ConDig (09-Mar-22). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined a Burlington, Kentucky-based pipe contractor $214,636 for exposing a worker to a potential trench collapse. OSHA cited Lanigan Construction LLC for two willful and…
ConDig (1-Mar-22). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined a Long Island contractor $1.2 million after a worker fell to his death last August. The agency said that an employee of DME Construction…
ConDig (15-Feb–22). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined an employer $624,777 for his involvement in a double fatality at a downtown Boston worksite in February last year. Laurence Moloney and his successor…
ConDig (04-Feb-22) US construction industry leaders have blasted a decision by president Biden to impose labor agreements on many federal construction projects. The Associated General Contractors of America slammed the executive order as “needless” and…
ConDig (25-Jan-22) A decision by the Supreme Court to slap down President Biden’s emergency vaccine mandate for firms that employ 100 or more people will help ease labor shortages currently gripping the US construction industry,…
ConDig (21-Dec–21). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined a Leawood, Kansas-based contractor $223,329 for exposing workers to asbestos and other workplace hazards. The agency cited Compass Resources LLC for failing to follow…
ConDig (07-Dec–21). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined a Queens, New York, contractor $374,603 for failure to provide and ensure the use of effective fall protection safeguards. The agency said Richmond Construction…
ConDig (15-Nov-21) Leaders of the US construction industry have filed a petition in an appeals court to challenge the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) COVID-19 vaccination mandate. The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), the…
ConDig (12-Nov-21) The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) has lodged a petition for review with the U.S. Court of Appeals in the 11th Circuit against the the government’s planned rollout of a vaccine mandate. Under the…
ConDig (01-Nov–21). Construction spending in the US edged down 0.5% in September to a seasonally adjusted annual rate $1.57 trillion compared with $1.58 trillion the month prior as material and labor shortages grip the market, according…