A new study from the Center for Construction Research and Training (CPWR), shows that the use of Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV) can significantly reduce exposure to toxins found in welding fumes.
A set of new interactive maps from the Center for Construction Research and Training (CPWR) vividly illustrates the number of construction industry fatalities that occur each year in the U.S.
The Department of Labor’s (DOL) informational campaign to make working at height safer – and thus reduce construction fall fatalities – is apparently falling on deaf ears in New Jersey, at least where one company is concerned.
For the sixth straight year, Inc. magazine has named Kee Safety, Inc., Buffalo, NY, to its prestigious Top 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in the United States. Reporting growth of 14% from 2008 through 2011, with revenue of $11.2 million last year, Kee Safety achieved a rank of 4,729.
Although the gap between general industry fall protection standards and construction fall protection standards is narrowing, significant differences remain, according to ASSE’s Richard J. Epp.
OSHA has issued a direct final rule and notice of proposed rulemaking that applies the requirements of the August 2010 cranes and derricks in construction standard to demolition work and underground construction.
