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4 Ways Planning Helps to Improve Safety on Jobsites

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Working in construction inherently poses a higher risk of on-site accidents and other health and safety hazards off-site. On average, two construction workers die of work-related injuries every day in the United States. 4 Ways Planning Helps to Improve Safety on Jobsites. Thu, 10/27/2022 - 16:04.

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How To Efficiently Decrease Your Accident Rate

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In 2015, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 937 workers lost their lives on construction sites, only in United States. Construction is one of the most dangerous industries in the world. The Fatal Four (falls, electrocutions, struck by object, caught in/between) represent between 65% of the.

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What’s in Your Work Boot?

Construction Business Owner

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reports slips, trips and falls comprise nearly 25 percent of all reported accident claims, including roughly 12,000 accidental deaths every year in the United States. Employers are placed in a difficult position.

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What’s in Your Work Boot?

Construction Business Owner

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reports slips, trips and falls comprise nearly 25 percent of all reported accident claims, including roughly 12,000 accidental deaths every year in the United States. Employers are placed in a difficult position.

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Stop Underestimating the Dangers of Dropped Objects

Construction Business Owner

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are more than 50,000 "struck by falling object" OSHA recordables every year in the United States. But how many dropped object accidents go unrecorded? That is one injury caused by a dropped object every 10 minutes.

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5 Ways To Make Jobsite Safety More Engaging For Construction Workers

Construction Business Owner

Often, many teams are under the impression that jobsite accidents won’t happen to them — it’s something that happens to someone else. By sharing stories of accidents happening to other, real people, it can move the conversation in a way so teams recognize that accidents can happen — even to them. Promote to rotator No.

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The Gamification of Telematics

Construction Business Owner

The average cost of each accident is approximately $21,000, and the average accident rate for all commercial fleets is approximately 20 percent.

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