Construction Business Owner

MARCH 10, 2016

This statistic doesn't include the amount of injuries that are seen in the field every year, which are regularly numerous and often perilous. Out of all of the private sector fatalities in 2014, one in five occurred in the construction industry.

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Safety Statistics Injury Accounting 225

Construction Law

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Annual statistics released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) confirm that there were 51 fatal injuries to construction workers in the year to March 2024. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details.

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Constructonomics

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Whilst the UK construction industry continues to see growth month on month, it still remains a potentially dangerous industry to be a part of, with the risk of injury apparent every day. In 2012/13, there were 39 fatal injuries to workers within the construction industry. Major Injuries. Over Seven Day Injuries.

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Accidents Risk Injury Construction 186

Construction Equipment

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2.8 million nonfatal injuries or illnesses occurred in private industry workplaces… The American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) responded to 2018 safety numbers by calling for private employers to look more closely at their safety practices. According to the U.S.

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Injury Statistics Safety Employment 76

Viewpoint Construction Technology

MARCH 16, 2017

Bureau of Labor Statistics, nearly three million nonfatal injuries happened in the workplace in 2014. According to the U.S.

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Statistics Safety Injury Construction 130

FDR Safety

DECEMBER 16, 2013

OSHA’s proposal to publish online the workplace injury and illness reports from companies with more than 250 workers may at first blush sound like a good idea in this age of transparency, but there are some good reasons not to do this. The logs contain statistical data on injuries and illnesses, but provide no insight as to the cause.

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OSHA Injury Statistics Accidents 136

Construction Business Owner

MARCH 23, 2023

The construction industry is notably high-risk; according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, construction has the second-highest occupational fatality rate. The Travelers 2022 Injury Impact Report found that injured construction workers spend an average of 98 days away from work.

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Statistics Injury Travel Risk 156

Construction Business Owner

JULY 8, 2015

he recent preliminary Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, revealed that in 2013, the number of fatal work injuries in the private construction sector stayed about the same as the year prior.

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Injury Statistics Accounting Industrial 120

Construction Equipment

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

A preliminary total of 4,405 fatal work injuries were recorded in the U.S. in 2013, lower than the revised count of 4,628 fatal work injuries in 2012, according to results from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.'

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Green Building Law Update

JULY 19, 2020

But there is no authoritative nationwide repository of bird casualties or injuries, so estimating the scope of this is difficult. The County Department of Inspections, Licenses and Permits statistics indicate it would apply to less than 1% of permits issued each year.

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New York City Green Maryland Permits 289

Construction Equipment

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Recordable injuries and illnesses in the construction industry fell for the third straight year in 2017. According to a report by EHS Today, the industry reported 198,000 incidents, according to data from the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The BLS numbers also show that the…

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Injury Industrial Statistics Construction 70

Construction Business Owner

JUNE 1, 2016

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are more than 50,000 "struck by falling object" OSHA recordables every year in the United States. That is one injury caused by a dropped object every 10 minutes. But how many dropped object accidents go unrecorded?

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United States Accidents Statistics OSHA 120

FDR Safety

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. The total of 4,836 fatal work injuries in 2015 was up slightly from the 4,821 reported in 2014. In 2008, the number was 5,214, the bureau’s Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries said.

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Injury OSHA Statistics Accounting 120

Constructonomics

AUGUST 28, 2018

Defective equipment will lead to serious injuries or fatalities, apart from causing system, structural and electrical failures. You don’t want to provide an unsafe working environment and you definitely wouldn’t want to be held liable for any employee injuries caused by faulty equipment. – Improved Employee Morale.

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Equipment Accidents Construction Injury 188

Construction Business Owner

MARCH 10, 2016

This statistic doesn't include the amount of injuries that are seen in the field every year, which are regularly numerous and often perilous. Out of all of the private sector fatalities in 2014, one in five occurred in the construction industry.

Safety 120

Safety Statistics Injury Accounting 120

Safety Services Company

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Deadly workplace injuries for women dominated by transportation, violence. Department of Labor released its 2011 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries recently, and while workplace deaths were down, the data presents some interesting reminders about workplace safety and workplace violence especially as related to gender and family.

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Injury Transportation Safety Statistics 62

FDR Safety

DECEMBER 5, 2018

While a good and helpful idea, OSHA recordable and lost work-day case rates may be too much of a focus for many companies, while off the job injuries often go unaddressed. The same is true for off-the-job injuries, which ultimately cost employers millions of dollars each year. These injuries occurred off the job.

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OSHA Injury Employment Safety 120

FDR Safety

DECEMBER 5, 2018

While a good and helpful idea, OSHA recordable and lost work-day case rates may be too much of a focus for many companies, while off the job injuries often go unaddressed. The same is true for off-the-job injuries, which ultimately cost employers millions of dollars each year. These injuries occurred off the job.

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OSHA Injury Employment Safety 120

Construction Equipment

APRIL 9, 2019

Although Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) statistics show a decrease in on-the-job fatalities, transportation remains the most dangerous vocation. Total fatal on-the-job injuries fell to 5,190 in 2016 from 6,217 in 1992, a 16.5-percent percent decrease, according to BLS. These findings were published in…

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Injury Transportation Statistics 52

FDR Safety

APRIL 15, 2019

These studies include terrifying statistics on accidents, injuries, deaths, age groups most likely to be hurt, and suggestions on how to drive safer. April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month meaning organizations such as OSHA, M.A.A.D, and EndDD are releasing annual studies on distracted driving.

