Construction Business Owner

AUGUST 14, 2023

How to Streamline OSHA Recordkeeping & Improve Safety ccapoccia Mon, 08/14/2023 - 10:07 Because construction is on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) list of the most hazardous industries, construction companies must be extra-vigilant to ensure the safety of employees and jobsites.

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The Constructor

MAY 9, 2021

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is enforcing several changes owing to the Covid-19 pandemic and the rise in technological.

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FDR Safety

MAY 19, 2016

Thanks to a new OSHA recordkeeping rule, employers urgently need to take a close look at their employee handbooks, safety policies and procedures, safety incentive programs, and drug testing policies. OSHA ultimately intends to publish the forms on a searchable website open to the public. Electronic Filing of Injury and Illness Forms.

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FDR Safety

JANUARY 23, 2019

The memorandum essentially states that OSHA has added Unmanned Aircraft Systems, commonly known as drones, to their toolkit for conducting safety inspections. It’s our recommendation to allow OSHA to inspect your job site, whether drones are involved or not. What does the memorandum really say? Learn more here.

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FDR Safety

MARCH 19, 2020

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. training records, OSHA 300 logs, written program etc.)

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FDR Safety

DECEMBER 1, 2017

OSHA recently announced another delay in the deadline for employers to electronically submit their 2016 injury and illness data to the agency. As a brief recap, the revised recordkeeping rule requires employers with 250 or more employees to submit their OSHA 300A Annual Summaries for each separate establishment by December 15.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

JANUARY 31, 2018

As a contractor, the thought of an OSHA inspection and possible violations probably makes you a little nervous. The government doesn’t take incidents like this lightly, as evidenced by the fact that the cost of penalties levied by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is rising. Safety is a serious matter.

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Construction Business Owner

JANUARY 10, 2024

OSHA Is Not Backing Down ccapoccia Wed, 01/10/2024 - 16:05 Even if you did not directly experience last summer’s heat, you probably read or heard about it. Historically high temperatures scorched the country from coast to coast, and there are no signs that this heat will abate anytime soon.

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Construction Business Owner

AUGUST 23, 2021

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has stated that female construction workers face specific health and safety issues on the jobsite that may require different personal protective equipment (PPE), gear and apparel than men in the industry require.

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FDR Safety

JANUARY 27, 2021

One area of change that will affect thousands, if not millions of employers comes in the form of OSHA regulation and enforcement. It is reasonable to expect an overall increase in OSHA enforcement including the following: Expect OSHA to increase staffing under President Biden. How can employers prepare for Biden’s OSHA?

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Construction Dive

JULY 27, 2020

Despite the pandemic, OSHA is still focusing on other jobsite dangers, including fall issues at a Florida roofing company that's been cited 12 times in the last few years.

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Construction Dive

JULY 22, 2020

Here's what contractors need to know about OSHA practices and enforcement as well as new rules on the horizon, according to an attorney during a recent Associated General Contractors webinar.

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FDR Safety

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

OSHA National Emphasis Program Amputations Prevention Effective 12/10/2019. OSHA Intent: . OSHA Focus: OSHA believes the failure to apply machine guarding techniques and control energy hazards during service and maintenance activities are primary causes of amputations. FDRsafety Can Help: We Conduct Mock OSHA Audits.

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Safety Services Company

JANUARY 6, 2025

Are you ready for the new OSHA 300 Log requirements in 2025? Who Needs to Pay Attention to OSHA 300 Log Requirements? The updated OSHA 300 Log requirements target high-hazard industries (think Construction, Oil and Gas, Manufacturing, Healthcare). What Info Should Be on Your OSHA 300 Log?

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FDR Safety

JULY 16, 2018

OSHA sees great opportunity because your industry does realize finger injuries and amputations that are not realized in other companies where operators have automation and/or engineered safeguards to protect the point of operation. The post Are You Ready For An OSHA Audit? All of these production issues are part of your reality.

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FDR Safety

MAY 20, 2019

On May 20, 2019, OSHA published an RFI asking for input on the Control of Hazardous Energy (LOTO) as shown below. The control of hazardous energy is regulated under OSHA’s control of hazardous energy (Lockout/Tagout) standard. The post OSHA is asking for input on the Control of Hazardous Energy appeared first on FDRsafety.

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FDR Safety

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

OSHA Audits can be nerve wracking, tedious, and costly for any business. Rather than being caught off guard by the findings of OSHA during one of their audits, we highly recommend that you implement Mock OSHA Audits into your regular safety program. Identify the weaknesses of your safety program.

