OSHA and the National Demolition Association—a nonprofit trade association with nearly 400 member companies globally—have recently renewed an alliance aimed at enhancing the safety and health of ...

Demolition work is inherent with hazards. There are ongoing examples highlighting the consequences of not using the appropriate safety equipment or following proper safety procedures at work.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration plans to apply the worker safety and health standards used for cranes and derricks to demolition and underground construction work under its direct ...

The National Demolition Association has expanded its training program and re-named it the "Demolition Academy." The three-day safety and management training event will take place October 15-17 in ...

A contractor taking down the Government Center garage in Boston faces a potential $1.2-million OSHA fine for safety lapses that federal investigators say led to the death March 26 of an excavator ...

Federal workplace safety regulators have proposed fining a subcontractor nearly $1.2 million in connection with the death of a worker during the demolition of a downtown Boston parking garage. The ...

A South Shore-based company that was overseeing demolition when part of the Government Center garage in downtown Boston collapsed earlier this year is facing hefty fines for “willfully exposing ...

BOSTON (WHDH) - JDC Demolition Company, Inc., could be on the line for $1.2 million in penalties in connection with the death of a construction worker at the Government Center Garage project according ...

A worker for a Massachusetts-based company died on their first day at work. Now, the company faces proposed penalties of over $1.1 million. According to a news release, the employee, a heavy equipment ...

The new rule will streamline OSHA’s standards by eliminating the separate cranes and derricks standard currently used for underground and demolition work. The Occupational Safety and Health ...