Potential solutions, such as paid sick leave, have drawn pushback from the industry as it eyes the potential costs. But some successes have been found.

Whether they're lifting large boards, hammering things down, or jackhammering asphalt on the road, you'll see them wearing that distinctive yellow hard hat. General workers both on construction ...

As head injuries sideline tens of thousands of workers each year, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) announced ...

Electronic engineers from the University of Southampton are working with the tech company Mafic to develop a hard hat that uses the Internet of Things (IoT) to track construction worker movements ...

Most helmets and hard hats are designed to protect against linear impacts, which are direct jolts that travel in a straight line, typically from front to back. But more frequently, construction ...

and federal agencies to address construction workers’ mental health. But initiatives to combat this mental health crisis are tougher to implement than protocols for hard hats, safety vests ...

Frank Wampol had a dark realization when he came across some alarming data a few years ago: Over 5,000 male construction ...