Eleven construction workers have been killed following heavy rains in Islamabad, Pakistan. A wall was damaged by the wind and rain, causing it to collapse onto workers tents at a…

A collapsing bridge girder has killed two construction workers and injured another six in Japan’s Shizuoka Prefecture, 80km southwest of Tokyo. The accident occurred when a 65m-long girder, which was…

Two construction workers have died after becoming trapped under rubble at JFK International Airport in New York. According to New York and New Jersey Port Authority, the two were “relocating…

A report from New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH) has found that across the state, the construction fatality rate increased from 10.2% to 11.1% per 100,000 workers…

Authorities in Turkey have begun targeting contractors after last week’s catastrophic earthquakes destroyed some 25,000 buildings in southern Turkey and northeastern Syria, leading to the combined deaths of at least…

A series of major earthquakes and aftershocks have devastated multiple cities in the southeastern Anatolia region of Turkey and northwestern Syria starting in the early hours of 6 February, with…

At least eight workers have been killed following a fire at a temporary residence in the Crimean capital of Sevastopol. Reuters reports that local police blamed the fire on an…

Belt Construction Inc, a contractor based in Arkansas, has been fined $287,150 after two employees asphyxiated while working in a confined space. One lost consciousness in a sewer 20ft below…

A 50-year old man has died in Chennai, southern India, having been found electrocuted after visiting an unfinished apartment he had bought. The man, named as Paalpandi by The Hindu…