Scaffold accident probed
There were 16 deaths on construction sites in Ontario last year, and that's considered a good year. The average has been running at 21. (Ontario, Canada)

NASA focuses on safety
Facing five final flights in the next eight months, NASA on Monday will stage a "Safety Stand Down" aimed at avoiding deadly accidents before the end of the shuttle program.
(Cape Canaveral, FL)

Construction fatalities drop in 2009...as a building boom ends
Construction fatalities dropped dramatically in the city last year as a decade-long building boom came to a halt, but accidents and injuries rose, city statistics show.
(New York City, NY)

Building site worker buried alive in concrete
A Dad who was left with severe cement burns after he was buried alive during a horrific building site accident has won substantial compensation. (Newcastle, UK)

 

1/8/10
New OSHA videos provide respirator and facemask safety guidance

1/7/10
OSHA proposes $55,200 in fines
to Pembroke, MA contractor for Randolph, MA cave-in hazard

1/7/10
OSHA announces informal public hearing on hazard
communication rule

12/29/09
Freehold, NJ company fails to comply with federal court order
in OSHA whistleblower case;
US marshals seize vehicle