Despite the current economic climate, the AFP reports that China is in the midst of a rapid construction boom, putting up buildings at a rapid pace. However, this growth has come at a high cost to China’s workers. In fact, the State Administration of Work Safety estimates that 99 people…
The Worcester Business Journal reports that according to a state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development Division of Occupational Safety survey, Massachusetts’ rate of work-related injuries and illnesses for 2007 was lower than the national average and the lowest in New England. Massachusetts reported four injuries or illnesses per…
A construction accident occurred recently in Maitland, Florida when three men who were doing concrete work lost their footing after the scaffolding came loose from the building. The workers were left dangling in the air six stories above the ground while emergency rescue crews worked to help them down. Fortunately,…
Design News reports that Massachusetts has dropped criminal charges against a company that had been found criminally negligent in the Big Dig ceiling collapse that killed a 39-year-old woman. The now infamous accident occurred in Boston on July 10, 2006. After a federal investigation found that its “Fast Set” epoxy…
Earlier this month, a construction worker in an underground excavation pit was seriously injured when he became partially buried by falling concrete. The construction accident occurred around 4:20am on Thursday, December 11. The unidentified worker was buried from the waist down inside a 25-foot deep pit. Emergency medical personnel responded…
Last Friday afternoon, a scaffolding collapse injured two workers in what could have been a much more serious accident, according to a veteran firefighter responding to the construction accident. Construction workers were repairing the façade of the Kravis Center for the Performing Art, which was damaged during Hurricane Francis in…
Earlier this year, Robert Augeri, 31, was killed by a Mack truck while working on a highway paving project on Interstate 495 in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Two companies involved with the fatal highway accident were cited for safety violations by OSHA. Augeri’s employer, Brox Industries, of Dracut, was cited on October…
The Journal of the American Medical Association recently reported on statistics involving work-related injury deaths among Hispanics in the United States. The period studied was 1992-2006 and during that period, a total of 11,303 of Hispanic workers died from work-related injuries. One positive finding was that death rate for Hispanic…
Yesterday, the Massachusetts Division of Occupational Safety announced that We Care Environmental, a recycling and composting facility based in Marlborough, Massachusetts has been approved as a Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) participant. This is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s highest honor given to small businesses. The purpose…
On last Friday afternoon, a man was tragically killed in a construction accident. L.B. Ellis, 62, was working on private land near the Kentucky Splash Water Park when he got out of his dump truck and his friend and business partner accidently struck him with the turret of the excavator…