The good side of the recession: Industry’s fatality numbers drop 

Published: August 26, 2011
Tags: AGC, Associated General Contractors of America, Associated General Contractors of Greater Milwaukee, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Dan Burazin, Department of Labor, fatalities, Ken Simonson, recession, safety, Schilleman, The Boldt Co., work place safety

The recession saved lives in the construction industry.

Benefits edge cost for rail safety program

Published: November 25, 2009
Tags: Balfour Beatty Rail, Beaver, Construction, fatalities, Federal Railroad Administration, railroad, safety, Track Guy Consultants, Zuspan

By Sean Ryan The federal government figured one life is worth $5.8 million when deciding if it is worth the cost to make railroad construction workers safer. A person who will die if new safety rules are not mandated is referred to as a “statistical life” by government analysts who compare costs and benefits of [...]

The OSHA report

Published: October 30, 2009
Tags: abatement, aerial lift, Affordable Home Improvements LLC, Affordable Quality and Excellence, air conditioning, Alpine Plumbing Inc., B&B Sheet Metal Inc., Bob Anderson Builders Inc., Brookfield, C.G. Enterprises Inc., citations, City Wide Masonry Inc., crane, Cudahy, D&M Flooring Co., demolition, Donovan & Jorgenson Inc., Eau Claire Insulation LLC, electrical, Elkhorn, excavation, eye protection, face protection, fall protection, fatalities, finishing, fire protection, flooring, Foremost Decorating Inc., framing, G.K. Anderson LLC, Galloway, hazard communication, head protection, health, heating, Highland Construction Inc., Homburg Contractors Inc., housing, Integrity Roofing Systems LLC, International Brothers Construction LLC, Iverson Design Services Inc., Kenosha, L.J. Contractors LLC, La Crosse, ladder, Laguna Carpentry Framers, Lily Bay Sand and Gravel LLC, LK Construction, Lopez Construction, Madison, Mario Juarez Vilchis, masonry, Mike Olsen Trucking & Excavating Inc., Milwaukee, New Berlin, Oconomowoc, osha, painting, Platteville, Pleasant Prairie, Plumbing, Premier Construction and Roofing LLC, Quality Roofing Inc., R&R Exteriors LLC, Racine, Ray’s Roofing & Siding, Roach Concrete Inc., Romero Roofing, roofing, Roofing Specialist LLC, safety, scaffolding, Scotts Home Improvement, settlement, sewer, stairway, Sturgeon Bay, Sturtevant, Surges Electric Inc., Tesmer Construction Corp., Tivo’s Roofing, training, water, Wausau, work platform, wrecking
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OSHA reports •    Affordable Quality and Excellence, Wauwatosa, reached a formal settlement with OSHA on March 30 to pay a $2,000 scaffolding-training citation, a $1,400 general-safety-and-health-provisions citation and 10 scaffolding citations, totaling $17,000. The company was issued the citations July 17, 2008, during a masonry job at 518 W. Cherry St., Milwaukee. •    LK Construction, [...]

Work-zone video meets legislative resistance

Paul Snyder paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com The Wisconsin County Highways Association wants a video eye on motorists driving through road construction zones, but the group first needs to bypass skepticism in the Legislature. “There are a lot of generic concerns about enforcing laws as a result of what happens on TV,” said state Rep. Bob Ziegelbauer, D-Manitowoc, and [...]