Two construction workers had been working about 20 feet underground and nearly 300 feet into a sewage pipe when one of them ...

Two construction site workers needed to be rescued by West Pierce Fire & Rescue crews after they were stuck in a confined ...

The OSHA Confined Spaces in Construction proposed rule was issued Nov. 28, 2007, but has not yet been finalized. That's understandable given the number and tone of comments and briefs filed in ...

Confined spaces may hold serious physical and atmospheric hazards for the people working in them. To address these potential dangers, regulations have been put in place to make sure workers can get in ...

A teleconference with Assistant Secretary of Labor David Michaels and Deputy Secretary of Labor Peter Lu clarified some of the ways the new confined space in construction standard differs from the ...

The workers were 20 feet below ground level and around 290 feet into a sewage pipe when one of them needed immediate medical ...

Excavation is among the key industrial processes from mining to construction and aerospace. With growing population, developed and developing countries are witnessing maximum utilization of physical ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently released a lengthy Q&A that clarifies the scope of its controversial Confined Spaces in Construction final rule, which received ...

Subpart AA of 29 CFR 1926 will help to prevent construction workers from being hurt or killed by eliminating and isolating hazards in confined spaces at construction sites. In August 2015, OSHA's new ...

A construction worker was in critical condition after being rescued from an underground pipe in Lakewood on Friday morning.

The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries has issued a nearly $14,000 fine for worker safety violations in the ...