WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Name of Product: THHN Electrical Wire […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Name of Product: Hickory handle sledge […]
By Inyoung Hwang Bloomberg News Aug 19, 2010 U.S. workplace deaths fell 17 percent in 2009 to a record low on a decline in construction fatalities, as unemployment surged to the highest level in a quarter century. There were 4,340 deaths across all industries, compared with 5,214 a year earlier. Fatalities among private construction firms […]
ARLINGTON, Texas, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ — Seven states now have laws on the books that require construction workers to complete the OSHA 10-hour construction safety training course before they can work on certain construction projects. The states with an OSHA law already in effect are Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, New York, and most […]
Worker Is Killed on Throgs Neck Bridge New York Times By Sewell Chan AND Christine Hauser August 25, 2009, 10:51 am An electrical worker died on Tuesday morning after being struck by the boom of a truck on the Throgs Neck Bridge, which connects the Bronx and Queens, according to the city’s Fire Department. The […]
1 Worker Killed in NYC Scaffold Collapse August 19, 2009 by The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A construction worker fell five stories to his death when part of a scaffold collapsed in Brooklyn, police said. The worker had been resurfacing bricks on an apartment building’s facade in the Park Slope section when the […]