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New Tool Tracks Hazardous Element Risk to Keep Construction Crews Safe
New startup SmartSite recently released a new tech tool to track the elements construction crews are exposed to and take measures to protect them from harmful effects that can lead to serious health problems. So reports Tech Crunch.
Read more...New Techn Helps Locate Solo Construction Workers in Danger on Job Site
In some parts of the world, including remote areas of the United States, construction workers might be handling a specific task alone. What happens when that worker becomes immobilized and can’t make a call for help?
Read more...Prevention Through Design Aims to Cut Construction Accident Rates
An international project lead by researchers as the University of England aims to reduce occupational injuries and illnesses in the construction industry. So reports Phys.org.
Read more...VOETS Helps Companies Avoid Health & Safety Violations
Fines for health and safety violations, many of which are completely preventable, can amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenses for a construction business.
Read more...Heed El Nino: Prepare Workers for High Heat Work Conditions
- Sunday, 19 June 2016
- Safety
- Written by Karen M. Rider
Earth might be in the neutral part of the El Niño cycle, which results in a natural warming of parts of the Central Pacific and brings about worldwide changes in weather, but don’t expect this cooler flip side—La Niña to last very long.
Read more...Free Webinar on Contractor Safety & Prequalification Programs
It’s becoming standard practice that firms do their due diligence to verify if potential contractors have programs for hazard analysis and control as well as for high hazard work, (e.g., fall protection, confined space entry, trenching/excavation) and other safety management systems. So reports Occupational Health & Safety.
Read more...3-Year Safety Strategy Released by National Waste & Recycling Association
At the March 2016 Safety Summit, the NWRA shared its three-year safety strategy to measurably improve overall safety performance for the industry and its workers. So reports Construction & Demolition Recycling.
Read more...Low Media Literacy a Risk for Construction Worker Health & Safety Compliance
Forward thinking construction management companies need to rethink how they provide health and safety training and documentation to its crews.
Read more...How to Run a Successful Safety Stand-Down
To raise awareness of preventing fall hazards, OSHA established the National Safety Stand-Down.
Read more...Watch Deadly Crane Collapse in NYC
A huge construction crane tumbled onto a New York City street recently about ten blocks north of the World Trade Center, killing a pedestrian and destroying a number of cars. Officials are still working to determine the cause. So reports WGNTV.
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