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Safety

Beat the heat: Tips to avoid heat-induced illness

With the temperatures slowly picking back up, our sister site Total Landscape Care has posted a fairly exhaustive list of some great tips for avoiding heat-induced illness. The tips come from OSHA and cover everything from heat stress, to proper clothing, fluids and food. The tips spend a good amount of time stressing the importance […]

April 22, 2013

Business

Better Roads: 38% of highway construction sites saw car crashes in past year

John Latta, editor of our sister publication Better Roads, has written an impassioned blog post with a very important topic: road construction work zone safety. According to John’s post, 38 percent of highway contractors who responded to a survey by the Associated General Contractors of America saw motor vehicles crash into their construction work zones in […]

April 19, 2013

Roadbuilding

Let’s make construction work zones safer. It can be done.

A whole lot of highway contractors who work on our roads want to see tougher laws, fines and legal penalties for moving violations in work zones and more frequent safety training for workers on these jobs. This information comes from a survey that shows something we already know–highway construction site accidents kill. And it’s always […]

April 16, 2013

Roadbuilding

Indiana focuses on work zone safety

The State of Indiana is participating in two statewide initiatives this month to develop work zone safety. The Indiana Department of Labor (IDOL) is promoting worker safety with its statewide safety initiative with a goal of reducing workplace transportation-related deaths, while the Indiana Departement of Transportation (IDOT) is focusing on work zone safety with National […]

April 12, 2013

Driver/operator coaching/training

Upcoming webinar to discuss controversial new OSHA crane rules

Confused about the new OSHA regulation for crane use? You’re not alone. But by early 2014 anybody who operates or works near any kind of crane, including truck-mounted versions, will have to comply with this complex set of regulations. The National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association is offering a instructional webinar on the topic. […]

April 11, 2013

Safety

Contractors, manufacturers, AEM question new OSHA crane operator certification requirements

During meetings that ran April 2-3, contractors, industry organizations representatives of several crane manufacturers and more voiced their opinion to OSHA that the safety administration needs to make changes to the operator and certification requirements before they take hold in November 2014. The controversy surrounds the cranes and derricks in construction standard, 29 C.F.R. 1926.1427, approved […]

April 10, 2013

Driver/operator coaching/training

VISTA Training launches new dozer simulator

Provide comprehensive training for new operators with VISTA Training’s new PC-based dozer simulator from Simlog, which complements the company’s dozer training programs. The simulation software features a medium-size dozer at work on a construction site, and has seven simulation modules to train entry-level operators on core skills and basic machine operation, including controls familiarization, dozer […]

April 5, 2013

Construction Equipment

Runaway pipelayer heads down a mountain

Here’s a hump day video that should cheer you up. If your week has been bad, there’s a very good chance it wasn’t as bad as this crew’s. It’s obvious that a pipelayer has fallen over and these poor guys are trying to fix their problem. But in the end they only make it worse. […]

April 3, 2013

Safety

How to choose the right flame-resistant clothing for the job

According to MVMFR.com, flame-resistant clothing is characterized as a fabric which self-extinguishes once the source of the ignition is removed. For those in professions that require such clothing, knowing what apparel classifies as flame-resistant can mean the difference between a minor injury and third-degree burns. Clothing that is treated with flame resistant chemicals helps to slow […]

March 29, 2013

Roadbuilding

Volvo reveals cyclist anti-collision vehicle

Volvo has revealed its latest in transportation safety: a car that automatically stops for bicycles, BBC reported. The car uses a radar scanner, a camera and a catalog of stored images to decide whether the car should slow down for potential dangers. Volvo already offers this system to prevent collisions with pedestrians and is working […]

March 18, 2013

Success Stories

Charles D. Lowder Inc. wins Equipment World’s top safety award

When a firm is well established, there can be an attitude of not fixing what isn’t broken while old ideas and ways of doing things hold firm. Which is why Gene Lowder, president of Charles D. Lowder Inc., celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, took a different approach with his safety program. The company’s efforts […]

March 14, 2013

Pickups

FIRST AID KITS

FIRST AID KITS: THE RIGHT WRAP The prepared contractor hopes they never need them, but are glad to have them when they do   By Larry Walton You’ve seen the signs: First Aid Kit On Board. The purpose is to let employees know where the first aid kit is located on the jobsite. These signs […]

February 25, 2013