As a worker, you trust that every product you use is safe. However, you need to realize that this is not always true. For example, a bad product design could make a product dangerous to rely on.Unfortunately, when a product is dangerous, you don't often know about it...
Construction Workers’ Accidents
What happens if you fall off a ladder?
It may be easy to fall off a ladder, but this is not something you ever want to experience. If this happens, you can be faced with serious injury or even death.A recent study published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report notes that falls remain the top cause...
What are struck-by injuries in the workplace?
There are many types of injuries that can occur at a place of employment. Regardless of where you work, you need to know which steps you can take to improve your overall level of safety.Struck-by injuries are common in the workplace. This is the result of forcible...
Common factors that cause a forklift accident
Forklifts are used in many industries for a variety of tasks. While these machines are useful, they can also be dangerous.A forklift accident can cause serious injury or death. For this reason, those who operate the equipment must be extremely careful at all...
Worker killed at local Maryland construction site
Construction workers know they are working with dangerous equipment and are trained to do so, which is why this news about a man who was killed on a construction site has drawn so much attention. The case is being investigated while others stand by to learn why this...
2 men dangle from ropes in construction site accident
This accident could have turned out much worse if not for the firefighters on the scene. A news release from June 4 reports that a pair of masonries had to be rescued from a building on the National Institutes of Health Campus when a scaffolding platform the pair was...
Carpenter killed in accident on slippery construction site
It's been a little over a month since we last wrote about construction accidents. In our November 1 post, we took note of evidence that immigrant workers tend to be affected at disproportionate rates by fatal workplace accidents.Though the evidence was from the New...
Fatal construction accidents: are immigrants more at risk?
Issues relating to the eligibility for workers' compensation of construction employees who are injured in on-the-job accidents are one of the themes of this blog. In our September 20 post, for example, we discussed the lag in compliance with fall protection standards...
Construction falls: OSHA cracks down on repeat violator
Roofers have dangerous jobs. By the very nature of their work, are particularly exposed to fall risks, as well as other types of construction accidents. Because they work in elevated settings, it is very important that they have all proper safety protections.But some...
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