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Wellness is for builders, not just for buildings

BD+C

Construction work is demanding—both physically and mentally—and the likelihood of injury or disability is higher than other sectors. As an industry, we have done an excellent job at emphasizing and improving site safety so that everyone goes home safe every day. But what about going home healthy? .

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Unionized Construction Firms See Fewer Costly, Serious Injuries

Construction Superintendent Magazine

MIAMI, Fla. -- A new study shows construction firms that hire union workers have fewer work injuries requiring workers’ compensation payments for time away from work.

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Additional Thoughts On Reevaluating OSHA

FDR Safety

I personally visited every VPP site in Tennessee during my tenure with Tennessee OSHA and saw firsthand the cooperation between employees, employers, and unions who worked together to create a much safer and more healthful workplace. BLS data includes automobile crash injuries and fatalities, but OSHA almost never investigates them.

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Alberta Injury Rates 10 Times Higher Than Reported

Safety Services Company

A fact sheet recently released by the Parkland Institute, a non-partisan public policy re search institute in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta, states that the Alberta Government is understating the numbers of workplace injuries that occur each year.

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Are Union Jobs Safer?

Construction Equipment

Non-fatal injuries were up by almost the same rate, according to the NYC Department of Buildings. To better understand what is causing the increase in construction accidents - besides the overall building boom in the city - politicians and labor groups want to track incidents by the kind of jobsite, union or nonunion.

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Tesla Workers Contact UAW to Unionize Auto Plant

Construction Equipment

According to letter written by Jose Moran posted Thursday on Medium.com, employees at the plant have been talking about unionizing in an attempt to rectify " injuries, poor morale, unfair promotions, high turnover, and other issues".

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Why ANSI Z10 is better than I2P2

FDR Safety

Jim Stanley has blogged here about the problems he sees with I2P2 – which stands for Injury and Illness Prevention Program. OSHA’s I2P2, on the other hand, would be another regulation that would likely be a major battleground between government, industry and unions. Is there a disconnect here? The best alternative.