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How to Prepare for Unexpected Risk Exposure

Construction Business Owner

Either by choice or required by contract or statute, commercial general liability (CGL), workers’ compensation, business auto and inland marine insurance (mobile equipment) are among the most common types of insurance purchased by contractors. How to Prepare for Unexpected Risk Exposure. Alex Headley. Mon, 09/20/2021 - 07:30.

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Factors to Know About Crane and Rigging Insurance

Construction Marketing

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. Mobile and tower crane operator insurance.

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9 Types of Insurance You Need to Protect Your Contractor Business

Construction Marketing

Between the potential for accidents and injuries on the job site and the risk of lawsuits, it’s important to have insurance to protect yourself from financial losses, but what kind of insurance do you need? Roofing contractors are often at the top of a building, making them more susceptible to accidents.

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Carpenter’s Insurance: Who Needs It & Why

Levelset

You can practice safety and use common sense on the job, but there’s no way to predict when accidents or injuries might occur. Carpenter’s insurance is a financial instrument that helps protect your business if accidents, injuries, or illnesses occur in a work-related capacity. What is carpenter insurance?

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

Levelset

Many of the accidents stem from oversights that could have been prevented with more vigilance on the job. Struck-by accidents. Keeping a safe distance from power lines and marking areas where powered equipment is in use will also help minimize the risk for electrical accidents. of all deaths in the construction industry. .

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Wyoming adopts two workplace safety measures

Safety Services Company

It prevents workers’ compensation claims, acts as cheap insurance and allows employees to go home to their families at night, said Dennis Shepard, a member of the safety commission. The deficiencies Bhalla point to revolve around the commission not mandating safety shut off devices in “vehicular” and “mobile” engines within the danger zone.

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20 construction industry trends to watch in 2020

Building Radar

But even beyond BIM, the cloud in the construction industry enables a shared team room as an online workspace – also via mobile devices – for correspondence, documentation and archiving, making project work much easier. They also help to compensate for the lack of skilled workers.