Tragedy, they say, is the mother of change. Once again this adage is proven true with the recent train crash that killed 26 passengers in Los Angeles. On Friday, a head-on collision happened between a Metrolink commuter train and a Union Pacific freight train. Among the 134 people injured, 39 were in critical condition. This [...]

How much does it cost to install railing on a stairway? Not much I bet but just recently, a company was proposed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to pay $38,500 because it failed to provide handrails on an open-sided four-foot platform. This was considered a willful violation by the administration. Ganapatibapa Inc. [...]

Another fall caused the death of a 65-year old worker recently. This time, the accident involved a scaffold in a plant in Baltimore County, Maryland. The worker, identified as Robert George Fuchs, was removing coal debris from a conveyor belt when he fell from a scaffold. He sustained multiple injuries from the impact caused by [...]

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued citations to three contractors with proposed penalties totaling $313,500 for alleged violations of safety standards after investigating the catastrophic March 15 collapse of a tower crane in New York City that killed seven people. The accident took place at 303 E. 51st St. in midtown Manhattan.

Demolition projects sure seem cool but they’re one serious business. Safety must be strongly founded on your workplace even if your task involves destroying buildings and other structures. By following OSHA guidelines, you don’t have to worry if you’re making or breaking safety for your employees. The best way to ensure safety during demolition operations [...]

The year 2006 seems like a long time ago but events that shook its days will echo now and in the future. Take workplace accidents and fatalities as an example. Employees who met unfortunate incidents that year had their experiences permanently etched in newspapers and websites. Statistics will always have a record of their experience, [...]

Last Tuesday was an unlucky day for two employees in Chicago when a tractor unexpectedly rolled on a construction site and injured both of them. The two men are employees of Rainbow Construction. They were working in a residential garage when the tractor unexpectedly moved. Both victims had their legs caught in the tread of [...]

We’ve heard so much about window washers falling from buildings and construction workers injuring themselves with collapsing cranes. Yesterday, another fatality happened; but this time it involved a forklift. A Rudco Products employee got pinned against a trash compactor when his co-worker lost control of a forklift. Julio A. Rivera, 37, was immediately brought to [...]

Thanks to firefighters, two window washers in San Jose were rescued after their platform got stuck 100 feet (nine stories) in the air. They were stranded for more than an hour until the firefighters rappelled down and hoisted them up one at a time. If you think being stranded for more than an hour in [...]

Monday morning was a small tragedy for Attleboro, Massachusetts as an explosion occurred at the Stern-Leach Co. The accident left one worker suffering from chemical burns on over 40% of his body. About 30 workers were decontaminated and 19 were rushed to area hospitals for evaluation. A spokesman for the state Department of Environmental Protection [...]