The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) reported that in a four-year span, US fire departments responded to an average of 4,600 structure fires involving hot work activities each year. Fortunately, there are many safeguards that can assist in preventing these incidents. Utilizing fire watch personnel during hot work activities is one effective safeguard in preventing fires.
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Surveying is a relatively repetitive and low-hazard task on its own. However, surveyors on construction sites face many different hazards while completing their work.
It is important to evaluate the work environment and eliminate as many hazards as possible prior to beginning surveying activities onsite.
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There are many different hazards on any single construction site. Dust can be one of them. Dust can cause a variety of issues from health concerns to physical hazards for workers who are exposed to it. It is important to understand the issues dust causes and what steps that should be taken to prevent its related hazards onsite.
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There are many arguments both for and against having the goal of experiencing no injuries over a year’s time or indefinitely on the job. At the management level and the field level, many employees feel that experiencing zero injuries over a long time is incredibly unrealistic.
Because of perception, many employees are put off by the amount of effort it would take to achieve zero injuries. This should not be the case. No one should be put off towards safety due to a company setting zero injuries as its goal.
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End dump, articulating dump trucks or just regular dump trucks are found on almost every single construction site and many other kinds of work sites.
While the task of getting loaded, hauling material, dumping the material, and repeating sounds simple, there are a lot of associated hazards with the operation of this equipment.
It is important not to be complacent as the operator of this equipment or as the ground personnel working around this equipment.
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Roger Hermsmeyer Obituary (1942 – 2022) – Clio, CA – Press Democrat (cleveland.com)
Fentanyl deaths resulting from our open border policy to the South are killing 100,000 United States citizens each year. That is the equivalent of a jumbo jet crash every day killing all passengers on board. Every day!! Vote!
200,000 illegal border crossings each month from Mexico, is the equivalent of 22 jumbo jets carrying 300 passengers every single day into the United States. Vote!
PLA-The City of Santa Rosa is poised to present and vote on a Project Labor Agreement for public works construction. Because of the ECA’s ability to influence local policies, we have been asked to bring a few folks to a meeting on Tuesday to discuss some possible exceptions that will be considered to include in the PLA going to Council in September. I am grateful for being asked to influence the content of the PLA, and hope our meeting goes well on 8-16-22. Thank you also to Team G, GCC, GBI and Argo for agreeing to participate in this very important meeting with the City of SR. More to come—-
From Bill Olmo and the American Subcontractor Association of California from 20 years or so ago, their position statement policy on PLA’s: Click here and here
From United Contractors-their position/policy on PLA’s-
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Covid reminder- On February 9, 2022, Governor Newsom signed a new law requiring employers to provide supplemental COVID-19 paid sick leave during 2022 through September 30, 2022. The law, SB 114, unlike the supplemental paid sick leave law passed in 2021, provides for no offsetting tax credits for employers to assist with the added costs this paid sick leave places on businesses across the state. Here are five reminders for California employers about the law and its related deadlines as we approach its September 30th expiration:
Housekeeping is a basic foundation for not only a safe workplace but also a productive one. When housekeeping is poor at a worksite, employees are more likely to be hurt on the job.
The unsafe conditions present due to poor housekeeping is often a contributing factor or a direct cause for workplace injuries.
It is important to realize the impact housekeeping has on your ability to work safe.
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Our eyes are one of our greatest assets. They give us the ability to see the world around us. If we do not protect our eyes from injuries while at work, we could easily lose that ability.
There are an estimated 2,000 eye injuries every single day on the job according to the Centers for Disease Control. These incidents cost employers over $300 million dollars per year.
It is important to eliminate or engineer out the hazards that could pose hazards to our eyes at work. Many hazards to our eyes on a worksite cannot be fully eliminated so proper eye protection is also critical.
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No one has all of the answers. If you do, you are under-utilized and underpaid. For the rest of us, there are always going to be times when we need help from someone else. It is important to feel comfortable asking for help when you need it or mentoring others when they need assistance.
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