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Once every 10 days, a NC construction worker dies on the job. Many deaths are preventable.
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 1 month agoLenin Romero was framing windows on a home in Wilmington when he fell from a ladder and was impaled...
Officials: Construction worker electrocuted at Charlotte Douglas International Airport
WSOC via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA worker was electrocuted while working on construction at Charlotte Douglas International Airport,...
Construction companies cited, fined in deadly 5-alarm SouthPark fire
WJZY via Yahoo News· 7 months agoCHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – Three construction companies connected to the devastating SouthPark apartment complex construction fire that killed two workers have been cited for serious violations ...
1 year after deadly scaffolding collapse in Dilworth, has worker safety improved?
WSOC via Yahoo News· 6 months agoTuesday marked one year since scaffolding collapsed at a construction site in Charlotte’s Dilworth...
'Cocktail' of climate hazards to hit 70% of global workforce
dpa international via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA new report has warned that climate change is creating a "cocktail of hazards" likely to affect...
Adventures on the Silk Road: A luxury high-speed train is coming to this Central Asian country
Euronews via Yahoo News· 7 months agoUntil just a few years ago, Uzbekistan was largely closed off to tourists. But the Central Asian...
26-year-old worker killed while installing internet in Fairview; OSHA investigating
Gannett via AOL· 1 week agoASHEVILLE - A 26-year-old construction worker was killed June 10 while installing high-speed internet for a new housing area in Fairview, according to N.C. Highway Patrol. The worker, identified ...
They found work in Russia. Then it became a deadly trap
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn Kara-Balta, Kyrgyzstan, pallbearers lift a coffin holding the body of a soldier killed in Ukraine...
New York roofing contractor pleads guilty to OSHA violation involving worker's death in 2022
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 months agoWHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A 41-year-old roofing contractor with an extensive record of violating safety regulations faces prison time and a hefty fine for the 2022 death of an employee at a New York ...
Climate change is creating a ‘cocktail’ of health hazards for 2.4 billion workers
Euronews via Yahoo News· 2 months agoMore than 2.4 billion people around the world are exposed to climate change-related health hazards....