Right Outside Our Kitchen Window
Nothing is easy. They’re rebuilding the house next door — right outside our kitchen window. Last week they had guys…
Football and Roof Falls
Monday was a beautiful day in Boston. I walked around my Brighton neighborhood and saw people enjoying the sunshine, walking…
OSHA Cites Before Worker Is Killed
Just a short follow-up to yesterday’s post about the death of an 18-year-old who fell from a roof because his…
18-Year-Old Killed in Fall: Why We Need OSHA, Part 843,053,495
All workplace deaths are tragedies and the vast majority are 100% preventable if OSHA standards are complied with. In other…
Short Stuff: Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety
Little Fires Everywhere…at Amazon Neither rain, no sleet, nor snow stops the US mail. Apparently for Amazon, that also includes…
OSHA Gets Serious About Fall Protection
How often to you drive by workers up on the roof of a new construction or re-roofing who are not…
Weekly Toll: Some Workplace Deaths Last Week
Notes: Seven of the 21 deaths listed here this week were from falls. Hard to believe. Gravity is not a…
Worker Dies. Excuses Made.
Man killed at construction site for new Delaware home Blowing off a bit of steam here. Journalists take note. Check…
WTF?! Friday Fall Protection Edition
There’s an old saying, I’m pretty sure from Confucius: “Take heed. It is always a bad idea to do an…
Residential Construction: Death, Injury and Doing it the Right Way
Kudos to Idaho Statesman Reporter Audrey Dutton for a first-rate article about the hazards of residential construction — how many…