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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. When working with overhead and gantry cranes, be alert for excessive drift or irregular stopping distances. THE EQUIPMENT. We’ll cover a few of the basics here.

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Construction Safety Meetings: 7 Key Topics You Need to Address

Safety Services Company

They were chosen based on the number of accidents and injuries that occur each year at construction workplaces. Providing training on each of these construction safety meeting topics can help reduce the number accidents and injuries at your jobsite. Each of these topics is highly relevant to the construction industry.

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‘What is your good name?’: The funniest English you’ll hear and see in Asia

Construction Test

In Darjeeling, I was once delighted to spot a Public Grievance Office in which two people worked behind Dickensian piles of dusty paperwork that susurrated in the breeze of an overhead fan. What a traveller’s joy results. “Faster will see disaster” and “Always alert, accident avert” are straightforward.

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