Construction Law Monitor

DECEMBER 17, 2012

million workers suffer serious injury or illness related to their jobs, according to a white paper published by Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the United States Department of Labor (OSHA).While Yet many business owners resist mandatory workplace inspections and tighter safety regulations imposed by OSHA.

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Safety Services Company

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

OSHA Top 10 Series: Fall Protection Applications and Innovative Technology. As part of our continued focus on OSHA’s Top Ten most frequently cited violations to its standards, in this article we will focus specifically on Fall Protection as it is the number one most commonly cited standard for 2018. OSHA Regulations.

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Safety Services Company

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

OSHA Top 10 Series: Fall Protection Applications and Innovative Technology . As part of our continued focus on OSHA’s Top Ten most frequently cited violations to its standards, in this article we will focus specifically on Fall Protection as it is the number one most commonly cited standard for 2018. OSHA Regulations.

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FDR Safety

DECEMBER 4, 2014

What to do when an OSHA citation arrives: step by step. What to do when an OSHA citation arrives: step by step. Despite your best efforts to operate a safe workplace, the bad news has arrived: OSHA has issued a citation to your company. Review the OSHA regulations cited in each violation. Do you need an OSHA lawyer?

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Safety Services Company

DECEMBER 4, 2014

A frequently overlooked resource for improving your workplace safety is to take advantage of the OSHA consultation program. In 2013, OSHA consulted with over 30,000 small businesses to assess their safety policies and offer recommendations on ways to improve them. Construction General Industry OSHA OSHA Consultations'

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Safety Services Company

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Whether the company’s’ choice was a failure to provide proper training, protective equipment, or engineering controls, the result for the company is often crippling expenses from workers’ compensation claims, medical expenses, OSHA fines, and the costs of hiring and training replacement workers.

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FDR Safety

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Companies that want to provide the safest workplaces for their employees shouldn’t be solely following OSHA’s advice for how to create a safety program. OSHA recommends what amounts to a cookie-cutter approach to safety programs – generic enough to fit a wide variety of workplaces (many private sector entities recommend the same approach).

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Pro Builder

JUNE 2, 2022

Lower Workers' Compensation Costs by Having a Plan. Photo: courtesy OSHA. OSHA requires fall protection at any height 6 feet or more above the ground or deck. Quick and Easy Improvements for Jobsite Safety. Harnesses and Anchor Points. A common anchoring system called a spreader that spans across roof framing members.

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Safety Services Company

JULY 24, 2014

Although OSHA has announced a delay in the publication of its I2P2 requirement, like most other efforts, it’s just a matter of time. More than 2,400 companies belong to OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) and develop programs that are based on the core elements of an I2P2.

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Levelset

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) have both developed “Focus Four” lists that highlight job hazards that can have long-term negative effects on the health of your employees and your construction business. . Hydration helps combat the frequency of heat stroke.

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FDR Safety

AUGUST 29, 2013

Even OSHA has remained silent to the extent of relying on the General Duty Clause to cover this social epidemic. You are paying for their expertise and counting on quality work in turn for very substantial compensation. It undermines employee morale and the entire corporate business culture. It is Substance Abuse!

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Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

It is assumed that all workers are skilled for the particular task in concert with safety (OSHA) requirements. Labor rates are for direct labor, without overhead and profit, however include fringe benefits and allowances for Social Security and Medicare taxes, worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance and employee benefits.

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Safety Services Company

APRIL 1, 2014

Because the load is too much for this forklift the operator has compensated by adding extra weights to the back of the forklift, offsetting them to counterbalance the load and move the truck’s center of gravity backward. Equipment and Vehicles General Industry Laws and Legislation OSHA Safety Tips 1910.178 counterweighting forklift'

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FDR Safety

MAY 12, 2015

Many of our clients credit this training with significant decreases in their OSHA recordable rates, in addition to improving overall safety performance. A competitive compensation and benefit package. We welcome the opportunity to discuss how Safety Awareness can help safety performance at your organization.

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Construction Junkie

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Guests and workers checking into the site are not required to download an app or create an account, and their personal health information is stored only on their device to comply with HIPAA and OSHA regulations. The app is available in both English and Spanish, but can also be customized to support other languages, if needed.

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Constructonomics

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Thousands if not hundreds of thousands saw the consequence of out-dated regulations and OSHA was forced to react. Employees are often compensated after accidents but it is usually by paying the out of pocket workers as the accidents occur. Normally, an accident such as that would be swept under the carpet and ignored. Not this time.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Extracting key ratios from financial statements and safety metrics from OSHA filings allows builders to gauge a subcontractor’s short-term and long-term health — and empower estimators with the data they need to make more informed bidding decisions. . Formula: Net Income / Total Revenue . SAFETY RATES & METRICS .

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Safety Services Company

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Your EMR is the number insurance carriers look at when determining what you’ll pay for a Workers’ Compensation premium. The National Council of Compensation Insurance (NCCI) looks at the national average of claims within a given industry and assigns that average the number 1.0. Another company in the same industry has an EMR of.80.

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Compensation Insurance Injury Risk 48

Chianelli Estimating

AUGUST 6, 2020

The result is higher costs to complete projects.Other considerations will be the impact it will have on OSHA standards and Insurance Company costs. Insurances; Workers compensation, General Liability, Risk. Some projects may be subject to local Health Department Standards as well. Some Example are as follows: Office Rent.

