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November 30, 2018
BY David Klass and Travis Vance, Fisher Phillips blog While it is not comparable to David Letterman’s Top 10 lists, at a recent industry gathering,...
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November 02, 2018
By Joanna Masterson, Construction Executive Reposted with permission from constructionexec.com, October 23, 2018, all rights reserved. Copyright 2018. For the eighth year in a row, fall...
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October 17, 2018
Each and every Wednesday C.S. Beatty has a standing safety meeting for company superintendents that is part of the process of keeping its employees safe....
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October 16, 2018
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today issued a final rule setting November 10, 2018, as the date for employers in the construction industries to...
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December 05, 2018
By Joanna Masterson Reposted with permission from constructionexec.com, November 27, 2018, all rights reserved. Copyright 2018. Construction and extraction is the occupational group with the highest... »
November 09, 2018
BY ALKA RAMCHANDANI, Littler Recently, Cal/OSHA published its Proposed Emergency Regulatory Action on Recording and Reporting of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, as required by Assembly... »
September 25, 2018
By Tony Douglas, Construction Executive Reposted with permission from constructionexec.com, May 14, 2018, all rights reserved. Copyright 2018. According to the 2016 Census of Fatal Occupational... »
September 24, 2018
By David Wessin, Construction Executive Reposted with permission from constructionexec.com, May 15, 2018, all rights reserved. Copyright 2018. Recent national tragedies have highlighted the challenges in... »
September 14, 2018
From Fisher Phillips Workplace Safety and Health Law Blog OSHA Publishes New Construction Industry Silica Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). With no fanfare whatsoever, OSHA supposedly... »
September 12, 2018
By John W. Hargrove, Bradley When everyone’s phone issues that loooong beep indicating a hazardous weather warning or when you see Jim Cantore in your... »
September 11, 2018
From Fisher Phillips Workplace Safety and Health Law Blog While recently meeting with a group of contractors, I noticed that three large general contractors were... »
August 16, 2018
By Michael Barnes, Construction Executive When it comes to safety on a construction site, everyone has a role and responsibility to prepare for, prevent and... »
August 13, 2018
By Erin Cave, Construction Executive Distracted driving is a significant safety risk. In an era of ever increasing distractions, anything that businesses can do to... »
August 10, 2018
By Trey Fry, Construction Executive According to a November 2017 release from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were approximately 2.9 million nonfatal workplace... »
July 25, 2018
By Dr. Deborah Happ, Construction Executive According to estimates from CNA Insurance, illicit drug use among constructions workers is at 15 percent—and construction industry employees... »
July 18, 2018
By Mark Tinney, Construction Executive Job-specific behavioral assessment is proving to be an effective tool to improve workplace safety - and profitability. Pre-employment assessments based... »
July 17, 2018
By Kevan Orvitz, Construction Executive Construction is an extremely demanding job, physically and mentally. Workers are required to use their bodies, often pushing themselves to... »
July 13, 2018
By Greg Norris, Construction Executive Paperwork tends to be despised on heavy construction sites, where crews and foremen would rather focus on building. That’s a... »
July 09, 2018
By: Brandon Kennedy, Traffic Designer, Sain Associates from Sain Associates blog Railway safety is a topic that cannot be emphasized enough for both the public and... »
July 05, 2018
By Scott Owyen, Construction Executive Aerial equipment, including booms, scissor lifts and telehandlers, are some of the most frequently used machines on jobsites. Because of... »
June 27, 2018
By Trey Fry, Construction Executive According to a November 2017 release from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were approximately 2.9 million nonfatal workplace... »
June 25, 2018
By Bradford Wills, Construction Executive Construction starts continue to be on a steady rise, meaning contractors are taking on more projects with no additional labor... »
June 11, 2018
By Corey Dickert, Construction Executive Last winter, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released new data showing that employer-reported injury and illness rates declined to 2.9... »
June 08, 2018
By Mitch Cohen, Construction Executive The resurgence remains strong with ConstructConnect predicting a 12.4 percent increase in 2018 commercial building starts. However, despite the introduction... »
June 06, 2018
By David Klass, Travis Vance, Fisher Phillips From fisherphillips.com Administrative Law Judges are increasingly exercising their discretion to waive mandatory settlement conferences for Occupational Safety... »
June 05, 2018
By David Klass and Travis Vance, Fisher Phillips from FisherPhillips.com As mass shootings have continued with regular frequency in the United States, our country remains... »
May 31, 2018
Congratulations to all of our 2018 Award Winners Safe Day helps bring safety awareness to the forefront of the construction industry, and we congratulate all... »
May 29, 2018
By John J. Heft, Construction Executive Contamination caused under intended and accidental purposes poses a variety of public health and environmental risks to the surrounding... »
April 24, 2018
By Anne R. Yuengert, Bradley Like every other employment lawyer in America, I have been giving a good bit of thought to #MeToo and what... »