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OSHA steps up enforcement on infrastructure jobs

Construction Dive

The agency also released a resource to help smaller and less-experienced contractors build IIJA projects safely.

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How to Advance Your Safety Strategy With Tech & See Bottom-Line Benefits to Your Operations

Construction Business Owner

According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), in 2019, construction accounted for about one in five worker fatalities in private industry, despite construction representing just 8% of U.S. trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Reducing worker injuries has taken on additional urgency following the $1.2

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CDC and OSHA Speak: How to Keep Construction Workers Safe During COVID-19 Panedemic

Best Practices Construction Law

Restrictions vary depending on whether the project is public infrastructure, to commercial, to health care, to multifamily and residential. On April 20, 2020, the CDC released new guidelines for “critical infrastructure workers,” and on April 21, 2020, the U.S. Remember, words matter.

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State of the Construction Industry: August Roundup

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Lawmakers Push for Innovative Materials in National Infrastructure. A bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill called the Innovative Materials for America’s Growth and Infrastructure Newly Expanded (IMAGINE) Act, which could increase investment in new materials for infrastructure projects like roads and water systems.

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State of the Construction Industry: May Roundup

Viewpoint Construction Technology

OSHA and State Safety Agencies Write More Than 100 Silica Citations in 6 Months. To address this hazard, OSHA enacted a new rule about silica dust on construction sites last fall. Survey: Mayors’ Top Concerns Include Infrastructure, Climate Change, Opioids. Infrastructure. One of their top concerns?

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Webinar: Going beyond OSHA compliance - How ASUS uses Safety Reports by ToolWatch to improve employee safety

ENR Construction

ASUS is a utility company whose 300 or so employees help military installations across eight states rebuild and maintain their water and wastewater infrastructure.

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July 2016 Newsletter

FDR Safety

Before joining FDRsafety, Brad served as Senior Vice President of Safety, Health & Environment for AECOM’s Energy, Infrastructure & Industrial Construction Operating Group, and held a similar position with legacy company URS Corporation. In this role, he initiated the first alliance between the OSHA and a private company.

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