As temperatures drop and daylight hours shrink, construction sites face increased fall hazards, making proper planning, equipment, and safety culture more critical than ever. Each Fall, construction ...
Construction sites are ever evolving. There are a multitude of different dynamic moving parts on every single construction site across the United States. From the operation of heavy machinery, complex ...
How do companies prevent TBIs on the job and what are the steps to take should an accident occur on a construction site? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 176 ...
Service and maintenance vehicles, as well as construction equipment, are musts on any construction site, and staying safe around those vehicles is of utmost importance for both civilians and ...
The construction industry is predicted to continue to face exponential growth while also experiencing a severe labor shortage of more than half a million workers, leading to the highest rate of open ...
The city’s Department of Buildings is still not doing enough to keep workers safe on construction sites and failed to implement reforms that could have tightened safety rules, according to a new ...
Safety on construction sites has always been a concern. In an industry where more than 60% of workers are exposed to heights greater than 5 feet daily, and workers’ compensation from injury is more ...
On Demand Safety on construction sites has always been a concern. In an industry where more than 60% of workers are exposed to heights greater than 5 feet daily, and workers' compensation from injury ...
A new study highlights how real-time monitoring technologies are reshaping safety in the construction industry, particularly ...
Each year, more than 1,000 workers lose their lives to construction accidents, and this figure is only increasing. To resolve this crucial issue, the industry must overcome several key challenges, ...
By Jim Goss, Senior Safety Consultant, HCSS As the focus on construction safety intensifies, equipment-using organizations are moving beyond compliance to culture change, embedding safety into the ...
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Construction safety: Beyond on-site control

Last month, two worker fall accidents occurred over two days at Samsung Heavy Industries’ Geoje Shipyard. A fatal incident also took place at a subway construction site operated by POSCO Construction.