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United Rentals Exceeds 100,000 Construction Workers Trained in Trench Safety
United Rentals Inc.
United Rentals Inc. announced its Trench Safety Training Program has exceeded a milestone 100,000 construction workers trained in Confined Space Entry and Excavation Safety for Competent Persons.
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Safety Video: Construction Framer Talks About Adapting to Fall Protection
Mike Pelky, residential framer in Arizona, talks about the challenges, value and success of a fall safety program his company instituted
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App of the Week: NIOSH Ladder Safety
Get Help Setting Extension Ladders Up Safely with the Ladder Safety App
The Ladder Safety app uses visual and sound signals to assist in positioning extensions ladders.
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OSHA Cites Kuechle Underground after Worker's Leg is Broken in Trench Collapse
Occupational Safety & Health Administration
Willful violation for allowing the worker to run compaction equipment in an unprotected 19-ft.-deep-trench drew a proposed fine of $46,200
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Houston Contractor Fined $70,000 for Willfully Exposing Workers to Fall Hazards
Occupational Safety & Health Administration
Two of three workers were wearing body harnesses, but Amalda Enterprises failed to install personal fall arrest system that included an anchorage point
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AEM Updates Roller Compactor, Directional Drilling Tracking Equipment Safety Manuals
Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM)
Manuals' new pictorial art aids safety awareness, with pictorials available for download
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OSHA Cites Pennsylvania Paving Contractor for Serious Violations Following Worker Fatality
Occupational Safety & Health Administration
Worker died of injuries sustained when another worker crushed him in the hydraulic hatch on the industrial vacuum truck he was inspecting
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Median-Alert Reflective Median Nose Delineator
Professional Pavement Products (PPP, Inc.)
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Access Industry Hears About Challenges of Big Booms and How to Attract Big Money
International Powered Access Federation (IPAF)
The aerial industry provides safer alternatives for working at height, but the work is going higher under challenging conditions, and the new 180-foot booms offer new opportunities, said Matt Fearon, president of Terex AWP.
The more than 200 IPAF Summit attendees were also given a clear and compelling presentation on how to communicate and demonstrate their companyade we potential and value to investors by US-based United Rentals. Sharing tips of the trade were Bill Plummer, executive vice-president and CFO (pictured in front), and Fred Bratman, head of investor relations.
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Plan It Right, Do It Right, Say Contractors and Rental Companies at IPAF Summit
International Powered Access Federation (IPAF)
Work-platform makers get a frank assessment of job-site risks and how machines can be designed to reduce them from equipment users at IPAF Summit
Ipaf Assessment
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Construction News Tracker Video: Bipartisan Senators Move on a Highway Bill
45% of road contractors suffered workzone crashes last year, Holcim and Lafarge to merge, United Rentals rises to the top of equipment rental
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Infrastructure
Working On The Railroad
How Allied Construction has learned to work with the railroad company to perfect paving railroad tracks.
The material utilized in between the rails varies depending on local traffic volumes. In heavier industrial areas, the railroad will often spec a sturdier material such as wood.
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