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How to avoid highway work zone injuries and deaths
Serious injury and death is becoming an all-too-common occurrence for highway construction workers. Although workers aren’t always at fault, there are several preventable measures that can be taken to help reduce the risk of such a horrible and tragic accident. Here are several steps that can be taken to help keep road crews safe: Use […]
August 22, 2014
Safety
Construction worker killed by utility line electrocution on jobsite near Seattle
A construction worker was killed Wednesday afternoon after he was electrocuted while working on a hospital expansion in Edmonds, Washington. According to a report from KIRO TV in Seattle, crews were moving utility lines on a jobsite on the campus of Swedish Hopsital. One of the workers was “in a ditch working with a compressed […]
August 21, 2014
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Roadbuilding
Deficient roads cost Alabama drivers $3.1 billion statewide
Deficient, congested and unsafe roadways cost Alabama drivers as much as $1,562 annually, and a total of $3.1 billion statewide, according to a new TRIP report. Roads and bridges in need of improvement are causing higher vehicle operating costs, more traffic crashes and congestion-related delays. The Trip report points out that 15 percent of Alabama’s […]
August 20, 2014
Workforce
Construction worker stabs and kills coworker in South Carolina department store
Authorities near Charleston, South Carolina have arrested a man they say stabbed and killed a coworker while they were renovating a department store. Dennis Elvin Cervantes-Pavon, 33, was arrested last week for stabbing Raymond Muniz, 28, inside a Belk store they were working to renovate, according to a report from The Post and Courier. Police told […]
August 20, 2014
Safety
How to find great safety material for toolbox talks tailored to the job at hand
When preparing material for your toolbox talks, it’s best to tailor the current training to the job at hand. Aligning your safety training information with the situations your crews are facing on the jobsite will help to keep pertinent safety tips not only at the forefront of the discussion, but also in your workers’ minds. […]
August 19, 2014
Safety
Construction workers are 22% more likely to die on Texas jobsites
Over the weekend, the Dallas Morning News released a bombshell of a report on workplace deaths in Texas as compared to other states. After an analysis of the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics workplace death data available, the News found that workers in Texas are 12 percent more likely to die on the job than in […]
August 18, 2014
Workforce
Seattle may require construction companies to hire local workers
The Seattle City Council is mulling over creating an ordinance that would require construction companies contracted by the city to hire a certain number of local workers for each job. According to a report from KIRO Radio, Seattle City Council member Sally Clark said the council is taking action after an analysis of construction projects […]
August 13, 2014
Safety
Construction worker killed while unloading equipment in NYC
A 62-year-old construction worker was killed in an accident near Throgs Neck Bridge in the Bronx borough of New York City. According to a report from NY1 News, the accident happened in the early morning when construction crews were unloading a cabinet full of electrical equipment. The equipment accidentally fell off of the pallet, killing the […]
August 13, 2014
Safety
Cardboard hard hat sombreros a quick way to escape the sun on the jobsite; open a wormhole of safety regulation questions
In the right conditions, the human mind can be pretty resourceful. The minds of construction workers—belonging to such an industrious and resourceful lot—are not exempt. The photo above is a perfect example. Uploaded to Reddit by user DweadPiwateWoberts, it shows a couple of workers who have decided to beat the heat with some makeshift hard […]
August 11, 2014
Business
Workforce development program gives teens a small paid job with classroom time; could be model for construction industry
The Wall Street Journal had an interesting article Thursday describing how a wire factory in Georgia employed high school kids during the summer to help develop their work skills and improve their attitudes and academic performance. The program has the kids do fairly simple tasks in the factory for pay four hours a day and […]
August 11, 2014
Safety
Construction worker dies after being thrown from loader bucket in Kansas
A construction worker died Friday morning from several serious injuries he sustained after being thrown from the bucket of a loader. According to The Wichita Eagle, Benjamin Gomez, 40, died from injuries sustained on July 31 when he was helping load materials to the second floor of an apartment complex under construction in Bel Aire, Kansas. […]
August 11, 2014
Safety
Construction worker killed in work zone hit and run near Dallas
A highway construction worker was killed earlier this week while working on the President George Bush Turnpike in Grand Prairie, Texas. Investigators told NBCDFW.com that a construction convoy consisting of a large truck with a large blinking arrow and a pickup truck carrying a trailer, with one construction worker onboard, was going at a very slow […]
August 8, 2014
Roadbuilding
Do you wear your seat belt at night?
The Colorado Department of Transportation cracked down on nighttime drivers not wearing their seat belts. According to the CDOT, seat belt use is consistently lower at night than during the day which results in an increased number of unbuckled fatalities. The state teamed up with law enforcement agencies for its annual nighttime seat belt education […]
August 7, 2014
Safety
Contractor drowns when skid steer topples into river in Colorado
A contractor was killed in Durango, Colorado earlier this week after the skid steer he was operating toppled into the Animas River. The contractor, identified as Charles William Huntoon Jr., 32, was the owner of CH Propterty Service and was clearing brush near the bank of the river, according to a report from The Durango Herald. A […]
August 7, 2014
Business
What contractors can learn from the fast-food business
One of America’s unique talents is a genius for logistics. We practically invented the concept and have put it to use doing more work in less time with better results in everything from overnight deliveries to fast food. A few months ago I pulled into the parking lot of a Chick-fil-A restaurant at noon. As […]
August 6, 2014
Safety
5 easy ways to beat the summer heat on a construction jobsite
Outdoor construction sites rarely see ideal temperatures, especially during the dog days of summer. Workers may spend hours under the sun, which can be a huge health hazard if certain safety procedures aren’t taken. Surviving the hottest days of the year sounds a lot harder than it actually is. Here are five easy ways to […]
August 6, 2014
Business
Expansion of Oklahoma fertilizer plant could put more than 1,000 contractors to work
The massive expansion of a fertilizer production plant in Oklahoma will likely have quite the impact on the construction industry well beyond its local community. The expansion of the Koch Nitrogen plant in Enid, Oklahoma, will begin in mid-September according to a report from the Enid News and Eagle. The $1.3 billion project will be […]
August 6, 2014
Business
The 6 signs of a bad construction boss
Managing employees can be one of the toughest jobs to face when running a company. Too often, contractors build their business without having any training, guidance or expertise in how to deal with their people effectively. If you’re in the black, you might not worry about how good of a boss you are, but poor […]
August 5, 2014
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