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Complying With OSHA Silica Safety Guidelines

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Complying With OSHA Silica Safety Guidelines. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), more than. Alex Headley. Fri, 09/10/2021 - 07:30. million workers in the United States are exposed to crystalline silica dust — 90% of which are employed in construction. and kidney disease.

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How to Make the Most of Your Virtual Training Sessions

Construction Business Owner

Ongoing training is a key part of any robust workplace safety program. It not only ensures employees are informed about recent standards, guidelines and procedures, but it also provides an opportunity to ask questions and engage with safety leadership. Training is about more than optimizing productivity and minimizing downtime.

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Standardizing Safety

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How to Increase Site Safety with a Digital Check-in Process

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How to Increase Site Safety with a Digital Check-in Process. There were lots of questions and considerations to be addressed—a shortage of personal protective equipment, rereading medical privacy law guidelines and Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations, adjusting project timelines, and more.

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Construction Worker Safety Issues: Weighing in on Silica Standards

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Construction worker safety is a priority for Englewood Construction. Like most successful construction firms, Englewood Construction makes construction worker safety a top priority. The EC team in action at the American Girl Place in the Mall of America. Chuck Taylor. Director of Operations. Tel: 847-233-9200 x712.

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Safety Spotlight: OSHA’s Top 10 Most-Cited Standards

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When people are busy, though, safety can sometimes take a backseat to speed. But that way of thinking can be pretty detrimental, though, as a safety incident at one of your jobsites can really derail a project and could hurt the business’s bottom line. Common Construction Safety Violations in 2017. Scaffolding (1926.451).

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Silica Standards Signal Safety Commitment in Construction

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But while many longstanding construction techniques are still the best way to do business, one area where construction firms have a responsibility as employers to continually evolve, change and adopt new standards is worker safety.

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