Maryland Court Affirms Limits on Hiring Firm Liability for Contractor Negligence August 16, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson The mother of a man killed on a Baltimore construction site who was barred by Maryland’s workers’ compensation law from...
New Jersey Contractor Arraigned for Worker Death at Poughkeepsie Construction Site August 4, 2022 A New Jersey construction company and its principal have been charged with willfully violating federal workplace safety regulations at a...
Officials Investigating Another Construction Worker Death in Boston June 14, 2022 One person died in a construction accident in Boston last Thursday morning and a second person was taken to the...
OSHA Investigating Collapse of Boston Power Plant; Builder Pauses All Projects in City May 6, 2022 Firefighters in Boston worked for more than three hours to rescue an injured construction worker after part of a historic...
Unstable Construction Crane Spurs Evacuations in Downtown Atlanta February 23, 2021 Crews Sunday worked to take down a crane outside of a 31-story building that began tilting precariously on Friday, forcing...
Construction Worker Fired, Punched for Complaining About Drunk Boss Wins $1M October 1, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson A federal appeals court has ruled that a North Carolina employee who was attacked and fired after he complained about...
Report Finds New York Construction Fatalities, Regulatory Violations Rising January 24, 2017 By Elizabeth Blosfield The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH) found in its latest construction fatality report that construction worker...
Construction Zone Crashes in Utah Kill 67 in 5 Years July 6, 2016 State data shows a total of 67 people have been killed in Utah construction zone crashes in the last five...
Hard Hat Saved Life of Construction Worker at Syracuse Site June 30, 2016 Police said a worker’s hard hat likely saved his life after he was hit by a falling steel beam at...
Unmanned Work Zone Trucks Promise Road Safety, Savings August 27, 2015 By Michael Rubinkam Roving construction crews — the kind you see blacktopping a road, painting lines, inspecting a bridge or installing a traffic...