Recent workplace fatalities in Massachusetts have once again highlighted the dangers workers face on job sites — especially when it comes to falls from ladders, scaffolding, and slips or trips. These ...

The Scaffold Law (Labor Law 240) makes contractors and property owners strictly liable for gravity-related injuries, aiming to improve worker safety on construction sites. Opponents argue the law is ...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited South River-based Mr. Concrete Corp. with four repeat and five serious safety violations, including scaffold and fall ...

PORT ARTHUR, Texas (Gray News) - Three construction workers are dead and two are injured following an industrial accident in Texas. Officials say just before 2 a.m. Tuesday, scaffolding gave way and ...

A Kutztown man died after falling off of a ladder that was propped against scaffolding at a job site in Berks County, officials said. Francesco Giannoti, 47, was working from a ladder that was ...