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

Construction Marketing

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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7 Ways to Improve Construction Site Safety

Levelset

Caught-in or between : Injuries or fatalities could occur when loose clothing gets caught in belts or pulleys while heavy equipment and foundation walls present two immovable objects that can crush or suffocate an employee. Struck-by : Building materials being unloaded overhead by cranes or booms frequently result in struck-by incidents.

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Make Crane Safety Priority One!

Constructonomics

This post was written by SPANCO, an industry leader in overhead cranes since 1979. Accidents can take a hefty toll in life, limb, and material damages. THE EQUIPMENT. Attempting to move a load greater than the crane’s capacity can put undue stress on the equipment and can endanger workers.

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Free Customizable Construction Accident Prevention Programs

Contractor Bookkeeping

And as always, we recommend you have any legal document reviewed by your attorney or legal counsel before using it. A lot of our contractor clients have needed an Accident Prevention Program to include with their bid submittal package and some of them have found this resource useful. We hope you do too! We hope you do too!

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What Is an Insurance Endorsement? A Contractor’s Guide

Levelset

At the core, you have property coverage for your tools and equipment, along with a liability component that protects your financial assets in case there’s a work-related accident or injury that you may have some responsibility for. . Equipment breakdown . Learn more : 5 Insurance Policies General Contractors Need.

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Construction Forms for excel

Construction Cost Estimating

The package of over 140 purpose built forms are customizable Excel templates and documents addressing all areas of construction contract work. Construction Forms screenshot Construction Forms for Excel are designed to facilitate contracting and administrative tasks for construction work and projects.

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OSHA Safety

Safety Services Company

Your self-inspection checklists should address the most common hazards found in your workplace and cover issues that need to be addressed to prevent accidents and decrease costs resulting from occupational injuries, illnesses, fatalities, equipment failures, job coordination errors and maintenance oversight. Emergency evacuation plans.

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