By Don McLoud, Equipment World
The No. 1 killer of workers in road construction is struck-by accidents, according to federal statistics and industry experts.
Those risks are coming at workers from both sides of the orange cones and barrels they work behind – from motorists crashing into the zone and from coworkers not following proper safety procedures.
by Matthew Ramage, Construction Business Owner
By Dave Blanchard , EHS
A safety culture doesn’t start and end with a designated manager—it’s everybody’s responsibility to be a safety leader.
By Kim Slowey, Construction Dive
OSHA covered familiar territory as it doled out citations and fines in the third quarter of 2019. Excavation, fall and trenching hazards dominate the list, although there is one entry that deals with asbestos violations.
By Natalie Missakian, Hartford Business
The way Dennis Mullen, New England safety director for Gilbane Building Co., describes it: “Everything we work with is either hard, hot, sharp or heavy.”
By Kim Slowey, ConstructionDive.com
Effective Oct. 1, OSHA put a new weighting system in place for workplace safety and health inspections for fiscal year 2020. The new OSHA Weighting System (OWS) replaces the former time-centric program, which was implemented in 2015.
From the Safety+Health magazine
Increases of various workplace hazards have spurred OSHA to update several National Emphasis Programs in recent years, the latest being its trenching and excavation program in October 2018.
Article on Constructech by Jim Lynch the vice president and general manager of Autodesk Construction Solutions.
Article written by Emily Bamforth & Kelly Reardon, cleveland.com. Along with "On the Radar" video with Kelly Reardon.
For ODOT, impacts can range from noise, air quality, surrounding rivers and streams' water quality, drinking water, farmland..."
This article is by contributing editor Kim Slowey, Construction Dive
We asked the experts what contractors can do now so work can stay on schedule when winter weather hits as well as to ensure workers will be protected from potential cold-induced injuries and illnesses."
