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Timber – Falling Beam Strikes Worker
February 6, 2017 10:41 am Leave a Comment
As an experienced safety consultant, I have investigated many serious injuries and deaths at construction sites over the past 39 years. The United States Department of Labor reports that the fatal injury rate for the construction industry is highest of all industries in the nation. Out of 4,386 worker fatalities in private industry in calendar year 2014, 899 or 20.5% were in construction i.e., one in five worker deaths were in construction. (more…)
Who is Responsible for a “Booby Trap” Opening on a Roof Top? Part 3
March 11, 2016 8:27 am Leave a Comment
As an experienced safety consultant, I have investigated many incidents in my career in which a worker “falls through an opening.” The majority of these incidents have occurred at construction sites and most resulted in serious injury or death. (more…)
Why did he fall off the edge? – Part 2 of series on Fall Through Openings
April 24, 2015 10:27 am Leave a Comment
As an experienced safety consultant, I have investigated many incidents in which a worker falls through an opening. The majority of these types of fall incidents have occurred at construction sites and most resulted in a serious injury or death. (more…)
Who Else Owns This Construction Loss Course
November 4, 2014 2:20 pm Leave a Comment
When a worker is badly injured on a construction site, adjusters or investigators are often hired to determine pursuit or defense of a subrogation case. This slideshow gives an overview of several real-world investigations and helps viewers understand some of the issues involved in construction related subrogatable incidents. (more…)
Where did that hole come from? Part I
October 21, 2014 9:47 am Leave a Comment
As an experienced safety consultant, I have investigated many incidents in my career in which a worker “falls through an opening.” The majority of these incidents have occurred at construction sites and most of the ones I investigated resulted in a serious injury or death. (more…)

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Tag Archive: fall through construction hole

Timber – Falling Beam Strikes Worker

Who is Responsible for a “Booby Trap” Opening on a Roof Top? Part 3

Why did he fall off the edge? – Part 2 of series on Fall Through Openings

Who Else Owns This Construction Loss Course

Where did that hole come from? Part I