Construction Industry Safety and Health - Articles - Page 123

Ergodyne debuts Arsenal® Lil’ Buddy™ tool organizers

August 1, 2011

Ergodyne announced today a line expansion to their Arsenal® Equipment Storage System: Tool Bag series, including seven new Arsenal® Lil’ Buddies™.

Critical aviation projects grounded due to Congressional inaction

July 26, 2011

Contractors have been told to stop work on critical airport modernization projects around the country after Congress failed to pass legislation on Friday giving the FAA the authority necessary for work to continue.

Ergodyne introduces Squids® hard hat lanyards

July 26, 2011

Ergodyne announced today the expansion of their Squids® Lanyard Series to include the new Squids® 3150 Buckle Hard Hat Lanyard and Squids® 3155 Clamp Hard Hat Lanyard .

No lessons learned from first amputation; second follows a week later

The company had been cited by OSHA for 47 violations since 1988

July 14, 2011

Two workers at one company working at two separate press brakes suffered amputations eight days apart last January – resulting in fines and membership in OSHA’s Severe Violator Enforcement Program for T & D Metal Products LLC of Watseka, IL.

Bucket lift dispute turns costly for Georgia manufacturer (7/14)

July 14, 2011

An employee who was fired after raising concerns about the proper use of a bucket lift will receive back wages with interest, thanks to a settlement reached by the U.S. Department of Labor and the Blue Bird Corp., a Georgia-based school bus manufacturer.

Like déjà vu all over again for MA contractor (7/14)

“An unguarded excavation is only seconds away from becoming a grave”

July 14, 2011

A Massachusetts contractor with a long history of violating workplace safety standards faces a total of $354,000 in new proposed fines from OSHA, chiefly for exposing its employees to cave-in hazards at work sites in Cambridge and Framingham.

Confined spaces in construction

Ten key differences from general industry

Mike Platek

July 11, 2011

Are practices and procedures regarding confined spaces in the construction industry different than those in general industry? They shouldn’t be, but with a different OSHA standard and at different knowledge levels, they are.

Construction Safety Training

Requirements, format, language & enforcement

Mark H. Stromme

July 7, 2011

Employers are required to provide safety training when employees are, or could be, exposed to hazards on the jobsite. But exactly what are the OSHA requirements for that training? What about the format and the language used to train?

Six feet and above

Mike Stoddard

May 31, 2011

In any industry where employees are required to work from an elevated height, the risks of falling must be taken into careful consideration. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, “Falls are one of the leading causes of traumatic occupational death, accounting for eight percent of all occupational fatalities from trauma.”

ISEA Fall Protection Group Update

DANIEL K. SHIPP

March 30, 2011

When OSHA published its proposed rule for Walking-Working Surfaces and Fall Protection last year, it was the culmination of a regulatory project that’s been brewing for decades. For the members of the Fall Protection Group of the International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA), it was a mark of success in efforts to get the agency to focus on protecting workers from falls.