Recent studies found that drones can be helpful in identifying hazards and preventing workers getting injured or killed in construction accidents. The Center for Construction Research and Training is hosting a free webinar on Wednesday March 23 about drones in construction and specifically how they can help make construction sites…
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Hazards faced by construction workers during cold weather and how to prevent them
Some construction workers, especially those working on emergency repairs are required to work for long period of time in sub-zero temperatures and as a result they might suffer cold related illnesses and injuries such as Hypothermia, Frostbite, Trench Foot and Chilblains. How to prevent cold illnesses? The most important way…
Construction Safety during the Covid19 Pandemic
In New York and in the US, construction companies, like any employers, are responsible for the safety of their employees while they are at work. If a construction worker is injured or killed on the job, the employer might be liable. Therefore during the pandemic they had to make sure…
How to reduce fatal construction accidents among roofers?
Roofers have one of the most dangerous occupations among all workers. Every year more than hundred of them are dying in fall accidents. According to the most recent statistics, among the 401 fall fatalities recorded in the construction industry in 2019, 146 of them were roofer fatalities. Roofers have the…
Road construction accidents on the rise during the pandemic
Road construction accidents have been increasing during the pandemic. According to a recent article in Construction Dive, 60% of contractors reported an increase in crashes in their work zone last year. During the lockdown as construction work was deemed essential in many States, Department of Transportation officials thought that significantly…
An In-depth Look at Fatal and Nonfatal Struck-by Injuries in the Construction Industry
Struck by injuries are the most common non-fatal injuries sustained by construction workers. Among the 79.7 k construction workers who were injured in 2019, 16.6K suffered struck by injuries and 4 K suffered struck against injuries. Struck by accidents are also among the top causes of construction workers fatalities. In…
National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction Kicks Off Today
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…
How to use ANSI/ASSP Z359 Standards to prevent falls on construction sites?
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 virtual events proposed by the CPWR on National Stand-Down to Prevent Struck-by accidents in the construction industry
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…
A look at fatal construction injuries over the last decade
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…