construction safety

What May Surprise You About PPE & Construction Safety

The best construction safety protocol is to eliminate hazards. The second-best safety practice is to minimize risks. The most common injuries on construction jobsites are: Creating a strong safety culture and awareness is a construction leadership responsibility. Providing the safety equipment construction workers need is more than a responsibility; it’s a moral and legal obligation. What …

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3 Factors for Construction Jobsite Safety

Your attitude influences construction jobsite safety more than anything else. Posted guidelines and rules, mandatory safety meetings… Nothing promotes jobsite safety more than your visible commitment to working safer. Construction Business Owner recently asked construction business influencers what they believed was the most important factor for jobsite safety. 1. Safety Culture and Awareness “Building a …

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You Shape Your Construction Workers’ Safety Attitudes

Most people think construction work is dangerous. It’s difficult to argue otherwise. Among the top 25 most dangerous occupations in the United States, about 32% are construction-related jobs. And the data supporting that statistic are hard and cold: Subcontractors’ construction workers’ fall-related injuries and deaths are higher than general contractors’ employees. Non-union companies’ workers’ injuries …

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Construction Safety & First Aid Obligations

Project supervisors and managers aren’t overseers as much as they are influencers. That’s why an effective construction safety culture begins at the top. The J.J. Keller® consultancy firm specializes in safety and regulatory compliance. Additional environmental, health and safety (EHS) professionals offered input for a whitepaper for the company’s Safety Management Suite of software. Construction companies will find it a valuable source …

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Putting a Price on Life: Construction Workers and Safety

In 2015, Carlos Moncayo was buried alive in a 14´ unreinforced trench on a New York construction jobsite. The undocumented worker was 22 years old. The New York construction company was convicted of manslaughter/negligent homicide and fined $10,000. If passed, Carlos’ Law would allow a $300,000 minimum fine to New York companies in which construction …

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Construction Safety: Protecting Against Hearing Loss

Have you heard of illnesses or injuries that occur because of lifestyle choices? For example, being sedentary as a choice has many unhealthy consequences. Aging rockers with hearing loss may regret standing near a concert speaker the size of a townhouse in 1976. Still, that was a lifestyle choice. You shouldn’t need to worry about work-related …

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