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Our mission is to make safety training accessible and effective. This blog brings together the latest industry news, regulatory updates, best practices, and training insights to help employers and workers create safer job sites. Explore our newest articles below and check back regularly for fresh content.
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Bloodborne Pathogens in Construction
There are many industries that often come in contact with blood. Many construction companies, in particular, are unfamiliar with standards as they relate to blood; more specif…
Standards Changes for MEWPs in 2022
If you are someone who operates mobile elevating work platforms, MEWPs, or are associated with these machines, there are changes in standards that you may need to be aware of.…
Safety Violations
No matter where you work, or what you do for a living, there is probably a chance that accidents could occur in your workplace. Because of this high chance for accidents, OSHA…
Weathering Heights- Tower Cranes and Wind
Crane Safe Wind SpeedWeather can be a dangerous factor in construction. Conditions such as high winds pose a significant threat to cranes and other large machines and equipmen…
Trench Dangers and Violations
At the bottom of a fifteen foot trench, a worker asked for permission to walk away from the “trench box”- protective steel barriers that hold up the trench’s walls- to check t…
Fall Protection and #HazardSpotting
What is the difference between a construction worker without a hard hat, and an elevated construction worker without fall protection?There is no difference, both construction …
Stop-Work Order Violation
Recently, a company was cited for violating a stop-work order that was placed on scaffolding. Stop-work orders are legal notices requiring employers to immediately suspend all…
Western Sugar Cooperative deaths and fines
How many deaths does it take before a company changes its ways? How many fines must a company face, before they realize the severity of violations? For Western Sugar Cooperati…
Accidents in Construction
It is common knowledge that accidents happen. We really can’t altogether avoid them, which is what makes them accidents. Construction is one industry in which accidents occur …
Excavator Accident
Working with heavy machinery can be very dangerous. There are certain rules and standards that need to be followed, and these standards can change with every machine and every…
Fall protection, a serial OSHA offender
What would you think the leading cause of death is in the construction industry? Equipment accidents, maybe? Or cave-ins and collapses? These are good guesses, and all very se…
Scissor Lift Accidents
No matter where you live, what your job is, or how experienced you might be, accidents with equipment can occur at any unexpected time. Scissor lifts, for example, may seem si…
