Safety

Five Red Flags of Safety

by Bart Wilder | Sep 29, 2019
OSHA | PPE | Safety | Total Human Health | Wellness

Red flags can help workers on jobsites recognize conditions that are more likely to lead to an incident. Hoar Construction tracks trends, then distills that information into the five red flags of safety.

Creating Easy Access to Company Mental-Health Services

by Jenny Haykin | Sep 27, 2019
Culture | Organization Culture | Safety | Total Human Health | Wellness

The Mental Health Continuum helps individuals recognize the signs of mental health and illness through common behaviors, identify the severity and provide a catalyst for receiving help.

Important Deadline: Submit EEO-1 Component 2 Compensation Data by Sept. 30

by ABC | Sep 25, 2019
Law | Legal and Regulatory | Total Human Health

Certain employers will be required for the first time to submit detailed data on employee compensation and hours worked for calendar years 2017 and 2018 to the EEOC as part of their annual EEO-1 form submission by Sept. 30, 2019.

Unlike Books, It’s Okay to Judge a Subcontractor by Its Cover(age)

by Brian C. Richardson | Sep 19, 2019
Dispute Resolution | Insurance | Safety

Creating and implementing a subcontractor prequalification program is not only prudent, but may be required by the GC’s CGL policy as a precondition to coverage.

Five Case Studies for Drones in Construction

by A. Vincent Vasquez | Sep 18, 2019
Drones / UAV’s | OSHA | Technology

Drones are used in all phases of a building’s lifecycle from surveying a jobsite to maintenance of older buildings.

Nonresidential Construction Employment Expands in August, Says ABC

by ABC | Sep 16, 2019
Careers | Recruitment | Retention | Total Human Health | Workforce

The construction industry added 14,000 net new jobs in August. On a year-over-year basis, industry employment has expanded by 177,000 jobs, or 2.4%.

Jobsite Safety Should Be Every Contractors’ Priority

by Ray Reese | Sep 12, 2019
OSHA | Safety | Wellness

To reduce jobsite injuries and fatalities on construction jobsite, everyone—starting with project leadership—must put the highest emphasis on safety.

Falling Down on the Job

by Jonathan H. Schaefer, Megan E. Baroni | Sep 6, 2019
OSHA | Safety | Wellness

Falls accounted for more than one third of workplace deaths and remain among the most common cause of serious work-related injuries and deaths.

That About Covers It

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