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Construction Junkie

OCTOBER 28, 2020

But leveraging the opportunities offered by digitization will compensate for it. The drilling arm is also equipped with a dust shroud and the vacuum contained within the unit is OSHA Table 1 compliant for silica dust containment. courtesy of Hilti.

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Safety Services Company

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

According to data released by the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau, there were 367 roofing-related falls from scaffolds, ladders, elevations, and into openings such as skylights in California from 2008-2010. These preventable accidents resulted in total indemnity and medical costs of over $70 million.

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Safety Services Company

JULY 24, 2013

OSHA is directing its efforts toward enforcing a standard in which employers nationwide will be required to establish a thorough, written injury and illness prevention program (IIPP). OSHA’s IIPP standard was first issued in California in July, 1991, and since then OSHA has continued to push for its measures to spread nationwide.

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Safety Services Company

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) upholds the OSH Act by representing and enforcing standards that finely detail employer safety responsibilities and protect employee safety rights. A large part of this enforcement includes workplace auditing, report investigation, and citation for safety violations.

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Safety Services Company

MAY 31, 2018

The prequalification firm will review your company’s written health and safety program for conformance with OSHA regulatory and owner-client standards. OSHA forms (300 & 300A). Insurance Documents: General Liability, Automobile Liability, Limits, Workers’ Compensation, Experience Modification Rates, etc. 5. IMPLEMENT.

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Levelset

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

OSHA inspections can happen at any time, and penalties and fines can be expensive. The maximum federal OSHA penalty for violations can be up to $14,502 per violation. By improving safety on the job site, JSAs also reduce workers compensation insurance premiums , saving contractors money and increasing profits. JSA example.

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Construction Business Owner

DECEMBER 9, 2011

A safe work environment is one of the most straight forward ways to decrease workers compensation expenses. or higher, then it might be time to consider implementing a comprehensive safety plan to try and reduce your workers compensation insurance costs. Fewer accidents also mean lower insurance premiums, which mean lower labor costs.

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FDR Safety

APRIL 21, 2016

Employers are now required to report to OSHA any fatality, in-patient hospitalization of a single employee, amputation, or loss of an eye. Shortly before the new reporting requirements took effect, OSHA published what it termed “Interim Enforcement Procedures for New Reporting Requirements.”

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Safety Services Company

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Most third-party auditors grade contractors based on the following elements: Statistical Information: OSHA 300/A Logs, OH&S Statistics, TRIR, TRF, etc. Insurance Documents: General Liability, Automobile Liability, Limits, Workers’ Compensation, Experience Modification Rates, etc. Document (Correctly). 5. Implement.

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Accounting Safety Documentation Statistics 48

Safety Services Company

OCTOBER 10, 2012

One of the biggest hurdles facing injured workers are politicians and state legislatures that are constantly tinkering with the workers’ compensation system, in a misguided attempt to make their respective state more “business friendly.” What is a common fallacy about workplace injuries?

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FDR Safety

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Documentation of their Experience Modification Rating, which measures Workers Compensation claims experience. A copy of their OSHA 300A log, which summarizes on-the-job injuries and illnesses. Require that contractors provide you with documentation of their safety performance and safety program.

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NH Construction Law

MAY 24, 2020

For everyone’s protection, construction contracts often contain provisions for suspending work when a hazardous substance is encountered at a job site, with companion clauses governing extensions of time and extra compensation. The AIA’s popular A201 General Conditions (2017), for example, contains these provisions: § 10.3.1

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Safety Services Company

MAY 15, 2013

Who is Covered (Or Not) by OSHA. One of the more common set of questions I get are from small operations wondering if they are covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and all the rules, regulations and standards that go with it: “I run a small farm with only myself and my family.”.

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OSHA Employment Safety Regulation 72

Safety Services Company

OCTOBER 15, 2017

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) defines workplace violence as “violence or the threat of violence against workers. It can occur at or outside the workplace and can range from threats and verbal abuse to physical assaults and homicides, one of the leading causes of job-related deaths.”

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FDR Safety

AUGUST 21, 2018

According to OSHA, it is estimated that employers pay an estimated $1 billion PER WEEK in direct costs resulting from workplace illness or injury. This total is made up of the medical costs resulting from an accident, compensation payments for the injured worker, and any legal expenses. Perform Mock OSHA audits.

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Safety Injury Compensation Accidents 136

Safety Services Company

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

OSHA Top Ten List of Cited Violations for 2018. 10 Most Cited Violations according to Federal OSHA. As of September 30th 2018 , the top two most frequently cited standards following OSHA worksite inspections are violations. how the OSHA standard is applied at that facility. OSHA also provides a quick reference.

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Safety Services Company

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

OSHA Top Ten List of Cited Violations for 2018. Every year, The Occupational Safety and Health Authority publishes its list of the To 10 most cited violations according to Federal OSHA. OSHA provides many resources for small businesses to comply with the Hazardous Communication Standard. Some common symbols include: [link].

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Safety Services Company

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Estimates suggest that repetitive motion injuries cost United States businesses over $20 billion just in workers’ compensation alone. Canada Construction General Industry OSHA' Factor in the costs of employee replacement, productivity loss, and other related expenses, and we’re talking upwards of another $100 billion.

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