OSHA fined a Wisconsin construction company for more than $30,000 after a worker fell last year in central Missouri.

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OSHA will focus inspections on excavation, falling hazards and ladder safety in 2023.

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Construction had some of the highest occupational deaths last year, securing its place as one of the deadliest industries to work in. 

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Two construction workers fell to their deaths when scaffolding collapsed above the sixth floor of a hotel that was under construction near Disney World early Wednesday. A third worker managed to hang on and climb to safety, a fire-rescue spokesman said.

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A construction worker fell four stories from scaffolding at an apartment building on Madison’s west side Thursday.

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A funeral will be held Saturday for Gary John Meyer of Waukesha, who died Monday after falling from the top of an elevator shaft in Milwaukee’s Third Ward. Meyer, 46, was a carpenter working for HIP Inc., a subcontractor on ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] The Union South construction site at the University of Wisconsin-Madison already has 8-foot perimeter fences, signs, flags, barrier walls and locked gates for security. That, apparently, was not enough to prevent a pedestrian from plummeting almost 40 ...

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