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Safety
Caterpillar Collaborates with Construction Industry Leaders to Customize Safety Resource
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Speak Up!/Listen Up! for Construction is a new safety training tool customized for the construction industry
Management
How Your Credit Score Can Affect Your Equipment Financing Options
When financing companies make lending decisions, credit scores play a role in whether a loan is approved, how long the term will be and the interest rate applied
One of the most important factors in determining one's financing options is credit score with 700 and higher being considered as the most creditworthy.
Safety
NAHB: Proposed OSHA Silica Rule Raises Concerns for Construction Industry
National Association of Home Builders
Coalition of construction industry groups thinks proposed rule seems to call for one-size-fits-all measures that contradict existing safety and quality assurance practices for different types of contractors
Management
ABC Criticizes New DOL Regulations for Federal Contractors
Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. (ABC)
Association says revisions drastically increase the paperwork burdens on federal contractors in all industries
Safety
MySafetySign Launches #HazardSpotting Campaign
Sign company encourages workers to report dangerous construction conditions
Hazard Spotting
Safety
NES' Teresa Kee Named Chairperson for IPAF North American Regional Council
International Powered Access Federation (IPAF)
Teresa Kee, director, environmental, health and safety at NES Rentals, was elected chairperson of the IPAF North American Regional Council at the council’s meeting on August 20, 2013.
Safety
National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries in 2012 (preliminary results)
U.S. Department of Labor
Press-release PDF (14 pages) from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on findings of its 2012 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries
Safety
Construction Rises to the Top Spot in Labor Statistics' Deadliest Industries List
Fatal work injuries in private construction rose 5% in 2012 after five years of declining fatalities; fatal-work-injury count down 6.6% for all U.S. industries
'Government' includes fatal injuries to workers employed by governmental organizations regardless of industry. Fatal injury rates exclude workers under the age of 16 years, volunteers, and resident military. The number of fatal work injuries represents totals before exclusions. For more info on fatal work injury rate methodology, see http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm.
Safety
How to Make a Safer Work Zone
Steps to make your mobile jobsite safety focused
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Safety
TCA Announces Call for Entries for 2013 Safety Awards
Tilt-Up Concrete Association
Deadline for entry is September 11, 2013
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Safety
Asphalt Industry Positioned to Meet OSHA’s Proposed Silica Standard Rule
Occupational Safety & Health Administration
NIOSH is expected to release in the coming months a best practices document for roadway milling based on the work of the Silica/Milling Machine Partnership.
Management
Is Your Business Protected Against Employment-Related Claims?
Business owners should consider EPLI due to its protection policy against claims and lawsuits brought against a business, its officers, managers or employees.
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