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Construction wearables' futuristic features are more feasible than you think

Construction Dive

The technology can help prevent accidents, improve efficiencies and enhance quality of life for construction workers, says an insurance official working with contractors on pilot programs.

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Early Collaboration: The Key to Commercial Construction Risk Mitigation

HardHatChat

Early Engagement for Improved Decision-Making Engaging GCs early provides Directors with critical insights that enhance the project’s overall design and feasibility. Here are several strategies for achieving better project outcomes through early collaboration: 1.

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ANSI B11 and risk assessment: The best kept secret in safety

FDR Safety

Risk assessment, or RA for short, will guide you in the application of feasible risk reduction controls. Remember that the goal of risk assessment is to achieve feasible risk reduction. That which might have been readily feasible during design is often no longer feasible after something is built. Accident Prevention'

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Defining acceptable risk in LOTO or machine guarding

FDR Safety

Safety professionals concerned with safety, efficiency and compliance should have the concepts of “acceptable risk” and “feasibility” in the forefront of their thinking. In every case, the “acceptable risk” and “feasibility” of lockout/tagout or machine guarding was the central issue.

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A Wake-up Message for Employers or An Ounce of Prevention…

FDR Safety

What’s often missed and not understood is the in-between, where tasks are not minor servicing but LOTO is not feasible. In situations where LOTO is not feasible, an ALTERNATIVE METHOD is needed. Confusion abounds around minor servicing vs. service and maintenance tasks that call for LOTO.

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Are You Ready For An OSHA Audit?

FDR Safety

We use risk assessment and feasible risk reduction methodology that is part of the ANSI B11 family of general industry machine safety standards. Photos and sticky notes of failed attempts to produce feasible guards all suffice to give your organization answers to OSHA’s questions about why you did – or didn’t do – something.

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Construction project management 101 – Checklist

Lets Build

At the start of any project, a business case must be created and evaluated to ascertain the feasibility of the project. Stakeholders then perform feasibility testing accordingly. Are feasibility study reports, sketch drawings, and working drawings completed, coordinated, checked, and signed off at appropriate times? Initiation.