Engineers shut down the 60-year-old Fire Island Inlet Bridge on Long Island after a boat captain saw falling debris. CBS News ...

BOSTON (WHDH) - A local driver shared his story Friday after he said a metal object shattered his windshield on Storrow Drive in Boston. Speaking with 7NEWS, Frank Lucas said he was driving home ...

But PPE is only effective when it’s worn, which suggests it’s a good idea to get into the habit of using tool lanyards and safety helmets every time you work at a jobsite where falling objects ...

That means that the objects downward speed increases with time. Let's forget about falling objects for a moment. What about a small car on a horizontal, frictionless track with a fan pushing it?

A lot of physics treats objects as “rigid bodies”... but neither humans nor cats are exactly rock-solid, and that was one problem with the falling cat conundrum all along.

Rather, objects systematically follow the laws of gravity: Falling objects always accelerate downward at 9.81 meters per second squared, while rising objects always decelerate at the same rate.

Construction Accident Litigation columnist Brian J. Shoot revisits the issue arising in the law concerning Labor Law §240 on "falling object" liability and what, precisely, qualifies as an object ...

"THE SAFETY of Objects" tries to make something profound and stirring out of an ordinary observation: That life in the suburbs is hell on just about everyone.

That article caused me to ponder issues around falling objects and the implications for all of us in both our personal and professional lives. Some of my observations/thoughts are: 1.) The kinetic ...

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But there is another kind of “fall hazard” that is dangerous to other workers on the ground, working underneath and around an elevated jobsite: falling objects.