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5 Safety Precautions For Multi-Level Construction Sites

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Doing so promotes workers’ health and can increase your firm’s overall productivity. Inspect Your Machines Regularly. They help simplify the work, thus enabling your workers to be more productive. Apart from minimizing productivity, any unmaintained construction machine poses a danger to the user.

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OSHA Alert: How to Prepare for an OSHA Inspection

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The most important step to take before an OSHA inspection even takes place is selecting a company representative. The company representative is the individual charged with representing the company’s interests during an OSHA inspection. Determining the type of inspection being conducted and the intended scope.

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7 tips for managing health and safety in construction efficiently

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Instead, project managers and foremen must find and fix hazards before they cause injury or illness. Commit to a safety and health program Communicating your commitment to managing health and safety in construction with a clear policy is as important for your organisation as productivity and profitability.

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Preventing Falls: How Contractors can Master Ladder Safety One Step at a Time

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In this blog, let’s break down the major causes of ladder-related injuries, the safety essentials for contractors, and how to ensure safety and compliance for your workers at all times! To add, you face potential legal repercussions and a loss of productivity. Using this ladder can help stop bad habits like overreaching.

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PREVENTING REPETITIVE STRESS INJURIES

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Repetitive strain injuries (RSI) are those which affect nerves, joints, tendons, tendon sheathes, and muscles. Estimates suggest that repetitive motion injuries cost United States businesses over $20 billion just in workers’ compensation alone. Lift heavy objects slowly and smoothly, as jerky movements can cause muscle injuries.

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7 Key Precautions To Ensure Loading Dock Safety

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Practically every product that you can buy have, at one point, passed through some busy loading docks. With all the hustle and bustle happening in loading docks, it shouldn’t surprise you that they’re a hotbed for injuries and accidents; countless dangers could occur in a typical dock. 1) Embrace New Technology In The Workplace.

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Preventing Falls: How Contractors can Master Ladder Safety One Step at a Time

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In this blog, let’s break down the major causes of ladder-related injuries, the safety essentials for contractors, and how to ensure safety and compliance for your workers at all times! To add, you face potential legal repercussions and a loss of productivity. Using this ladder can help stop bad habits like overreaching.

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