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 ...

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 ...

The construction industry faces unique challenges regarding employee safety. Working with heavy machinery, navigating complex structures, and handling hazardous materials all require a sharp mind, ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

This presentation will focus on struck-by injuries in the construction industry. Amber Trueblood, Director of CPWR’s Data Center, will begin with a review of recent data trends from the U.S. Bureau of ...

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, ...

Did you know that in 2019 a worker died every 99 minutes from a work-related injury? Many of these deaths took place among drivers, sales workers, and truck drivers (together, accounting for 1,005 ...

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