Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Articles

It is against the law to retaliate against workers who report legal, health or safety violations. As straightforward as that sounds, whistleblower...

Editor’s Note: This is the second installment of a two-part article that discusses 14 steps you and your work crews must plan...

Editor’s Note: This is the first installment of a two-part article that discusses 14 things you and your work crews must plan...

The risks, including death, are well known. Despite being easily prevented, cave-ins during trenching and excavation work continue to occur, killing an...

A plumbing contractor in Oakland, California, survived being trapped up to his waist in sand and dirt in a 15-foot-deep hole for nearly...

On May 1, 2015, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued new standards aimed at increasing protections for construction workers in...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited a Massachusetts contractor for two serious violations of workplace safety standards after a...

The owner of a Wisconsin construction company was killed Nov. 10 when a 10-foot-deep trench he was working in caved in and...

The ability to hear is something most people probably take for granted until it’s gone. October is National Protect Your Hearing Month,...

A construction worker who was part of a crew working on a sewer main replacement project in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, died last week...

The owner of a Florida tree service company will spend 15 years in prison for aggravated manslaughter of a child in the...

Workers in the construction industry now have the same confined space protections that those in manufacturing and general industry have had for...

As of Jan. 1, 2015, OSHA has made changes to its rules about reporting some injuries and who has to keep safety...

We celebrate the continued dedication and hard work of drain cleaning contractors by revisiting companies profiled 10 years ago in Cleaner magazine....