The event in Melville honored recent graduates, who participated in participated in union apprenticeship programs with Laborers Local 66; Local 5, Boilermakers; Local 25, IBEW; Local 28, Sheet Metal Workers; Locals 30 and 138, IUOE; Local 200, Plumbers; Locals 361 and 40,
Structural Iron Workers; Local 580, Ornamental Iron Workers; Local 638, Steamfitters; Local 1049, IBEW; DC 9, IUPAT; International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers; Nassau BOCES; and Opportunities Long Island.
Some of the
structural iron was made into a 'rack' with welded wires, and a thin heat-resistant wire fabric was placed on the rack.
Robert Walsh, Business Manager of
Structural Iron Workers Local Union No.
A considerable expansion in exports was seen in almost all major commodities, with the exception of
structural iron and steel, tyres and organic chemicals.
Occupation Number of fatal injuries Construction and extraction 293 Construction laborers 80 First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers 35 Electricians 32 Roofers 27 Construction equipment operators 17 Painters, construction and maintenance 13 Extraction workers 13
Structural iron and steel workers 10 Carpenters 9 * More than half (54 percent) of the fatal occupational injuries to contractors involved those employed in construction and extraction occupations.
Forbes business magazine lists "
structural iron and steel workers" at number five in the list of top 10 deadliest jobs.
With a fatal injury rate of 27.1 per 100,000 workers in 2012, the category of refuse and recyclable material collectors ranked just behind
structural iron and steel workers and just ahead of electrical power line installers and repairs, the federal government said.