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Texas Contractor Faces $70K in Penalties for Sixth Trench Hazard Citation

Workers were seen working in an unprotected excavation site 9-ft. deep without any type of shoring, benching or sloping

$4.6 Million in Susan Harwood Safety and Health Training Grants Available

Funds help high-risk, vulnerable workers identify, prevent workplace hazards

How Working Nights Can Affect Your Employees

Fatigue-related accidents are considerably more common at night -- drivers are 50 times more likely to fall asleep at 2 am than at 10 am -- and absenteeism nearly doubles in work places with fatigue issues

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18 Ways Contractors Can Improve How They Find and Hire Workers

Tips on how to avoid the most-common hiring mistakes contractors make before, during and after hiring process

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Striping a Road Course for NASCAR

How an “affinity for racing” helps United Striping 101 be the contractor of choice for Sonoma Raceway

The Start/Finish line is the last item striped; the racetrack itself is bordered with 5-in. yellow lines on both sides of the track, which amounts to four miles of striping all done with a walk-behind unit.

New Overtime Rule Could Pass in May

It is possible the Department of Labor (DOL) will act by the end of this week in attempts to publish the final new overtime rule and provide the required notices to Congress by May 16

The “.01 Second” Winning Job

ABC Report: Safety Best Practices Can Make Construction Companies 720% Safer

Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. (ABC)

Report documents the dramatic impact of using proactive safety practices to reduce recordable incidents by up to 86%

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[VIDEO] Hardhat Drop Test: 1 lb Bolt from 20 ft and 30 ft

Falling objects can have huge consequences. Explore the impact a 1-lb bolt can have, and how a hardhat changes the outcome

[VIDEO] Safety Week 2016 Hardhat Drop Test: 1 lb Bolt from 20 ft and 30 ft

Gilbane Calls for Mandatory Harnesses for NY Construction Workers

Company policy of safety harnesses when working above six feet has prevented 20 workers from potentially fatal falls over past five years

[Video] Gilbane Highlights Safety Week Theme of "Stronger and Safer Together"

MiKe McKelvy, President and CEO of Gilbane Building Company, kicks off Safety Week 2016 at the company's South Street Landing project in Providence, RI.

[Video] Gilbane Higlights Safety Week Theme of 'Stronger and Safer Together'

[Video] Installing Hydraulic Shoring

Locate Management is an education, training, and assessment service provider for the ground disturbance (excavation) and line locating communities.

[Video] Installing Hydraulic Shoring

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