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Utility Industry Safety & Health

Hazards range from radiation exposure to dog bites

January 5, 2015

A positive safety culture begins with the organization’s top leaders.

Test your competency: Answers from fall protection experts

Craig Firl Jim Hutter

January 5, 2015

To help keep workers safe on the job, it’s crucial for safety managers to serve as go-to resources with a well-rounded, practical understanding of fall protection

Ohio contractor again exposes roofers to fall hazards

January 4, 2015

In the past eight years, Proframing Contractors Inc. was cited for 10 violations when it allowed employees to work on roofs without fall protection and then refused to pay the majority of its associated penalties from OSHA.

AES Raptor, LLC and Premier Rail Systems INC. introduce new company, leading edge safety, LLC

The merging of two leading edge fall protection companies combining a complete line of fall protection

December 22, 2014

Falling is easily one of the most dangerous aspects in the roofing and construction industry, when a fall occurs on a jobsite it can often result in serious injury or death. In the efforts to prevent such hazards AES Raptor, LLC of North Kansas City, MO and Premier Rail Systems Inc. of Kansas City, KS are proud to announce the merging of their two companies to create Leading Edge Safety, LLC.

Roofers exposed to fall hazards by repeat violator

December 9, 2014

Four employees of Affordable Exteriors Inc. were routinely exposed to dangerous fall hazards while completing a residential roofing job for homebuilder Hildy Homes in Elkhorn. OSHA has cited Affordable Exteriors for two willful violations, carrying proposed penalties of $140,000, for failure to provide required fall protection and fall protection training.

Residential construction industry can find fall protection info in new online inventory

December 4, 2014

A Washington University at St. Louis research team supported by Center for Construction Research and Training (CPWR) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has created an online inventory of fall protection devices suitable for use in residential construction.

Prepare for confined space perils

Steve Kosch

December 2, 2014

A welder in a water tank. A farmer in a grain bin. A city worker in a manhole. These people face a similar peril — they’re all working in a confined space.

Use of PPE vending machines is exploding

Brian Norris

December 2, 2014

Organizations across all sizes and industries are looking for ways to cut costs from their operations, and a large number are turning to inventory management solutions.

Philly bricklayers exposed to 30 feet falls at residential construction sites

T and S Masonry fined $100,560

November 20, 2014

Bricklayers were exposed to fall hazards as high as 30 feet above the ground while creating the exterior finish of new single-family dwellings at two work sites in Philadelphia, according to workplace safety and health citations issued against Vyacheslav Leshko, doing business as T and S Masonry LLC.