Safety is more than just following your company’s guidelines or what OSHA says while you work. Safety is actually a combination of a safe attitude, behavior, and control on and off the job. Attitude means your frame of mind and the way in…

Need a last minute gift idea for family or friends? Nothing could be more special than to say happy holidays by giving a gift of safety that just might save their life.  Smoke detectors and batteries. A quality fire extinguisher.…

Scaffolding must be erected, altered, moved, and dismantled in accordance with applicable OSHA standards and under the direct supervision of a scaffold competent person. Scaffold components cannot be mixed if they are from different manufacturers unless they fit together without…

Sharon, a carpenter, was doing framing for a custom-sized space on the second story of a house. Throughout the day, a number of wood pieces, scraps, and saw dust accumulated around the saw horses, power tools, cords, and materials piles.…

The top four causes of construction fatalities are:  Falls, Struck-By Caught-In/Between  Electrocutions. Prevent Falls (33% of all fatalities) Identify all potential tripping and fall hazards before work starts. Look for fall hazards such as unprotected floor openings/edges, shafts, skylights, stairwells, and…

Thanksgiving Day has more than double the number of home cooking fires than an average day according to the U.S. Fire Administration. In fact, each year more than 4,000 fires occur on Thanksgiving Day. “Unattended cooking is the leading cause of…

It has to be a terrible feeling. One moment your feet are on what seems to be a solid surface, the next moment they’re in mid-air as you begin a fall to a level far below. That’s how a floor opening…

As the weather becomes “frightful” during winter months, workers who must brave the outdoor conditions face the occupational hazard of exposure to the cold. Prolonged exposure to freezing temperatures can result in health problems as serious as trench foot, frostbite, and hypothermia.…

Almost 20 years ago Bring Your Child To Work Day was introduced as a way to show our kids what we do when we head off to work. In the construction industry, we can take this same idea and make…

Over 80% of all workplace injury arises from worker behavior. We make mistakes, errors in judgment or simply do not have our full attention on the job and something happens. There is also a tendency to get so focused on getting the…