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Factors to Know About Crane and Rigging Insurance

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Unfortunately, a small mistake can lead to serious and costly accidents, especially considering the price of cranes and other heavy machines from the heavy machinery marketplace. Fortunately, crane and rigging insurance provide protection and compensation. These hefty costs can sink your business if you aren’t insured.

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The Danger of Over-Reporting on your OSHA 300 Forms

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OSHA tracks this information with the goal of preventing accidents in the future. For example, accidentally reporting an injury that did not occur on the jobsite or reporting a cut or scrape that isn’t a recordable accident could have dire consequences. it means the company has had to pay for one or more worker compensation claims.

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Hidden hazard in the workplace

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For more than four decades, safety experts have tried and tested numerous ways to create a workplace culture that strives for zero accidents while improving safety equipment and working conditions. You are paying for their expertise and counting on quality work in turn for very substantial compensation. Accident Prevention'

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Top 8 Construction Health and Safety Hazards — and Ways to Protect Your Jobsite

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According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, falls accounted for more than 1 in 3 jobsite fatalities in 2019. Falls trigger a lot of OSHA safety inspections, and they account for half of the top 10 violations handed out by the Office. Struck-by accidents. of all deaths in the construction industry. .

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

ACCOUNTING |. Accounting & Finance. A safe work environment is one of the most straight forward ways to decrease workers compensation expenses. Fewer accidents also mean lower insurance premiums, which mean lower labor costs. Accidents can still happen, but you can work to prevent the vast majority of them.

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What Happens When You Don’t Wear PPE?

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Workplaces like construction sites can be dangerous and accidents can happen in a few seconds time, and if an employee is not equipped well, then it can be life-threatening as well. Accidents and impacts. The first is the risk to all workers’ health and safety, and the second is the legal consequences if an accident occurs.

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Electrical Workers Taking Deadly Safety Risks

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Despite the positive trend, the organization cautioned that too many Ontarians — especially electrical workers —are dying from electrical accidents. Powerline contact accounted for almost half of all electrical-related fatalities in the past ten years. There are at least two critical injuries to electricians each year.