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OSHA Issues New Requirements for Reporting Severe Injuries
Occupational Safety & Health Administration
Requires reporting fatalities within 8 hours, single hospitalizations within 24 hours
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OSHA, National Safety Council Renew Alliance on Worker Health and Safety
Occupational Safety & Health Administration
During the five-year agreement, the alliance will use data on injuries and illnesses, workers’ compensation experience and exposure hazards in general industry and construction to help identify new areas of emphasis
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AGC Safety Management Training Course
The December 10-12, 2014, AGC Safety Management Training Course provides attendees three days of training on the basic skills needed to manage a company safety program in the construction industry
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More Contractors Die at Work Than Other Professions
Thirty-one percent of construction workers who died on the job in 2013 died from injuries from falls; 18% died from struck by accidents
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OSHA Releases Final Rule for Reporting Severe Injuries
Occupational Safety & Health Administration
Under the revised rule, employers will be required to notify OSHA of work-related fatalities within eight hours, and work-related in-patient hospitalizations, amputations or losses of an eye within 24 hours
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OSHA Cites Contractor for Cave-in Hazards for Fourth Time
Occupational Safety & Health Administration
Mt. Pleasant Blacktopping Inc. faces $77,000 in fines for one willful and one serious safety violation for cave-in hazards while installing water mains
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Fall Protection Violations Have Connecticut Roofing Contractor Facing $300,000 in Fines
Occupational Safety & Health Administration
Gleason Roofing Co.'s deliberate and repeated failure to use required fall protection at two worksites results in the contractor facing $294,000 in OSHA fines
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What is YOUR Sustainability Message?
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Framing Contractor Facing OSHA Citations for Lack of Fall Protection at Three Worksites
Occupational Safety & Health Administration
Five violations include failure to provide fall protection system, allowing workers to use top step of a ladder and permitting workers to use pressurized nail guns without proper eye protection
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Illinois Contractor Facing over $70,000 in OSHA Fines for Trench Safety Violations
Occupational Safety & Health Administration
B & T Underground receives seven violation citations for exposing workers to cave-in hazards at a Chicago residential worksite
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California Construction Workers Injured by Flying Rebar on Highway 101
Passing semi truck hits a bundle of rebar swaying on the end of a crane cable; scattered steel sends two the hospital, one with 'major;' injuries
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Celebrate N95 Respirator Day on September 5
September 5th is just one day set aside for respirator safety awareness, but construction workers should be taking the proper safety precautions every day on the job
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