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Accidents Roads Statistics Risk 198

Construction Marketing

MAY 19, 2021

Statistics show that there are over 400 injuries and over 20 fatalities each year related to construction in Ontario alone. A majority of construction-related injuries occur due to a lack of proper personal protective equipment (PPE), such as helmets and gloves. Providing adequate safety gear.

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Safety Construction Guidelines Employment 183

Safety Services Company

MAY 8, 2013

Bureau of Labor Statistics Releases Finalized Occupational Death Findings. The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the finalized occupational death counts for 2011 late last week. The number represents the third lowest annual total since the fatal injury census was first conducted in 1992. in 2011 was 3.5 reported for 2010.

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FDR Safety

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Fatal falls were up 9% in 2014, according to preliminary estimates from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries conducted by the Bureau. Of those incidents, the large majority resulted from falls to a lower level, and where the height of the fall was known, two-thirds were 20 feet or less.

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Accidents Statistics Injury Estimating 120

Safety Services Company

AUGUST 13, 2013

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued a final rule requiring all federal agencies to annually submit injury and illness data to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The rule will clarify the definition of federal establishment and explain when contract employees should be included on an agency’s log.

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Injury Employment OSHA Statistics 54

Construction Equipment

JANUARY 13, 2017

Each year, the Research Institute produces the Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index , which ranks the leading causes of serious, nonfatal work-related injuries in terms of direct workers compensation costs. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the National Academy of Social Insurance.

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Injury Insurance Compensation Statistics 53

FDR Safety

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Bureau of Labor Statistics Safety Data. Total rate (Case rate for days away Since 1992, US businesses, governmental agencies, and industry have substantially reduced the number of recordable injuries. Rate Change Over Time Period. Percent Change. TRIR (Total Record Incident Rate). 63% decrease. 58% decrease.

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Risk Safety Injury Statistics 120

Safety Services Company

AUGUST 13, 2013

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued a final rule requiring all federal agencies to annually submit injury and illness data to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The rule will clarify the definition of federal establishment and explain when contract employees should be included on an agency’s log.

Injury 52

Injury Employment OSHA Statistics 52

Safety Services Company

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

OSHA reminds employers to post injury and illness summaries. Employers that are required to record work-related injuries and illnesses and haven’t posted their summary of those records yet could be cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for failing to meet their responsibilities as an employer.

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Injury OSHA Employment Regulation 57

Safety Services Company

AUGUST 21, 2017

On August 1, 2017, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) launched its Injury Tracking Application (ITA), which allows employers to begin observing compliance with this year’s new electronic reporting requirements. Through the ITA, employers can submit necessary injury and illness records from their 2016 OSHA Form 300A.

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Injury OSHA Employment Statistics 48

BD+C

JANUARY 19, 2018

Fatal work injuries in the U.S. rose 7% to a preliminary total of 5,190 in 2016, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Deadly injuries among construction trades workers increased 6%, or a total of 991 fatalities, in 2016. The fatal injury rate for roofing workers increased from 39.7% were construction fatalities.

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Injury Accidents Statistics Construction 76

Safety Services Company

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

A fact sheet recently released by the Parkland Institute, a non-partisan public policy re search institute in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta, states that the Alberta Government is understating the numbers of workplace injuries that occur each year.

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Injury Union Safety Compensation 48

Lets Build

AUGUST 8, 2017

That is a statistic that “ The Construction Industry Helpline ”, an organization to help those in the construction industry on a variety of topics, CEO Bill Hill has discovered. Construction has one of the highest risks of suicide amongst its employees but they aren’t taking the statistics lying down, they are starting to fight back.

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Construction Statistics Site Risk 166

FDR Safety

AUGUST 27, 2015

The latest edition of the annual Injury Facts book published by the National Safety Council is out, and while company CEOs and safety directors might not take the time to read all 210 pages, there is one set of statistics worth special attention. CEO, FDRsafety. By Fred Rine. About half occur in the home.

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Accidents Safety Statistics Injury 120

Construction Equipment

JANUARY 13, 2017

Each year, the Research Institute produces the Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index , which ranks the leading causes of serious, nonfatal work-related injuries in terms of direct workers compensation costs. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the National Academy of Social Insurance.

Injury 48

Injury Insurance Compensation Statistics 48

Safety Services Company

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today issued a proposed rule to improve workplace safety and health through improved tracking of workplace injuries and illnesses. “Three million injuries are three million too many,” said Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Dr. .

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Injury OSHA Employment Safety 50

Construction Superintendent Magazine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

. -- A new study shows construction firms that hire union workers have fewer work injuries requiring workers’ compensation payments for time away from work.

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Injury Union Miami United States 40

Safety Services Company

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

OSHA reminds employers to post injury and illness summaries. Employers who haven’t posted their injury/illness summaries could be cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for failing to meet their responsibilities as an employer. information about the number and type of reportable safety incidents, and.

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Injury OSHA Employment Regulation 48