Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

OSHA includes both falls from heights and slips and trips in this category. Most falls on construction sites are the result of uneven surfaces, improper mounting and dismounting from equipment, ...

The number of construction nonfatal injuries rose slightly last year but the industry’s injury rate improved, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported. The latest annual BLS report on ...

Construction services are necessary for building infrastructure, but they have risks. The industry is notorious for occupational hazards and high injury rates. Construction safety managers must be ...

Construction sites are dynamic environments where the blend of heavy machinery, elevated work areas, and manual labor create a landscape fraught with potential hazards. While the construction industry ...

The number of nonfatal construction workplace injuries and illnesses declined in 2021 and the industry’s injury/illness rate was unchanged from the previous year's level, the Bureau of Labor ...

Construction workers who are injured on the job lose an average of 103 days of work, 30% longer than the average of 72 days across all industries, according to new research from Travelers. The ...

When it comes to hazards on the construction site, electrical contractors are very familiar with the risks that OSHA dubs the “fatal four” — electrocutions, falls, struck-by and caught-in/between. The ...

Construction workers face some of the greatest risks for injuries on the job. Those in the industry have a higher risk of both fatal and non-fatal traumatic brain injuries compared to all other ...

Just three months ago, on the morning of Nov. 11, 2019, scaffolding on the 18th floor of a still-under-construction portion of the $25 billion Hudson Yards mega-development collapsed with two ...