Always make sure the safety chain on the dumpster is being used incase the door pops open while you are picking dumpster up or going down the road.... » Read more

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Posted 04/22/24 07:09:10 AM

Hand injuries are serious. Protecting your fingers and hands is important for your work and quality of life. Work-related hand injuries are one of the leading reasons workers end up in the emergency room and miss work. Damage to the nerves in your fingers and hands, loss of a finger, a skin burn or allergic reaction, can negatively impact the quality of your work, your productivity – or worse – end your career and seriously detract from your quality of life. The cost of these types of injuries and illnesses to the construction industry is estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars each year.   Causes: There are many hazards on construction sites that can result in a hand injury, including: - Punctures, cuts or lacerations – caused by contact with sharp, spiked or jagged edges on equipment, tools or m... » Read more

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Posted 02/16/24 08:00:54 AM

Situational awareness is being aware of what is happening around you in terms of where you are, where you are supposed to be, and whether anyone or anything around you is a threat to your health and safety. Our knowledge, experience and education enable us to understand what is going on around us and helps us to determine if it is safe. This means that everyone's situational awareness is individual and potentially different. We use our situational awareness to make decisions at home and at work.... » Read more

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Posted 01/29/24 07:28:22 AM

Please be extra mindful when we are removing block walls. We had an incident last summer where a small piece of block fell and hit a worker on the hand  injuiring them. The injured worker was on the ground cleaning up when the incident happened and the other worker was in a scissor lift chipping concrete block and was unaware that the worker was on the ground on the other side of the wall cleaning up. Always be aware of where you are and others are. Do not enter areas where debris may fall. Danger tape off these areas where workers should not enter. ... » Read more

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Posted 07/28/23 03:40:48 PM

Today is the first day of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) weeklong driver safety traffic-enforcement initiative, Operation Safe Driver Week. Officers, troopers and inspectors throughout North America will take to roadways with keen attention to passenger vehicle drivers and commercial motor vehicle drivers who are driving unsafely. Law enforcement personnel will be alert for individuals who are speeding, driving aggressively, ignoring roadway signs, using a handheld device, intoxicated, driving distracted, etc. Drivers engaging in such behaviors will be pulled over by law enforcement and given a warning or issued a citation/ticket. This year, the focus area for Operati... » Read more

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Posted 07/17/23 07:10:36 AM