A Philadelphia jury has awarded $68.5 million in damages to the widow and son of a 38-year-old construction worker who was killed in 2021 in a fall from a fifth-floor balcony at a luxury townhouse site. Siarhei Marhunou’s widow, Hanna, …
Federal officials say a New Jersey construction contractor with a history of ignoring federal fall safety standards has again been found exposing employees to potentially deadly fall hazards in eight work site inspections. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration …
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reports it has reached a settlement agreement with a New Jersey contractor after a worker suffered a fatal fall at a Bayonne worksite in October 2023. The settlement followed an OSHA inspection …
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has determined that a Massachusetts roofing contractor again violated federal regulations for fall protections, following an investigation into how an employee fell about 27 feet and was killed. The accident occurred as workers …
Building construction-related fatalities in the five boroughs of New York City are at the lowest number in nearly a decade, with seven deaths in 2023 as compared to a high of 14 in 2019. While fatalities are down, the annual …
A Framingham, Massachusetts roofing contractor with a history of fall-related safety violations again exposed its employees to potentially fatal falls, this time to falls of up to 20 feet at a residential worksite in Boston’s Hyde Park neighborhood, according to …
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited a New Jersey contractor for again exposing workers to fall hazards, this time while working at a construction site in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey. OSHA said it has inspected Adrian …
A federal grand jury has indicted Richard Zagger, of Blue Point, New York, charging him with conspiracy and obstruction of an investigation into a fatal construction accident, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. The four-count indictment alleges that Zagger …
A federal workplace safety investigation alleges that a Huntington, New York contractor could have prevented a roofer’s fatal fall at a Glen Cove worksite in April by following legally required safeguards designed to prevent falls. The Occupational Safety and Health …
The city of Boston will begin requiring construction and demolition contractors to file site-specific safety plans and attest to following them starting December 1. The requirement is part of the city’s implementation of a new safe construction ordinance that was …
