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What Certifications Does A Crane Need To Operate On Construction Sites?

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A solid commitment to safety can help reduce legal liabilities resulting from accidents or non-compliance with safety regulations. Promoting safety in construction sites involves ensuring operators understand standard procedures, equipment inspections, load calculations, and hazard identification.

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4 Strategies to Avoiding Rising OSHA Fines in Construction

Viewpoint Construction Technology

As a contractor, the thought of an OSHA inspection and possible violations probably makes you a little nervous. For example, five employees recently died in an explosion at a Pittsburgh drilling company that had violated OSHA safety regulations in the past. Safety on the jobsite includes PPE, inspections, and recordkeeping.

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How to Prepare for OSHA’s New Crane Rule

Viewpoint Construction Technology

If you work in construction, you’re familiar the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), whose standards regulate safety on the nation’s construction sites. Being compliant with OSHA regulations is imperative to a construction business’s success. You probably also know the agency isn’t known for making new rules quickly.

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What are the common safety violations in construction work and how can you avoid them?

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Safety violations on construction sites aren’t uncommon—just look at these statistics: Over 20% of all fatal workplace accidents in the EU during 2019 took place in the construction industry, making it the top industry for fatal injuries. of non-fatal accidents due to safety violations took place on construction sites in the EU.

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Keys to an Effective Accident Investigation

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The nature of a workplace accident will determine the extent of the investigation, the resources that will be needed, what types of investigative processes will be required, and who will need to be interviewed. Review Existing Documentation. To do that you must first secure the accident scene. Review Existing Documentation.

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Keys to an Effective Accident Investigation

Safety Services Company

The nature of a workplace accident will determine the extent of the investigation, the resources that will be needed, what types of investigative processes will be required, and who will need to be interviewed. Review Existing Documentation. To do that you must first secure the accident scene. Review Existing Documentation.

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Exactly How Does a Safety Manual Protect Your Company In an Inspection?

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Too often companies are told that they need to have a safety manual to protect them from OSHA violations, and while that’s true, understanding how that works is just as informative to a safely run company as having all the right words and regulations in a policy. Do you inspect the worksite and enforce the policy?