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Construction Business Owner

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Whether an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspection of your workplace is triggered by a workplace injury, a formal complaint or a programmed, wall-to-wall inspection, being prepared for it will help limit exposure and defend against any citations that may be issued.

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Construction Dive

JANUARY 19, 2023

OSHA Regional Administrator Stephen Boyd spoke candidly about the industry’s fatality numbers at AGC’s health and safety conference this week.

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Construction Business Owner

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Fall protection remains the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) most frequently cited rules violation, even after federal regulators sought to reduce fall-related fatalities with updated workplace safety rules towards the end of 2016. Your Guide to Preventing Jobsite Falls. Elizabeth Manning.

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Construction Business Owner

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Many of the most common Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) violations can easily occur on a construction jobsite. This detailed white paper includes the top 10 most-cited OSHA violations of the previous year, with expert guidance for preventing them in your own workplace. Regulations. Promote to rotator No. Main Image.

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Construction Dive

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Four years after the disaster that killed three workers, the Orleans Parish District Attorney said OSHA’s long settlement talks hindered the case.

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Construction Business Owner

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

million people work at more than 250,000 construction sites across the country each day, according to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Wed, 11/03/2021 - 14:00.

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Construction Dive

APRIL 7, 2020

OSHA imposed a total of more than $315,000 in fines for project safety violations, including a willful citation of $154,000 to Heaslip Engineering.

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Construction Business Owner

JUNE 24, 2019

According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA),noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) affects nearly one in four adults in the United States. Thousands of construction workers suffer hearing loss from excessive noise exposure on the job every year.

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Construction Equipment

JANUARY 8, 2021

Michigan OSHA (MIOSHA) will conduct inspections at job sites where workers are most likely to be exposed to respirable crystalline silica as part of the agency’s recently launched emphasis program aimed at reducing exposure to silica and preventing silicosis, reports Safety+Health magazine, the…

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Construction Business Owner

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Department of Labor recently announced changes to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Severe Violator Enforcement Program — this alone is reason enough to rethink how your teams proactively manage safety and compliance. Access instant metrics for ease of reporting OSHA. Tim Smith CEO.

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Construction Equipment

MARCH 10, 2021

OSHA cited Cherokee Pride Construction Inc. of Sapulpa for serious violations related to excavation work. Inspectors arrived at a Broken Arrow job site in September 2020 and found employees in standing water as they installed water lines in two trenches as part of a street widening project.

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Construction Equipment

JANUARY 5, 2021

Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued citations arising from 255 inspections for violations relating to coronavirus, resulting in proposed penalties totaling $3,403,139. Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic through Nov. 26, 2020, the U.S.

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FDR Safety

JANUARY 16, 2020

On December 10, 2019 OSHA published CPL 03-00-022 , National Emphasis Program on Amputations in Manufacturing Industries. This Instruction supersedes OSHA Instruction CPL 03-00-019, National Emphasis Program on Amputations that was published in August of 2015. For more advice on safety, please call us at (615) 628-8746.

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BD+C

JUNE 8, 2020

OSHA’s in-person checks of construction sites have plunged by 84% during the COVID-19 pandemic. The agency has focused its attention on virus transmission hazards in the health-care industry, according to OSHA data. In the first week of March, OSHA conducted about 395 construction inspections.

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Safety Services Company

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

News: OSHA released an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on protecting employees from the Covid-19 virus. OSHA attempts to make clear what organizations are affected by an ETS. Additionally, an ETS generally applies to state OSHA organizations as well. Can state OSHA regulators override this? What is an ETS?

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Construction Dive

JUNE 13, 2019

A new OSHA report said cracks in the bridge were large enough to warrant the closing of the street below, where five motorists were crushed in the March 2018 accident.

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Construction Dive

JULY 17, 2023

Water, rest, shade and acclimatization help workers stay safe in sweltering temperatures, according to OSHA health scientist Gary Orr.

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Construction Dive

JUNE 13, 2019

A new OSHA report said cracks in the bridge were large enough to warrant the closing of the street below, where five motorists were crushed in the March 2018 accident.

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Construction Business Owner

DECEMBER 12, 2019

OSHA's “Focus Four,” also called the “Fatal Four," categories follow the leading causes of death in the workplace: opioid abuse, suicide, homicide and transportation fatalities. Here's how to combat them. .

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

JULY 12, 2018

If you work in construction, you’re familiar the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), whose standards regulate safety on the nation’s construction sites. Being compliant with OSHA regulations is imperative to a construction business’s success. OSHA has proposed a new crane operator certification rule.

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