Wall falls on Massachusetts workers

• OSHA is investigating after two construction workers were flown to the hospital with traumatic injuries after a wall fell on them on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
• First responders received a report of a wall falling on a construction worker at 513 Brick Kiln Road around 2:30 p.m.
• Both workers were injured by a wall that had fallen on them while it was being raised and they were removed from under the wall by fellow workers before the fire rescue department.
• The two workers were evaluated and stabilized for transfer to awaiting MedFlight and transported to the area Trauma Center.
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Fines after caregiver slain at health facility 

• McCarthy Place, which is run by Cascadia Health in Oregon, was fined $7,250 by the Oregon OSHA for failing to protect employees from workplace violence after a mental health aide was stabbed to death on July 16.
• A recent several-hundred-page inspection report revealed that several safety violations had taken place at the duplex-style independent living facility known as McCarthy Place, which is run by Cascadia Health.
• Mental health aide Haley Rogers, 26, was working alone on an overnight shift when she was attacked by 59-year-old James Calvin Smith.
• Smith was a resident of the facility who had been deemed dangerous and psychotic as far back as the late 1980s and had a history of violent attacks, including an assault charge that involved the use of a weapon in 2001.
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Company launches program for AI safety

• Avetta, which has offices in Utah and Texas, introduced AskAva, the first generative AI assistant for contractor compliance and safety.
• AskAva is designed to automate risk assessments for contractors, focusing on reducing workplace incidents, injuries, and fatalities.
• A combination of Avetta’s proprietary data with generative AI technology. AskAva serves as an expansion of Avetta’s existing Connect platform, which enables global organizations to automate contractor risk management at scale while educating their supply chain vendors about safety best practices.
• Avetta specializes in supply chain risk management software, and the introduction of AskAva comes as traditional risk management methods fail to address the increasing rates of contractor incidents, driven by labor shortages and the complexities of modern supply chains.
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Worker dies at NJ construction site

• A 40-year-old man died after falling four stories at a construction site in Jersey City.
• OSHA is investigating the fatal accident that occurred on 859 Communipaw Ave. at about 10:44 a.m.
• The employee was working for Mac Construction LLC based in Newark, which currently has another open OSHA case under investigation.
• The agency has up to six months to complete its investigation process. No other injuries or fatalities were reported from this incident.
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