Little Beaver - Thu July 30, 2020
Utility Anchor Crews Reduce Injuries, Boost Efficiency with Torque-Free Drills
It happens to everyone: you purchase a new tool, appliance or machine to solve a specific problem, only to discover an additional, equally valuable benefit. Maybe it's an appliance purchased for higher capacity that ends up being far more efficient than the unit it's replacing....
AEM - Thu July 23, 2020
Doosan Bobcat Focuses on Continual Safety Improvements and Business Continuity Amid Ongoing Challenges of the Pandemic
Adversity always creates its fair share of challenges for leaders. Whether or not these challenges can be dealt with successfully often depends upon how adversity is viewed – either as a threat to overcome, or as an opportunity to improve and advance....
NCCCO - Mon July 20, 2020
Employers Respond to Crane Operator Evaluation Requirements
Most employers have a fairly sound understanding of their duties and responsibilities to evaluate their crane operators, a new report published by the NCCCO Foundation suggests. But there are some aspects of the OSHA crane operator qualification rule that give rise to a degree of confusion and misunderstanding....
ARTBA - Thu July 16, 2020
Transportation Construction Project Workers Are Pedestrians and Need Protection Too, ARTBA Reminds Federal Safety Summit
Transportation construction workers face on-the-job risks that federal officials should address as they focus on the rising tide of pedestrian fatalities on the nation's roadways, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) July 15 told participants at the U.S....
Donaldson Company - Wed July 15, 2020
Donaldson Donates $100,000 to Medical Professionals Fighting COVID-19
Donaldson Company Inc. has donated $100,000 to Direct Relief in support of global COVID-19 medical response and treatment efforts. The Donaldson Foundation grant will help humanitarian organization Direct Relief provide equipment and resources to medical professionals on the front lines who protect the world's most vulnerable people....
Cross Bore Safety Association - Tue July 14, 2020
Cross Bore Safety Association to Participate in 2021 Global Excavation Safety Conference
The Cross Bore Safety Association (CBSA), an association dedicated to minimizing the occurrence of cross bore damages, injuries and loss of life, will be holding the first ever course on cross bore safety in the spring of 2021....
OSHA - Mon July 13, 2020
U.S. Department of Labor Issues Final Beryllium Standard for General Industry
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a final rule revising the beryllium standard for general industry. The final rule includes changes designed to clarify the standard and simplify or improve compliance....
AGC - Tue June 30, 2020
AGC Survey Results Highlight Dangers Many Workers Will Face in Highway Work Zones
Construction employment increased in 329 out of 358 metro areas between April and May as a new survey finds that two-thirds of highway construction firms had at least one crash in the past year at highway work zones they operate....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue June 30, 2020
H.P. Civil Works Around Obstacles to Complete ODOT Project
The COVID-19 pandemic is having an impact on the construction sector across the country, with many private sector projects being deemed as non-essential by several state governments. But in regards to many departments of transportation projects, work continues on those projects that state authorities have determined to be essential....
Business Wire - Mon June 29, 2020
Construction Company App Offers Health Screens, Tools
As the construction industry reopens in California and across the United States, BuildCenter, a software spinoff from COBE Construction Inc. , is offering a free health screening tool and attendance log....
