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Having reached what appears to generally be a period of normality following a year battling the coronavirus pandemic, more workers will be at construction sites and in other endeavors that involve the use of scaffolding. As a consequence, there will be an associated increase in scaffolding accidents and in the number of people who are seriously injured and killed in these types of incidents. With these realities on the horizon, it’s important to recount some important factors, facts, and figures…

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA, has concluded a comprehensive investigation of a steam explosion at a Connecticut VA hospital that occurred at the end of 2020. Two people working on the steam system at the Connecticut VA hospital located in West Haven were killed as a result of the steam explosion. In its report, OSHA concluded that the accident and the deaths of the two workers could have been completed avoided. Horrific Deaths at West Haven VA…

Over 200 firefighters spent two days battling a massive Phoenix fire that destroyed multiple businesses. Ultimately, about a dozen firehouses fought the mammoth blaze, rendering the response the largest in the history of Phoenix. While the fire took out at least a half dozen businesses and commercial structures, the inferno took no lives. As of Monday morning, one firefighter had been hospitalized. The injured firefighter was listed in stable condition. No specific information has been provided about the extent of…

As a general rule, members of the general public pay little attention to alterations in the composition of fuel oils being stored at Houston refineries and elsewhere across Texas and around the United States. Understanding this reasonably understandable preference of not focusing on what many would call the minutia of the petroleum industry, the public-at-large undoubtedly generally is unaware of an alternation in the composition of Number Six Fuel Oil. The public and even much of the petroleum industry is…

A construction worker plummeted over three stories at an Amazon building site in Kingston, Massachusetts. Minimal details are available about the Amazon construction accident that occurred last week. Information that is known about the serious incident includes: The worker evidently fell through an open space intended for a skylight The worker fell over 30 feet The man was transported by medical helicopter to a major trauma center in Boston Although the worker’s injuries are known to be severe, no specifics…