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Surprise site safety visits drop to record low

Construction Enquirer

The number of surprise construction site safety visits has fallen to a record low. A freedom of information request made by the Unite union discovered that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) undertook only 7,647 unannounced inspections in 2022/23 – a 2% decline on the previous year when there were 7,793 inspections.

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Rose McMurray, FDRSafety Senior Advisor, Appointed to National Safety Council Board Of Directors

FDR Safety

On November 12th the National Safety Council announced the appointments of 11 new members to the National Safety Council Board of Directors, including FDRsafety’s own Rose McMurray. McMurray joins as a NSC Division Representative, bringing her vast knowledge and experience in Transportation Safety policies and practices to the Council.

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WELL Institute certifies a gigantic office complex with its highest health and safety rating

BD+C

The largest office complex in northern Poland is the first building to receive the highest WELL Health Safety Rating, as audited by the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI). Olivia Building Center has been expanding since 2010. The Olivia Business Center, located in Gdansk, is the complex, with 230,000 sm (2.48

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Best and Worst of 2010: Commercial Construction Trends

HardHatChat

I’ll say it again, 2010 was a rebuilding year for the commercial construction industry. So I’ve created a commercial construction checklist for what we considered the highs and lows of 2010 commercial construction trends. Usually limited to the holidays, pop-up shops went mainstream in 2010 with Pop-Tart World in Times Square.

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A New Truck, Bus Safety Rating Proposal Likely This Year

FDR Safety

While many of the rules have already been floated as proposals such as electronic logging and increases to the minimum insurance levels, one major new offering to expect this year will aim to bolster the CSA enforcement program by establishing a new way to assign official safety ratings to companies based on their CSA safety performance.

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Boston's MBTA Put Capital Planning Over Safety, Panel Finds

ENR Construction

Transit agency had two derailments and a track fire this summer; safety report cites 61 corrective actions, with multiple general managers since 2010 “incredibly disruptive."

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8 Best Class 3 Safety Vests for Work

Work Gearz

Whatever the reason, you definitely feel the need for class 3 safety vests in traffic more than 50HZ. Picking the wrong safety vest might end up putting you in even more danger as there are various types of class 3 safety vests and of different levels. KwikSafety (Charlotte, NC) Class 3 ANSI Safety Vest OSHA. 10 pockets.

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