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OSHA targets silica dust for engineered stone industry
OSHA has launched an initiative focused on enhancing enforcement and providing compliance assistance to protect workers in the engineered stone fabrication and installation industries.
Proposed rule change could bring better fits for construction PPE
Rule changes proposed by the U.S. Department of Labor would seek to clarify the personal protective equipment (PPE) standard for the construction industry. The proposed change would clarify that PPE must fit each employee properly to protect them from occupational hazards.
Worker killed on Green Bay construction site was H.J. Martin & Son carpenter
Joshua Shaw, 27, died of his injuries on June 17 after being trapped at Lambeau Field.
16-year-old boy dies at Wisconsin sawmill
Workplace safety officials are investigating the death of a 16-year-old boy from injuries he received last week at a Wisconsin sawmill.
U.S. Department of Labor partners with local trade organizations for trenching and excavation safety
OSHA and several major unions and industry stakeholders entered into a two-year agreement to address trenching and excavation safety.
Carpenter trapped in Lambeau Field dies from injuries
The carpenter was a second-generation employee and worked alongside family in Green Bay, company officials said.
US Department of Labor, OSHA to award $12M in grants to support health, safety training initiatives
The U.S. Department of Labor last week announced more than $12.7 million in money through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is available to support health and safety training initiatives across the U.S.
Trenching safety: OSHA, Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association form alliance to train workers
OSHA offices and the Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association formed a two-year alliance to promote safety information for trenching and excavation.
Wisconsin AFL-CIO report: 105 state workers died in 2021
The AFL-CIO called for funding and support of workplace safety enforcement as a report showed there were 105 Wisconsin worker deaths in 2021.
OSHA fines Wisconsin construction company for ‘serious fall violation’ after worker fell from Missouri bridge
OSHA fined a Wisconsin construction company for more than $30,000 after a worker fell last year in central Missouri.
Excavation, falls, renovations highlighted in latest OSHA safety updates
OSHA will focus inspections on excavation, falling hazards and ladder safety in 2023.
OSHA increases penalties, says employers who put workers lives at risk will face ‘serious consequences’
OSHA will increase its penalties and cite certain violations in an "instance-by-instance" basis starting in March.
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- Milwaukee Mayor’s $1.9B budget proposal has infrastructure boost
- As employers face labor shortages, Biden administration rolls out playbook for training workers
- Wisconsin Senate committee votes against confirmation for four DNR policy board appointees
- October proclaimed Architecture Awareness Month in Wisconsin
- Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of October 2, 2023
- Corn mill owners plead to federal charges in fatal explosion, will pay $11.25 million
- BUILDING BLOCKS: Second phase of Lower Yahara River Trail construction
- Sky-high mortgage rates leave homes unaffordable for more buyers, sending new home sales tumbling
- Forecast: Economic challenges ahead as rates rise and labor shortages remain
- CBRE opens office on 18th floor of Milwaukee BMO Tower
- Former inmate able to rebuild life through work in construction trades
- Zignego to lead $60M I-894 improvement project
Project Profiles
- First prefabricated bridge in US installed in Eau Claire County
- Illinois developer worked with Wisconsin contractor to build 258-unit Wauwatosa apartment complex
- VJS Construction raises the roof for Bruce Guadalupe Community School expansion project
- Microgrid pilot project will store energy for village affected by outages
- Dane County sees uptick in highway work zone crashes, on track to exceed last year
- The Hop streetcar will debut newest service route in fall with limited service
- FPC Live slims venue proposal to 1 downtown building
- Children’s Hospital urgent care center in Milwaukee gets first round of city approval
- With Sonag Construction shut down, feds move to block indicted owner from collecting leftover assets
- Four contractors selected to build border wall prototypes
- UW-Milwaukee’s Greenstreet shaping minds (and the city)
- Turning the Corner(s) (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)
