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OSHA Alert: How to Prepare for an OSHA Inspection

FDR Safety

The most important step to take before an OSHA inspection even takes place is selecting a company representative. The company representative is the individual charged with representing the company’s interests during an OSHA inspection. Determining the type of inspection being conducted and the intended scope.

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What Should You Do When There is an Accident at Your Construction Site?

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You probably saw last month’s report about a major accident at a construction site in downtown Miami, Florida. This is a good reminder of the lessons to learn when investigating or handling an accident on a construction site. These include: Prepare before the accident. Act diligently when an accident occurs.

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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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5 Safety Precautions For Multi-Level Construction Sites

Construction Marketing

Doing so promotes workers’ health and can increase your firm’s overall productivity. Inspect Your Machines Regularly. They help simplify the work, thus enabling your workers to be more productive. Apart from minimizing productivity, any unmaintained construction machine poses a danger to the user.

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7 Key Precautions To Ensure Loading Dock Safety

Construction Marketing

Practically every product that you can buy have, at one point, passed through some busy loading docks. With all the hustle and bustle happening in loading docks, it shouldn’t surprise you that they’re a hotbed for injuries and accidents; countless dangers could occur in a typical dock. 1) Embrace New Technology In The Workplace.

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Hazardous Waste Management: How Environmental Consulting Can Help

Construction Marketing

Environmental consultants can assist in identifying recyclable products and optimize the overall process to reduce emissions and waste. Inspection And Monitoring Redevelopment projects or new construction are significant contributors to waste generation.

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Preventing Falls: How Contractors can Master Ladder Safety One Step at a Time

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The Shocking Truth About Ladder Mishaps As careful as we may try to be, the reality is over 22,000 people are reported injured yearly due to ladder-related accidents; of these, over 100 people sustained fatal injuries. Construction sites make up the vast majority of accidents and, unfortunately, fatalities.

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