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Safety

OSHA releases online video game that helps contractors and construction workers identify jobsite hazards

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has released an online video game to help with training exercises. Released at the American Society of Safety Engineers conference in Orlando, Florida, the interactive OSHA Hazard Identification Tool assists in training workers to identify hazards in the workplace and was developed in partnership with OSHA’s Training Institute. You […]

June 20, 2014

Safety

Construction worker killed by forklift in New York City

Earlier this week, a construction worker at a jobsite in the Queens borough of New York City was killed when a forklift fell on his chest. According to a report from the Associated Press, 54-year-old Min Baz Sik was found unconscious around 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday. It wasn’t clear how the accident happened, and Sik […]

June 19, 2014

Safety

Welcome to Safety Watch: New section of Equipment World site offers extensive archive of shareable construction safety topics

Sometimes it’s what you don’t write about that gets the attention. When we briefly suspended our Safety Watch column in Equipment World earlier this year, boy did we hear about it. “I was a little saddened to see that Safety Watch was missing in my January issue,” emailed one of our readers, a utility contractor […]

June 18, 2014

Roadbuilding

Avoid these 3 safety training obstacles

As many as a million construction workers participated in Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s (OSHA) National Fall Safety Stand Down earlier this month. I saw a number of press releases, photos and tweets from companies that were participating in the event. However, one of the first news articles I read after the Stand Down ended […]

June 16, 2014

Roadbuilding

FHWA research could improve visibility, safety for snowplow operators

Imagine clearing the roads in the thick of winter. The weather produces whiteout conditions and there is no visibility, yet your crew is able to safely remove snow and allow people, goods and services to begin moving again. That may soon be possible thanks to research the Federal Highway Administration is conducting. FHWA is working […]

June 11, 2014

Safety

How to break through apathy and other barriers to implementing safety training on the jobsite

As many as a million construction workers participated in OSHA’s National Fall Safety Stand Down last week. I saw a number of press releases, photos and tweets from companies that were participating in the event. However, one of the first news articles I read on Monday was about a fatal fall by a construction worker […]

June 11, 2014

Safety

This guy being catapulted by a boom lift is why you should always wear a harness

No. 4 Video in 2014 « NO. 5 NO. 3 »   There’s a reason things like safety guidelines, personal protective equipment and harnesses exist: even mundane tasks like moving a boom lift one hundred feet or so can result in a serious injury. This guy has opted to forego wearing a harness to move […]

June 9, 2014

Safety

Chicago construction worker dies after fall through roof

A worker with a roofing company died over the weekend after a fall through a Chicago building. While working on the roof of a building in the city’s West Town neighborhood, Filiberto Herrera-Mendez, 46, fell through a hatch in the roof, according to a report from the Chicago Tribune. Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford said Herrera-Mendez, […]

June 9, 2014

Safety

NRMCA launches online safety series for mixer truck drivers

The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association is ensuring training for mixer truck drivers is easier than ever by launching a video version of their Safety Series. The initial launch will include five e-learning sessions funded by the RMC Research and Education Foundation, with the first two sessions focusing on the industry’s most frequent on-road accident—backing […]

June 6, 2014

Roadbuilding

THUD bill heads to full Senate for final vote; Senate committees talk highway funding

Highway funding is a hot topic in the Senate this week as the Appropriations Committee moves the Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development (THUD) bill to the full Senate floor, the Commerce Committee evaluates the House’s plan to use U.S. Postal Service savings for transportation revenue and the Finance Committee seeks funding for highway and […]

June 5, 2014

Safety

Construction worker killed by fall down elevator shaft in New York City

A construction worker was killed and another was injured this morning after falling down an elevator shaft in the Sunnyside neighborhood of New York City. According to reports from WABC and the Sunnyside Post, one of the workers was killed after falling five stories into the elevator shaft of a school under construction. He was […]

June 5, 2014

Roadbuilding

1 million+ ‘standing down’ against falls in construction

More than 1 million workers from tens of thousands of businesses are expected to take part in the Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s (OSHA) National Fall Safety Stand Down this week. Throughout the week-long Stand-Down, employers and workers will pause during their workday to focus on the hazards of falls and preventing them. Industry and […]

June 4, 2014