Bridge

Bridging Safety & Productivity with Modern Solutions

Every day in the United States, 188 million vehicles pass over a structurally deficient bridge. Each year, hundreds of injuries and even deaths occur...

Safety Matters

Success on any project depends on keeping it on time and on budget. A number of problems can set a project back, but accidents...

Support (and Practice) Safe Digging

By John Somers While many of us have adapted to working remotely, one thing that may have not crossed our minds is the importance of...

Safety Culture

How do you create an effective safety culture in the workplace when you have an employee base that is so diverse? It’s an important question...

20-Foot Working Radius

In a recent ACT article, John Schoppert discussed the most common OSHA citations under the new Crane & Derrick standard: Failure to ensure Signalperson...
ladder safety

It’s National Ladder Safety Month

Every year more than 350 people die in ladder-related accidents, and thousands suffer disabling injuries. The American Ladder Institute (ALI), a not-for-profit association dedicated...

OSHA Citations and Powerlines | A 20 foot Working Radius

Correlation between power line contact and OSHA Citations The most common OSHA citations under the new Crane & Derrick standard: failure to ensure signalperson is...

Heat Stress

Heat Stress is Critical Safety Issue After the horrendous winter that many parts of the U.S. experienced, the coming of summer is certainly welcomed by...
Height

Safety Factor: Working at Height

Duke LifePoint Hospital in Marquette, Michigan. For many contractors, whether general, electrical, HVAC, or mechanical, every now and then a project comes along and its...

OSHA and the Roofing Industry: Fall Protection

Complying with applicable OSHA standards for safety By Michael Rubin, CSP and Kelly O’Connor The duty to have fall protection in construction (OSHA section 1926.501) regularly...