Because of the inherent danger, injuries happen on construction sites even when workers take sufficient precautions. Reporting an incident correctly is important for your health and rights, but simple mistakes can delay medical care or cause other problems. Knowing...
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Construction Workers’ Accidents
How can technology make construction sites safer?
Construction workers face significant risks on the job. Technology can help reduce these dangers and make construction sites safer. New advances in safety tools, monitoring systems, and equipment are transforming the industry. Wearable technology for worker safety...
Avoiding electrical hazards on construction sites
Electrical hazards on construction sites pose significant risks. When accidents happen, they can change lives instantly, leading to severe injuries and impacting families. Recognizing these dangers and understanding how to stay safe is crucial for everyone on the job...
How can bad weather and construction injuries intersect?
Construction work is important for the growth and development of cities such as Modesto. However, the nature of this industry exposes workers to various hazards. For example, weather can pose several dangers. Weather challenges Modesto's climate can be unpredictable....
Scaffolding-related injuries common on construction sites
Working on or around scaffolding poses significant risks for American workers. Scaffolding-related accidents contribute to many workplace injuries each year. Understanding the hazards associated with working on or around scaffolding is important for workers and...
How can a spinal cord injury impact someone’s daily life?
A spinal cord injury, often resulting from traumatic accidents at work on a construction site, can have profound and lasting effects on an individual's daily life. These changes may not appear obvious at first. By the end of 2022, there were 302,000 people living in...
What are the complications of crush injuries?
The field of construction poses numerous concerns for the people who work in it. Unfortunately, danger exists everywhere in a job involving so much high-powered equipment. This includes the potential risk of crush injuries. Just what are they and what are the...
3 common injuries suffered by construction site pedestrians
A construction worksite is a dangerous environment for workers handling heavy machinery, power tools and hazardous materials. Unfortunately, innocent bystanders, pedestrians and passersby can suffer devastating injuries without even entering the construction site....
Workers’ compensation fraud in the California construction market
When a worker suffers an injury on the job, the hope is that there is protection available for them through their employer. Even if a worker goes years without an injury, it may be comforting to know that there is compensation insurance in place to shore up the loss...
How do crush injuries impact you?
Construction workers face more physical dangers and risks than most other professionals and workers. Unfortunately, accidents and injuries continue to plague the industry despite efforts to lower these statistics. One big and unique risk that construction workers face...