ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development will hold a free workshop on excavation safety. Cave-ins pose the greatest risk and are much more likely than other excavation related accidents to result in worker fatalities. Other potential hazards include falls, falling loads, hazardous atmospheres, and incidents involving excavation damage to a pipeline. […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The Alaska Occupational Safety and Health Review Board upheld multiple willful citations issued by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development to Hartman Construction and Equipment, Inc. The fines were issued after an Alaska Occupational Safety and Health (AKOSH) investigation of a trench collapse that took the life of a Hartman Construction […]
No one knows for certain why the Clovis people and iconic beasts — mastodon, mammoth and saber-toothed tiger — living some 12,800 years ago suddenly disappeared. However, a discovery of widespread platinum at archaeological sites across the U.S. by three University of South Carolina archaeologists has provided an important clue in solving this enduring mystery. The research […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – On Tuesday, June 16, 2015, Samuel Adam Morgan, 23, died in a trenching accident while working for Hartman Construction & Equipment, Inc., at the intersection of 91st Avenue and King Street in Anchorage. This accident serves as a stark reminder of the serious hazards associated with construction work. Construction companies engaged in […]