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Safety
OSHA opens investigation after Missouri contractor fails to report rooferās death
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration last month opened an investigation into an unreported fall that killed a worker on a Missouri jobsite. According to a report from the Leader, 36-year-old roofer Nathan Scott Hemmen died after he fell while installing roof trusses. Hemmen suffered a 10-foot fall onto a concrete floor Oct. 21 [ā¦]
December 8, 2015
Technology
AEM/AEMP Telematics Standard to incorporate additional features
Earlier this year the Association of Equipment Management Professionals and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers announced a much expanded telematics standard to help contractors manage and analyze information across multi-brand fleets. The standard is currently undergoing an approval process through the International Organization for Standards (ISO) and as a result of this, several key changes [ā¦]
December 7, 2015
Home
NYC construction deaths surging due to āoverwhelmedā regulators, Times investigative report finds
An investigative report from theĀ New York Times has found that the number of construction workers killed on the job in New York City has surged in the last two years, far outpacing the rate of the cityās new construction in that time. Calling safety conditions on NYC jobsites āwoefully inadequate,ā theĀ TimesĀ report says many of the [ā¦]
December 7, 2015
Workforce
Construction adds 46,000 jobs in November
Despite the onset of colder months, construction job numbers are only heating up. Following the addition of 34,000 jobs in October, the industry added another 46,000 jobs in November, according to preliminary data from the Labor Department. Construction now employs 6.490 million Americansāthe highest figure since January 2009 when it employed 6.567 million.Ā This is the [ā¦]
December 4, 2015
Roadbuilding
Motor grader operator killed when machine is hit by train in Oklahoma
A worker for Nowata County in Oklahoma died Wednesday after the motorĀ grader he was operating was hit by a train. The Tulsa World reported that 71-year-old Cleo Standefield was driving his machineĀ from one worksite to another when a 43-car train barreled into the grader at 41 mph. Standefield was pronounced dead at the scene. Itās [ā¦]
December 4, 2015
Construction Equipment
Backhoe operator climbs machine into stream, waddles on through
No. 4 Video of 2015 Ā« No. 5 No. 3 Ā» Ā While this video is far from amazing, it is quite interesting from the standpoint that I have no idea what the point of it all is. Itās cool, though not entirely novel, that the operator can lower the machine down into this stream, [ā¦]
December 3, 2015
Technology
John Deere launches WorkSight Fuel Advantage with consumption target ā10% lower than Caterpillarā
John Deere has joined the fuel guarantee fray, with a WorkSight Fuel Advantage program that takes direct aim at the Cat Pays You Back program. āWeāve set aggressive fuel targets that are 10 percent lower than Caterpillar,ā says Mark Favetti, Deere global tactical marketing manager. Deere says it will also offer North American customers registered [ā¦]
December 3, 2015
Safety
Serial arsonist has torched at least 4 NYC construction sites
Police in New York City are investigating a string of fires at construction sites in the Queens borough that are believed to be the work of one arsonist. According to a report from the New York Post, the suspect is wanted for setting fires at at least four jobsites in Novemeber alone. Another two fires [ā¦]
December 2, 2015
Technology
Amazonās new helicopter/airplane hybrid drone points to exciting possibilities for jobsite deliveries
Amazon has released the first design update on its āPrime Airā drone delivery program since releasing footage of a prototype nearly two years ago. In that time the company has pushed for the Federal Aviation Administration to speed up the process in establishing commercial drone regulations, but beyond that, we havenāt seen much of the [ā¦]
November 30, 2015
Safety
Trench collapse claims life of Wisconsin worker
A Wisconsin worker was killed in a trench collapse earlier this month in a tragic accident that occurred while working with his father. According to a report from WBAY TV, 46-year-old Scott Krepline had not been seen for about 30 minutes the afternoon of November 10 when the fire department was called to a jobsite [ā¦]
November 30, 2015
Business
You probably pay your operators more than the Navy pays SEALs. So why donāt you get more out of them?
In a recent conversation with a group of contractors the subject of operator pay came up. As is typical, the contractors thought they were paying top dollar, but often getting lackadaisical performance in return. So I asked if anybody knew what the average Navy SEAL makes. As it turns out, the pay difference between SEALs [ā¦]
November 26, 2015
Technology
New Trimble lasers for gravity flow pipelines offer compact convenience
Shorter in length than their predecessors, the new Trimble Spectra Precision DG613 and DG813 pipe lasers work well in space-constrained environments such as manholes with precast inverts and a tight radius. DG stands for DialGrade and this new generation of lasers have a grade range from -12 to +40 percent and are fully self-leveling over [ā¦]
November 26, 2015
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