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How Tech Can Improve Safety & Project Performance

Construction Business Owner

How Tech Can Improve Safety & Project Performance ccapoccia Sun, 08/27/2023 - 13:27 Some of today’s toughest challenges for construction owners and general contractors (GCs) involve keeping workers safe on the job and ensuring the overall health of their projects.

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OSHA Cites Contractor Following Trench Collapse

Construction Equipment

Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Ballard Construction Co. a sewer and water utilities contractor, for exposing employees to excavation hazards after a worker was injured and hospitalized following a trench collapse. The contractor faces…

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OSHA Fines Contractor and Temp Staffing Agency $152,618

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Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited All Power Construction Corporation of Huntsville, Alabama and staffing agency Labor Finders of Tennessee Inc. after a temporary employee installing sewer lines suffered a fatal injury in a trench collapse in Huntsville.

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Sewer Company Cited After Cave-Ins at Two Job Sites

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OSHA has cited Taylor’s Drain and Sewer Service for 10 safety violations, including two willful. OSHA found that the company failed to protect workers from cave-ins during trenching operations at two separate jobs sites in Lincoln, Neb., OSHA has proposed penalties of $194,000.'

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OSHA urges safety during Sandy cleanup

Safety Services Company

OSHA urges safety during Sandy cleanup. This article was written by Safety Consultants with Safety Services Company , we provide Construction, Manufacturing, and General Industry Safety Programs to over 100,000 clients across the United States and Canada.

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Rhobina Electric Fined Following Fatal Trench Accident

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined Rhobina Electric $37,318 after a trench collapsed and killed a worker at a Taylor, Mississippi, job site. The worker had been installing sewer pipe… Rhobina, based in Batesville, Mississippi, is a commercial and plumbing contractor.

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Illinois Contractor Arrested for Failure to Pay OSHA Penalties

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Mike Neri, owner of Mike Neri Sewer & Water Contractor Inc. 27, 2014 after failing to comply with OSHA standards and not paying penalties associated with safety violations, according to the Society for Human Resource Management.' of Elk Grove Village, Ill., was arrested Oct.

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