Excavation Hazards: OSHA December 19, 2025 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration reported that it has again cited an Easton, Connecticut concrete and earthwork contractor for...
Contractor and Cape Cod Town Began Court Battle Before Fatal Trench Collapse November 25, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson The employer of a construction worker who was killed in a trench collapse on Cape Cod last week and the...
Zurich, Arrowsight Camera-Coaching Pilot Slashes NYC Workers’ Compensation Claims November 20, 2025 A three-year pilot program using video surveillance and coaching at New York City construction sites led to enhanced job safety...
State Police Shortage Stalls Vermont Program to Protect Highway Workers September 12, 2025 By SHAUN ROBINSON /VTDigger Kellen Cloud’s line of work has always been dangerous. For the better part of the past two decades, Cloud has...
Construction Supervisor Sentenced for Obstructing Probe of Employee’s Fatal Fall July 9, 2025 A Blue Point, New York man has been sentenced to one year in prison and two years of supervised release...
Family of Ironworker Who Died on Job Awarded $12 Million March 28, 2025 A Pennsylvania cement company has agreed to pay $12 million to the family of an ironworker who fell to his...
Worker Killed When House Under Construction Collapses in Massachusetts January 29, 2025 A worker died Tuesday after a house under construction in Massachusetts collapsed. According to local police, Mario Diaz Obando, 29,...