The construction industry showed improvement last year in a key safety indicator, its rate of nonfatal jobsite injuries and illnesses, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. But the bureau's report, ...

Building professionals aim for a zero-injury culture as project complexity and workforce demands increase. Is this goal ...

The number of construction nonfatal injuries rose slightly last year but the industry’s injury rate improved, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported. The latest annual BLS report on ...

Despite significant improvements in the last 25 years, U.S. construction workers are still at high risk for on-the-job injuries to muscles, tendons, joints and nerves, a new study reports. These ...

When people head to their workplace each day – wherever it may be – they may be thinking about their to-do list, a meeting with their supervisor, or even how to overcome a challenging work task. No ...

Construction workers do a lot of lifting on the job, and the construction industry has one of the highest incident rates of back injuries. Most of the time, construction workers probably don’t think ...

Construction sites are dynamic environments where the blend of heavy machinery, elevated work areas, and manual labor create a landscape fraught with potential hazards. While the construction industry ...

Type II helmets better protect workers from fatal falls, yet are underused, writes the director of Virginia Tech’s helmet safety research lab.

When conducting discovery in personal injury matters that arise from construction accidents, the discovery requests, like in other matters, dictate the documents received. However, the difference is ...