Stair Safety

In commercial facilities built across the country, the most common technique for preventing slip and fall accidents on stairs is the application of non-skid...

6 Steps to Safe UTV Operation

As all-purpose work vehicles are becoming more common on construction sites, learning a few simple steps that could prevent a worksite accident involving these...

Rethinking Soda With Lunch

Possible link between sweetened drinks and depression Drinking sweetened beverages—either sugar-sweetened or diet—may be linked with a slightly higher depression risk, while drinking coffee may...

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...
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Sensing Danger

Safety remains a top priority—and challenge—for the construction industry, which employs almost 10 million people in the U.S. alone. Jobsites are inherently hazardous environments...

Less Injuries

The construction industry is easily one of the country’s riskiest. Approximately 20% of worker deaths in the U.S. occur in the construction field, even...
Aerial Access Equipment

Aerial Access Equipment

Apparently workers on scaffolding are tougher than most. For them, fall protection is not required by OSHA until 10 feet (pity the poor worker...

Innovations in Excavation

National Trench Safety’s (NTS) Director of Strategic Operations, Eric Juhl, traveled to the United Kingdom to visit vendors who manufacture large hydraulic bracing. But...

Advanced Fire Safety for Amusement Park Construction

To fully engage guests, amusement parks such as Universal Studios create multi-million-dollar immersive theme attractions in buildings that may be up to 60 feet high with multiple...
Going Paperless jobsite safety

Going Paperless

Improve jobsite safety with digital solution By Kyle Slager From lifting heavy objects to working on scaffolding 40 feet in the air, those who work out...