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Roadbuilding

INFOGRAPHIC: Engineering has second-highest fatality rate in construction

Construction Safety Day, which takes place Wednesday, is a good chance to brush up on safe practices. Though motorists do play a big role in highway construction site safety, it’s your responsibility as a worker to ensure you are following all safety guidelines. Between 2003 and 2012, the engineering sector of the construction industry had […]

April 22, 2014

Business

Dearth of women in construction deprives industry of good workers, women of good jobs

Recently, Barbara A. Res penned an insightful column for the Baltimore Sun examining why there are so few women in the construction industry and detailed why and how this should be changed. As contractors across the U.S. continue battling a skilled worker shortage that is impacting completion dates and ability to meet rising demand, it’s a […]

March 24, 2014

Roadbuilding

ABC, NAM want OSHA to withdraw LOI allowing unions to represent nonunion employees

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) General Counsel Maurice Baskin on February 4 told the House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections that a February 21, 2013 letter of interpretation (LOI) from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) should be withdrawn. Baskin made the statement at a subcommittee hearing titled “OSHA’s Regulatory Agenda: Changing Long-Standing Policies Outside the […]

February 4, 2014

Safety

OSHA extends deadline for submitted comments on proposed updates to silica exposure rule

After announcing its intent to update standards on worker exposure to crystalline silica that are more than four decades old in August, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced that it is is extending the public comment period for the proposed changes. The comment period has been extended 47 days from December 11, 2013 […]

October 29, 2013

Safety

OSHA announces Sept. 3rd fall hazards safety stand-down on jobsites in 4 Midwestern states

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced a safety stand-down on the morning of September 3rd for construction sites throughout the states of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska Beginning at 11 a.m., the stand down will address the hazards of falls, which are the leading cause of death in construction. In its announcment, OSHA […]

August 30, 2013

Safety

OSHA proposes rule to replace “outdated” limits on worker inhalation of deadly silica dust

In order to update 40-year-old standards, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently announced a rule with the goal of lowering worker exposure to crystalline silica. Exposure to the substance, composed of small particles about 100 times smaller than grains of sand, kills hundreds of workers each year and sickens thousands more. Exposure can cause the condition […]

August 28, 2013

Safety

OSHA intends to postpone compliance deadline for new crane operator certification rules to 2017

After hearing objections and concerns from “a number of parties” the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced its intent to extend the deadline for compliance with its new crane operator certification rules by three years to November 10, 2017. The extension will allow the administration time to address raised concerns through a new draft […]

May 23, 2013

Roadbuilding

Prevent heat-related illness on the jobsite

Our sister site, Total Landscape Care (TLC), has shared a list of eight ways to avoid heat-related illness, like heat stress, on the jobsite. The tips, provided by Cintas Corporation, include simple ways to stay cool like wearing lightweight clothes and drinking plenty of fluids, as well as more complex–but equally important–tips such as learning […]

April 22, 2013

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Concrete Foundations Association makes alternate fall protection plan available for members

The Concrete Foundations Association (CFA) member companies now have access to a model or draft alternate fall protection plan conforming to the requirements of OSHA 1926.502(k). This document details the recommended plan for companies delivering concrete foundations for projects identified as “residential construction” by OSHA’s recently implemented STD 03-11-002. “The Alternate Fall Protection Plan is […]

September 26, 2011

Roadbuilding

That has to be a safety violation

We know the Obama administration wants to build bike paths and nature trails and the like, and we we know this sort of work will create jobs.  Here’s an example of how not to do it. Although, it will probably get done.

May 4, 2011