Fatal work injuries in the private construction sector in 2008 declined by 20 percent from the updated 2007 total, twice the all-worker decline of 10 percent. · Fatal workplace falls, which had risen ...

Avoid adding to the images of loved ones lost by using hazard analysis to identify fall protection needs on the jobsite. In June, OSHA launched a week-long campaign called the National Safety ...

A worker has died after falling five storeys down a lift shaft at a construction site in Sydney's north-west. The man, aged 38, fell through a roof at a worksite in Jordan Springs, near Penrith, on ...

Since joining CPWR in 2021, Mr. Harris has led several fall-related analyses and is the lead author on CPWR’s March 2024 Data Bulletin “Fatal and Nonfatal Falls in the U.S. Construction ...

A specialist construction company has been fined £60,000 after a worker fell to his death from a church steeple in Birmingham ...

The construction industry had 1,075 fatalities in 2023. The BLS measured a fatal work injury rate of 9.6 deaths per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers, the same rate as in 2022. Falls, slips, and ...

This data is from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI). Some key findings include: Construction had the most fatalities (1,075) among all industry sectors in 2023 and was the highest for ...