Safety agencies around the world observe this day, April 28, to encourage workers and employers to do all they can to be safer on the job.
Their analysis, published in MMWR, also indicated Hispanics, self-employed workers, and workers in smaller establishments had disproportionately higher ladder fall injury rates.
The alliance aims to reduce Atlanta-area construction workers' exposure to respirable crystalline silica.
The Dallas and Chicago OSHA offices have formed an alliance with the Philippine consulate general in Chicago.
The rule includes significant PPE changes, such as mandating fall harnesses for workers in aerial lifts and requiring that employers provide and pay for FR apparel.
The apps address ladder safety, heat stress, safe lifting, noise monitoring, and first aid.
Speaking this month during the presentation of a construction industry safety award, Commissioner for Labour Donald Tong Hong cited fatalities late last year and three deaths this year in lifting operations.
Workers, safety managers, and management are asked to pause to discuss topics including ladder safety, scaffolding safety, and roofing work safety.
Thomas Fariello, acting commissioner of the city's Buildings Department, said all three 2013 fatalities resulted from lack of adequate fall protection.
They identify safety issues that should be addressed and steps to be taken to resolve them, some of which are already underway. The reports do not highlight any issue as serious as the construction flaws that caused the collapse of the Rana Plaza in April 2013.
The proposed plan would put $90.9 billion into safe and innovative transportation programs.
The funds will go toward improving light rail connections in the greater Los Angeles area.
The financial dispute continues, but work on the new locks resumed Feb. 20.
Some tower crane users have not been releasing the slew brake and/or placing the jib at the correct out of service radius, according to the agency.
The Guardian's chief sports correspondent, Owen Gibson, reported the Indian embassy in Doha confirmed 502 Indian migrant workers have died since January 2012 building infrastructure for the 2022 World Cup.
The proposed rule would extend the compliance date to Nov. 10, 2017.
The three-day event for Grainger's customers has grown large enough for the exhibits to occupy two halls in the Orange County Convention Center's West Building.
OSHA has cited Lucas Marine Acquisition Co., a Florida company, after a worker's death last year.
President Kathy Seabrook's comments submitted Jan. 31 endorse the proposed 50 µg/m3 PEL and the 25 µg/m3 action level but say implementation on small, short-term construction sites will be a challenge.
The alliance will focus on sharing information about OSHA's emphasis programs, health laws, and standards.