Sat October 01, 2016
Safety-Box Tap Hole Boxes Feature Easy Loading and Unloading
Safety-Box Corporation trench protection systems have an all steel construction line of tap hole boxes, which are professionally engineered and certified to meet OSHA requirements. The boxes are lightweight and of one piece welded construction with lift lugs for easy loading and unloading....
Tue October 25, 2016
Safety-Box Platforms, Cages Hold Up to 40 Workers
Safety-Box Corporation offers work platforms and man cages for one person to 40 — round, square, rectangular, octagonal or pentagonal — custom made to specific jobsite requirements. Work platforms and man cages meet all OSHA requirements and are available worldwide for sale....
Sat October 01, 2016
Safety-Box Stone Boxes Save Time, Reduce Congestion
Safety-Box Corporation offers a line of stone boxes that will save time and reduce congestion at the job site. Available in five heavy-duty models with a capacity of 7, 9, 12, 14 and 16 cu. yds. (5.3, 6.8, 9, 10.7 and 12.2 cu m) of bedding material, all are manufactured with heavy gauge, abrasion resistant steel that enhances the use life....
Giles Lambertson - Sun November 06, 2016
BLOG: Shouldn't Hard Hat Designs be Brought Into the 21st Century?
Testimonies of hard hats go right over the heads of workers who complain of discomfort. I'm sure such hard-heads have already stopped reading this. To the rest of you, I offer this thought: Why aren't hard hats updated to 21st-century standards?The basic design of the protective head gear has changed little since the end of the 19th century....
Mon October 24, 2016
World Cup Organizers Admit to 'Work Related Fatality' at Construction Site
The website Inside the Games is reporting that Qatar 2022 World Cup organizers have admitted for the first time that there has been a "work-related fatality" on a construction site. The Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy said in a statement that the incident occurred yesterday morning at the Al Wakrah Stadium....
Mon October 24, 2016
Law Enforcement Shoots at Drone During Weekend of Pipeline Protests
MANDAN, N.D. (AP) - Law enforcement officials fired at an unmanned aircraft and a group of Dakota Access pipeline opponents twice blocked a North Dakota state highway Sunday, capping a weekend of protests....
Mon October 24, 2016
Natural Gas Explosion Destroys Home Under Construction
Local Indiana tv news affliate WRTV is reporting that a natural gas explosion destroyed a home under construction in Noblesville Sunday afternoon. The house is in a development called Turnberry at The Park near 166th Street and Summer Road....
Thu October 20, 2016
Construction Company Says Subcontractor Nicked Line
Local Portland television news affiliate KOIN is reporting that officials are investigating Wednesday's gas explosion in NW Portland that destroyed buildings, caused widespread damage and injured eight people....
Wed October 19, 2016
VIDEO: Construction Crew Assists Fire Rescue ... Saves Man's Life
News affiliate WDSU is reporting that the Gouverneur Fire Department in New York got a "lift" from a local construction company in the area on October 14. Facebook posts show the moment construction workers raised their backhoe to the second story window of a home engulfed by flames that Friday morning....
Tue October 18, 2016
Arson Suspected in Latest Dakota Access Pipeline Fire
REASNOR, Iowa (AP) - Authorities suspect arson in the latest burning of heavy equipment being used in the construction of the four-state Dakota Access pipeline in central Iowa. The Jasper County Sheriff's Office says the blaze late Saturday near Reasnor, Iowa, caused about $2 million damage to an excavator and three bulldozers....
