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Reclassifying Permit Required Confined Spaces

FDR Safety

I had the opportunity to view one of the best presentations on permit required confined spaces that I have ever seen. Mr. Burgess identified an often overlooked opportunity for temporary reclassification of an existing permit required confined space. A full entry permit is then no longer necessary. It’s worth the time.

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Safety Tips: Prevent Fires and Burns on Your Construction Site

Safety Services Company

This figure reveals a potential gap in safety and compliance procedures within contractor management. They advise that portable heaters be UL-approved, having gone through rigorous safety testing. Flammable materials and chemicals can raise grave safety concerns if not stored sufficiently.

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How to Modernize, Collaborate & Deliver a Safer Construction Experience

Construction Business Owner

Quick and easy permit-to-work management. jobsite safety. safety planning. Proactive risk assessment for safer on-site experiences. Seamless incident and near-miss reporting. Mike Oster VP of Construction. Hitachi Solutions America. . Rob George Industry Architect. Hitachi Solutions America. . . . Hitachi Solutions.

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4 Innovations Transforming Construction Safety 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

There’s no doubt about it: safety matters. While nothing beats a combination of training, safety culture, and leadership buy-in, innovation is playing an increasingly important role on- and off-site. . Technology has advanced significantly in recent years in the realm of construction safety. Machine Learning and AI.

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Is a trench a permit-required confined space?

FDR Safety

A question sometimes comes up as to whether a trench or other excavation is a permit-required confined space under OSHA standards. The answer in broad terms is no, even though conditions in a trench can sometimes resemble those in a permit-required confined space, as Curtis Chambers points out in an excellent article.

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Transportation Research Board Hears Focus on Permitting, Rural Roads

ENR Construction

Safety, streamlined project permitting and technology are key priorities for the U.S. of Transportation in 2020.

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Safety School: Emergency Response Plans for Permit Required Confined Spaces

Safety Services Company

Here are four basic questions to check that your emergency response plan for permit required confined spaces is complete. These four questions are just some of the emergency response variables that employers need to address before sending a worker down into a permit space, and the included documents help you ask them all.

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