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Safety
TCA Accepting Entries for 2012 Safety Awards
Tilt-Up Concrete Association
The Tilt-Up Concrete Association's Alphonse J. Engelman Safety Awards program recognizes companies for tilt-up safety achievement, improved safety achievement, zero lost time and an incident rate below the national average
Submissions for the 2012 Alphonse J. Engelman Safety Awards must be sent to the Tilt-Up Concrete Association by August 15, 2012.
Safety
OSHA Cites Willowbrook, IL, Contractor for Repeat Violations of Respiratory, Hearing Standards
Occupational Safety & Health Administration
Repeat violations draw penalties totaling $56,700 for failing to equip breathing-air compressors with high temperature alarms and provide medical evaluations to workers who must wear respirators
Management
OSHA Proposes $66,000 in Penalties for Atlanta Utility Contractor's Unsafe Trenching
Occupational Safety & Health Administration
Competent person on-site took no action to protect workers in a trench with inadequate shoring, workers were not trained to recognize excavation hazards
Safety
Save the Date: IAPAs and IPAF Summit on March 26, 2013 in Miami
International Powered Access Federation (IPAF)
This is the first time the IPAF Summit and IAPAs are being held in the US, and there is an excellent line-up of top speakers for the Summit conference.
The International Awards for Powered Access (IAPAs) and the IPAF Summit conference will be held on March 26, 2013 at the Hilton Miami Downtown Hotel in Miami, FL.
Safety
IPAF Reports 17 Fatal Accidents Involving Aerial Work Platforms in the First Half of 2012
International Powered Access Federation (IPAF)
Causes of global work-platform fatalities were fairly evenly spread: electrocution (4), overturn (4), mechanical related (4), fall from platform (4) and entrapment (1).
Safety
OSHA Modifies Enforcement of Rules for Cranes Operating Near Power Lines
Occupational Safety & Health Administration
Rules regarding work with proximity alarms or insulating links will have to wait until there are devices accepted by a nationally recognized testing lab
Safety
TransCanada Receives Key Permit to Begin Gulf Coast Section of Keystone XL Pipeline
Construction could start in days on southern portion of the pipeline to transport lower-cost US crude oil to refineries in Texas
Safety
Bechtel Logs 12 Million Hours at Hanford without a Lost-Day Injury
Bechtel Corp.
Bechtel project passes two years without a days-away-from-work injury
Safety
National Driver Safety Initiative Aims to Reduce Risk, Liability
Drive by Example's Corporate Protection Program aims to reduce businesses' risks and liability when employees use cell phones and smartphones while driving on the job
Workforce
Suspended Scaffold Safety Training Program and Certification
Spider - A division of SafeWorks LLC
Spider, a division of SafeWorks, introduced its new Competent Person Training Program which covers proper design and installation of suspended scaffold systems for commercial building environments and industrial sites
Management
Safety - Electrical Hazards on Construction Sites
Proper safety measures and proper training can help prevent electrical fires and accidents on a construction jobsite
Proper training, awareness and preventative measures can help keep employees, the public and the jobsite safe from eletrical accidents and fires on the construction jobsite.
Technology
SafetyNet App Update Allows for Safety Photo Uploads
Predictive Solutions Corporation
A new version of Predictive Solutions' Workplace safety software app allows users to upload photos to the software using their iPhone, iPad or Android phone or tablet
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