Are You Ready for Compliance?
The United States Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) Engineering Manual 385-1-1, Safety and Health Requirements Manual, 2014 version is out. Compliance with the EM...
Bullard Revolutionized PPE with the Hard Hat
OSHA made hard hats mandatory in the 70s
By Stacey Simmons
Millions of workers wear hard hats every day on their jobsites. But that critical piece...
Verifying the Training
FAST FACT:
Fast Fact: An estimated 6.5 million people work at approximately 252,000 construction sites across the U.S. on any given day. According to...
Stadium Builds
At stadiums across the country, first responders including police, fire, and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) depend on reliable two-way radio communication when lives and...
NFPA 70E: Understanding the Risks of Non-Compliance
The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that more than 400 fatalities and nearly 10,000 serious injuries occur each year due to Arc Flash related...
Distracted: Understanding New Trends in Driver Behavior
Reviewing OSHA’s ten most frequently cited safety and health violations and the OSHA Fatal Four listing, an OSHA representative commented: “One remarkable thing about...
Tools Matter
Hand tools are crucial to the success of any project—and with a wide selection of hand tools available, finding the best tool for the...
Impact of COVID-19
As more construction workers return to jobsites, construction business owners are grappling with what the new normal looks like and how they can protect...
The Safe Operation of Hydraulic Tools
The use of hydraulic technology allows for a degree of high force and control that cannot easily be achieved with other forms of equipment....
Avoiding Needless Tragedy
A federal workplace safety investigation has found a Glenburn general contractor's decisions to ignore an onsite expert's repeated warnings and the company's own site-specific safety...