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Why Your Company Needs an Electrical Safety Program

Construction Business Owner

In today’s competitive business environment, it’s especially important to reduce employee injuries and incident rates to avoid the costs of downtime. One major factor in achieving these goals is electricity. Companies need to know what hazards are lurking on their jobsites.

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8 Safety Best Practices

Construction Business Owner

million people work at more than 250,000 construction sites across the country each day, according to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). While most of these workers go home without serious injury, the fatal injury rate in the construction industry is, unfortunately, higher than the national average for all other industries.

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Understanding the Fundamentals of Arc Flash-Resistant Hand Protection

Construction Business Owner

Understanding the Fundamentals of Arc Flash-Resistant Hand Protection How arc flash rated gloves protect hands mhodges Tue, 08/01/2023 - 10:45 An arc flash occurs when there is a sudden release of electrical energy between two conductors, causing an explosion. Click here to read more.

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4 Ways To Improve Construction Safety In High-Traffic Areas

Construction Marketing

Construction takes place in various areas, ranging from rural areas with little to no traffic to cities with high foot and vehicle traffic. Thus, as an employer or construction company entrepreneur, you’re responsible for ensuring the safety of your employees, pedestrians, and motorists whenever you have construction work in progress.

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Will Leather Gloves Prevent Electric Shock?

Work Gearz

Almost every type of job that is physically demanding requires you to wear proper safety gloves to avoid severe accidents and injuries. Electric shocks are one of the most dangerous hazards, as they can harm your nerves directly. But do they also provide protection against electric shocks is a question often asked by many.

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Suspended prison sentence for director after scaffold tube strikes overhead power line

Construction Law

A Kent scaffolding company has been fined and its director given a suspended prison sentence after a scaffolder suffered life changing injuries from an 11,000-volt electric shock. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details.

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Construction Work Accidents- Where Do the Risks Lie?

Constructonomics

Whilst the UK construction industry continues to see growth month on month, it still remains a potentially dangerous industry to be a part of, with the risk of injury apparent every day. It’s not a nice place to start yet the fact that there are fatal accidents within the construction industry can’t be hidden. Major Injuries.

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