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Study Up on Telehandler Load Charts to Ensure Safe, Successful Lifts

The telescopic nature of these machines makes understanding the load charts an essential part of their operation.

If the maximum material weight is equal to or below the load chart weight for the areas the operator needs to reach with the materials, that particular telehandler should be capable of successfully completing the lift.

In-cab Technology Drives Safety

Discourage distracted driving and monitor driver behavior with driver apps and dash cam technology.

While the devices can help us a lot, they’re leading to some very unfortunate unintended consequences. For example, 40% of commercial driving accidents are being caused by device distraction.

Appeals Court Overturns Stay of OSHA’s COVID-19 Emergency Standard and It's Headed to the Supreme Court

The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals last week dissolved the stay against enforcement of OSHA’s vaccinate-or-test requirement for employers of more than 100, OSHA changed its deadlines and final appeals went to the High Court

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Grote Industries Expands BriteZone LED Work Lamp Family

Grote Industries Inc.

This update will broaden the current offering, adding eight new part numbers to the lineup to fit a range of applications.

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Using Wireless Technology for Fire Safety on the Jobsite

Ramtech Electronics Ltd

It is no secret that construction sites are full of potential hazards, and without the right protection it is generally accepted that a construction site can quite rapidly turn into a dangerous place to be. Fire in particular is a key concern.

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OSHA Initiates Rulemaking Process, Other Steps to Combat Risks of Extreme Heat Exposure

Occupational Safety & Health Administration

UPDATE: OSHA extends comment period on its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings.

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Could OSHA’s COVID Emergency Standard Be Dead?

Aclaimant Chief Risk Architect Gary Pearce talks about the status of legal challenges to the temporary standard requiring employers to protect workers from COVID-19 infection, and the risks to companies that decide to wait and see

OSHA’s COVID Emergency Standard: Priorities to Work on Now

Employer responsibility to protect workers from COVID-19 is not going away, so Aclaimant Chief Risk Architect Gary Pearce describes what’s new in OSHA’s emergency temporary standard and work wise contractors start to match the urgency of the emergency

OSHA’s COVID Vaccination Standard Faces Stiff Legal Challenge as Stakes Rise

With COVID-19 infections and deaths ramping up on pace to match last year’s winter surge, enforcement of the emergency temporary standard for workplaces is in the hands of federal courts that are expected to act with urgency to match the emergency

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Arcosa Shoring Products Offers Remote Trench Safety Training

Arcosa Shoring Products

Trench safety training for all U.S. and Canadian excavation construction personnel is now available remote via Zoom.

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Top 10 Construction Stories This Week: OSHA’s COVID Vaccination Emergency Standard and its Court Battle

Also among the most-read stories: Wacker Neuson unveils its first mini skid steer, industry celebrates historic infrastructure bill, how to plan, pour, protect and place concrete in the cold, who’s the best US contractor?

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How AI Boosts Warfel’s Safety and COVID Protocol Without Extra People or Data

Artificial intelligence from Smartvid.io integrated with Procore recognizes safety risks in progress-monitoring photos and builds a database that confirms COVID compliance and measures the policies that will make the biggest difference in job-site safety

A high-level Warfel Construction dashboard of the Smartvid.io's AI analysis of photos for safety risks rates the safety of the contractor's projects in the table at upper right (project names obscured).

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