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PPE Products for Increased Jobsite Safety

Pro Builder

PPE Products for Increased Jobsite Safety ldeakins Thu, 06/15/2023 - 13:14 Falls accounted for just over 35% of all workplace deaths within construction and extraction occupations in 2020, and during that same year, construction laborers saw their highest annual fatal injury count (308) in half a decade, according to the U.S.

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Are You Ready For An OSHA Audit?

FDR Safety

This blog is targeting small employers, especially those involved with sheet metal fabrication. Complicating matters even more is that you frequently have lots of product mix, often with small lot runs. All of these production issues are part of your reality. That’s a pretty high bar to reach in metal fabrication.

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Myths, Misperceptions, and Prospects for Modular Construction

Autodesk Construction Cloud

As a result, many people started looking at modular construction practices with fresh eyes and saw it as a way to design and deliver quality buildings. Myths and misperceptions The Crystal Palace, designed by Sir Joseph Paxton in 1851 for the first World’s Fair, was the first large-scale example of prefabrication.

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Are Jeans Good for Welding?

Work Gearz

The basic reason that cotton and/or leather jeans are good for welding is that these fabrics resist heat and flame. . Are Jeans Good for Welding – What is the Best Fabric? Fabric will always matter. It’s cotton, Nomex, and leather that are the best fabrics for jeans that welders wear. This, however, is not it. .

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Selecting anchor clips for metal cladding

Construction Specifier

Architects seeking to deliver their own, creative signature realize they must focus much of their attention on the design of the exterior wall, the face of the structure to the outside world. Today’s design trends drive those same architects to source a wide array of applied architectural features that are mounted to the building structure.

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Can Kevlar Be Cut? (Facts and Myths)

Work Gearz

Although the strength of Kevlar is unparalleled, the very fact that it is used to manufacture so many products makes it clear that Kevlar can indeed be cut. There are many high-quality scissors that are specifically designed to cut Kevlar neatly. Every individual fabric of Kevlar moves and shifts while the fabric is being cut.

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4 Best Cushioned Socks for Work Boots

Work Gearz

Non-Constricting Design - Very loose knit construction with super stretch offers maximum blood flow for diabetics with circulation problems. Prices pulled from the Amazon Product Advertising API on: Product prices and availability are accurate as of the date/time indicated and are subject to change. Orthofeet Padded Work Sock.