Why are so many construction workers dying in Texas?
In 2017, the last year for which data are available, 183 people died in Texas in occupations relating to construction, installation, repair, maintenance and extraction, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s one every two days. This rate may underestimate the scale of the problem, as the deaths of workers without papers may not be reported to authorities.
A report from Global Construction Review delves into troubling data coming out of Texas, where official construction-related deaths number in the triple digits.
One potential reason for rising deaths in construction and related industries could lie in lax inspections.
According to Global Construction Review, the Occupational Heath and Safety Administration (OSHA) conducted only 40 crane inspections across all of Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana over a nine month period starting in October 2018.
That record comes as the number of crane-related fatalities Texas exceeds those in all other states. 50 people died between 2011 and 2017 while operating cranes, according to the report, more than three times the number of deaths that occurred in the state with the next highest toll.
Antonio Pacheco via Archinect - News http://bit.ly/2YqRUCH
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