A routine roofing job on West Mahogany Court in Palatine turned deadly Wednesday when a 40-year-old construction worker fell ...

One man is dead after being thrown from a piece of construction equipment and run over beneath the Compton overpass in ...

DME Construction Associates will pay $600,000 and implement enhanced fall protection and safety measures following an OSHA investigation into a fatal workplace fall. A New York roofing contractor has ...

A thorough understanding and implementation of the hierarchy of fall protection controls can help protect workers from ...

Structural failures in a temporary balcony railing led to a fatal 14-foot fall during a loading operation at a Washington construction site.

The 13th annual National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction is underway from May 4–8, 2026, with OSHA urging employers nationwide to pause work for safety training. Falls remain the ...

New York Labor Law §240, the Scaffold Law, imposes absolute liability on property owners and general contractors when a worker dies in a fall. Wrongful death actions under the Estates, Powers and ...