The annual Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction started Today and will last all week-long. In 2019, among the 1,061 construction workers fatalities recorded in the US by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, 401 of them were caused by falls. Most of these accidents could have been prevented…
A group of New York contractors are asking US Transportation Secretary Buttigieg to waive the NY Scaffold Law on the Hudson River Project. Fall is the number one cause of fatalities among construction workers in New York City and nationwide. Most of these fatalities are preventable and are the result…
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) was created in 1918. Its goal was to standardize various manufacturing, engineering or safety processes. The first project focused on pipe thread sizes. In 1992, ANSI developed the “ANSI/ASSE Z359.1 American National Standard” for personal fall arrest systems in non-construction occupations. This standard was…
2 construction workers died and 79 were injured on the job in New York City during the first two months of 2021. One fatality occurred in Staten Island and the other one in Manhattan. In both cases the worker fell. Last year, only one worker died in NYC construction accidents…
On April 26th, as part of the second National Stand-Down to prevent struck by accidents among construction workers, two free webinars will be offered by the NORA Construction Sector Council. The first webinar will take place from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm and will focus on preventing struck by-accidents that…
Inspections by the DOT play an important role in keeping NYC construction sites safe and preventing dangerous construction accidents. The covid19 crisis has demonstrated that new online technologies can sometimes be used to replace meetings in person or visiting locations, saving time and resources. The NYC Department of Building is…
The construction industry saw a period of growth during the last decade and with more workers employed, the number of hard hat injuries and deaths also increased. The Center for Construction Research and Training (CPWR) recently published a study looking at construction worker fatal injuries from 2011 to 2019. They…
Despite safety regulations and awareness campaigns falls continue to be the number one cause of deaths and injuries among construction workers. According to the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, among the 1008 construction worker fatalities recorded nationally in 2018, 320 were fall fatalities. To continue…
Preventing construction accidents and making sure every hard hat is safe on a job site should be a priority for every contractor and developer. Recently Construction Dive looked at the construction safety trends for 2021. Here is a summary: OSHA penalties have been adjusted to the inflation rate and now…
A New York City pedestrian crossing the street was killed by a backhoe on Friday afternoon. 61 year old Estelle Davis was walking in a crosswalk near New Lots and Van Sinderen Avenues. She was looking down at her phone when a backhoe that was doing work nearby struck her. …
