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Minimize Incidents & Injuries at the Worksite

Construction Business Owner

Minimize Incidents & Injuries at the Worksite. Workers miss at least four days of work annually costing 3.94% of the world’s gross domestic product (GDP). • The root cause of workplace incidents . • Trends in the construction industry . • Tips for implementing effective safety steps . jobsite injury. Main Image.

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Building a Great Safety Culture Takes a Commitment to Training

Construction Business Owner

Building a Great Safety Culture Takes a Commitment to Training. Why is safety so important? The reasons are clear and fundamental: from staying alive to being there for family, and from avoid life-changing injuries to saving money, mitigating legal risk and gaining productivity. Pure Safety Group. safety training.

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OSHA Launches Crane Safety Program in Northwest

Construction Equipment

Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has developed a program aimed at reducing injuries and fatalities associated with crane operation.

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Crane Safety is Focus of OSHA Emphasis Program in the Northwest

Construction Superintendent Magazine

Department of Labor''s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is launching a program aimed at reducing serious injuries and fatalities associated with the operation of cranes in construction, general industry and maritime operations for employers under federal OSHA jurisdiction in Idaho, Alaska, Washington and Oregon.

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Deadline fast approaches for commercial fishing vessel safety exams

Safety Services Company

Deadline fast approaches for commercial fishing vessel safety exams. This article was written by Safety Consultants with Safety Services Company , we provide Construction, Manufacturing, and General Industry Safety Programs to over 100,000 clients across the United States and Canada.

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Marijuana Regulation at Work: Your Responsibilities

Safety Services Company

Recreational use of marijuana is currently permitted in the following states: Alaska. Ultimately, it is an employer’s responsibility under OSHA to provide a safe place of work for all employees and to avoid allowing employees to work on a job site where the risk of injury can be high while they are impaired due to improper usage.

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Are Caterpillar Boots Good? 

Work Gearz

As we have mentioned before, Caterpillar primarily deals with work boots and it has various categories under it depending on the type of safety toe it has.  Alloy safety toes are the lightest option, but they still meet all compression and impact standards. Safety features of Caterpillar boots.   Let us have a look-.