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Hazardous Waste Management: How Environmental Consulting Can Help

Construction Marketing

Compliance with Regulations Different industries are required to comply with different sets of environmental regulations. These regulations mandate that industries conduct regular monitoring, impact analysis, and other assessments for proper waste disposal.

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4 Strategies to Avoiding Rising OSHA Fines in Construction

Viewpoint Construction Technology

As a contractor, the thought of an OSHA inspection and possible violations probably makes you a little nervous. For example, five employees recently died in an explosion at a Pittsburgh drilling company that had violated OSHA safety regulations in the past. Safety on the jobsite includes PPE, inspections, and recordkeeping.

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What Certifications Does A Crane Need To Operate On Construction Sites?

Construction Marketing

A solid commitment to safety can help reduce legal liabilities resulting from accidents or non-compliance with safety regulations. Promoting safety in construction sites involves ensuring operators understand standard procedures, equipment inspections, load calculations, and hazard identification.

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How to Prepare for OSHA’s New Crane Rule

Viewpoint Construction Technology

If you work in construction, you’re familiar the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), whose standards regulate safety on the nation’s construction sites. Being compliant with OSHA regulations is imperative to a construction business’s success. You probably also know the agency isn’t known for making new rules quickly.

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Good News, Bad News: OSHA and the Global Harmonization System

FDR Safety

For companies with a global presence, the promise of universal regulations is seen as welcome relief from the multitude of regulations that they must deal with around the world. In an effort to support this, OSHA on March 26, 2012, published the final rule for its Global Harmonization System regulations. The good news.

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OSHA Compliance Enforcement Under President Biden

FDR Safety

One area of change that will affect thousands, if not millions of employers comes in the form of OSHA regulation and enforcement. Expect a return to counting inspections based on complexity and novelty. Expect more inspections of employee hospitalizations, amputations, and eye loss reports.

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Keys to an Effective Accident Investigation

Safety Services Company

The nature of a workplace accident will determine the extent of the investigation, the resources that will be needed, what types of investigative processes will be required, and who will need to be interviewed. To do that you must first secure the accident scene. Inspection reports. Past accident reports. Work schedules.