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North American summers are hot; most summers see heat waves in one or more parts of the United States. Heat is one of the leading weather-related killers in the United […]

OSHA has issued its final rule on confined space work in the construction industry. Here’s what you need to know: The rule provides construction workers with protections similar to OSHA’s […]

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released a new version of its compliance poster, last updated in 2007. OSHA’s compliance poster is free and can be downloaded and printed […]

Did you know that if your employees operate a vehicle on your behalf for business purposes, the company then assumes all liability for their actions? If your drivers are involved […]

DANGER – HIGH VOLTAGE! Nationwide, electrocutions caused by a crane, rigging, load, or load line contacting an overhead power line have resulted in numerous injuries and fatalities. In most incidences […]

Distracted Driving Each day in the United States, more than 9 people are killed and more than 1,153 people are injured in crashes that are reported to involve a distracted […]

Protecting Workers from Heat Stress Heat Illness Exposure to heat can cause illness and death. The most serious heat illness is heat stroke. Other heat illnesses, such as heat exhaustion, heat cramps […]

Call 811 BEFORE YOU DIG A federally-mandated national “Call Before You Dig” number, 811 was created to help protect you from unintentionally hitting underground utility lines while working on digging […]

A Puyallup family (mother, father and their infant son) were killed Monday when forms and large sections of jersey barrier suddenly collapsed and fell from the SR 410 overpass under renovation in Bonney […]

Scaffolding An estimated 2.3 million construction workers, or 65 percent of the construction industry, work on scaffolds. Protecting these workers from scaffold-related accidents may prevent some of the 4,500 injuries […]