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‘Safety is everyone’s responsibility’

The Korte Company

That’s how we prevent injury, downtime and delays. If we can prevent injuries and incidents on a job site, you’re going to have a happy owner and a successful project delivered on time and under budget.” Every supervisory team member participates in at least eight hours of continuous education training each year.

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Keep Construction Workers Safe in Excessive Heat

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Excessive heat can cause heatstroke or heat exhaustion, and just being overheated makes workers more susceptible to accidents or injuries. The heat index takes both temperature and humidity into account, measuring how hot it really feels. Account for acclimation. Educate the crew and watch for symptoms of heat-related illness.

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Construction Safety Meetings: 7 Key Topics You Need to Address

Safety Services Company

They were chosen based on the number of accidents and injuries that occur each year at construction workplaces. Providing training on each of these construction safety meeting topics can help reduce the number accidents and injuries at your jobsite. Preventing Struck-By Injuries. The Importance of Safety Meetings. “The

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Mental Health In Construction: The Ugly Truth

Lets Build

Just some of the frightening mental health statistics: “Substantial mental distress is associated with both injury rate and self-reported pain.”. People in occupations that don’t require any education after high school are at a higher risk of suicide. How does poor mental health affect the job site? – Nih.gov. – ONS.

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Fieldwire - Untitled Article

Fieldwire

When determining the objectives and key results for the year ahead, general contractors and subcontractors must think of their own goals and constraints, and take into account the challenges and issues that affect the sector as a whole. Bureau of Labor Statistics , there were 5,190 fatal work injuries recorded in the United States in 2021.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

ACCOUNTING |. Accounting & Finance. The company called us to come in and evaluate some of their work stations where they seemed to be getting the most injuries from repetitive motions. But on construction sites, where change is the desired goal each day, building ergonomic work stations is very difficult. STRATEGY |.

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Designing for recovery: The role of flooring in healthcare facilities

Construction Specifier

Reduce slips, trips, and falls One-third of all patients fall more than once during hospitalization, with 25 to 50 percent of fallers suffering injuries. 5 Falls with injury are considered serious reportable “never-events” by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and are non-reimbursable to the health system.

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