An eighteen foot high and sixty-five foot wide cinder block wall of a building fell on top of four construction workers on Queens Boulevard, New York. The incident resulted in one man dying from cardiac arrest and severely injured three other workers at the site. The cause of the collapse is being investigated; the wall was being built and was in the beginning stage. Permits for the construction was received in 2009 and no construction violations have been found. This is the first death at a construction site of the year. Last year reported four work site deaths and in 2009 there were three. Overall, construction fatalities have declined from 218 in ‘09 to 157 in ‘10, a 28% decrease.
To prevent disastrous events such as this one, read through the U.S Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration rules and regulations to learn about procedures, programs, and precautions to keep your employees safe.
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