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Understanding Risk on the Road

Construction Business Owner

Because of the construction industry’s variable nature — transporting various types of cargo, traveling unfamiliar routes, driving under challenging road conditions and using different vehicles — construction fleets are uniquely prone to vehicular accidents.

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Risk on the Road

Construction Business Owner

Because of the construction industry’s variable nature — transporting various types of cargo, traveling unfamiliar routes, driving under challenging road conditions and using different vehicles — construction fleets are uniquely prone to vehicular accidents.

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How to Help Injured Workers Return to Form

Construction Business Owner

The Travelers 2022 Injury Impact Report found that injured construction workers spend an average of 98 days away from work. In addition to filling open positions, construction business owners grapple with another dilemma — injured employees missing work.

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Avoiding common OSHA recordkeeping mistakes

FDR Safety

All affected employers need to finalize their OSHA 300 log data about work-related injuries and illnesses that required medical treatment beyond first aid. In this case, you did not count the Monday of the injury, but you would count the four other workdays the employee was scheduled to work, but could not come in.

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TechConnect Explains How to Prevent Hydraulic Fitting Leaks

Construction Equipment

The TechConnect team points out the most common causes of hydraulic leaks and how to prevent them from becoming disastrous injuries to personnel. Pressurized fluids in hydraulic systems travel can travel 600 feet per second and penetrate deep under the skin when a leak occurs.

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TechConnect Explains How to Avoid Dangerous Hydraulic Fitting Leaks

Construction Equipment

The TechConnect team points out the most common causes of hydraulic leaks and how to prevent them from becoming disastrous injuries to personnel. Pressurized fluids in hydraulic systems travel can travel 600 feet per second and penetrate deep under the skin when a leak occurs.

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Bird Friendly Building now the Law in Howard County

Green Building Law Update

But there is no authoritative nationwide repository of bird casualties or injuries, so estimating the scope of this is difficult. Bird collision deterrence credit to “reduce bird injury and mortality from in-flight collisions with buildings” owned by the business.