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Management
Tool Review: Load Tester Finds Bad Batteries Fast
'The Associated 6033 load tester is the quickest way to figure out whether a battery is good or bad. I use it every oil change'
When the tester's clamps are placed on the battery, it automatically displays the battery's voltage.
Safety
Waste Management Settles 2012 Heat-Fatality Case with OSHA for $5,000
Occupational Safety & Health Administration
Safety
ABC and Safety Coalition Concerned with OSHA's Proposed Crystalline Silica Rule
Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. (ABC)
Construction Industry Safety Coalition urges OSHA to develop technologically feasible alternatives for compliance with silica rule
Safety
Caterpillar Collaborates with Construction Industry Leaders to Customize Safety Resource
Caterpillar - Cat
Speak Up!/Listen Up! for Construction is a new safety training tool customized for the construction industry
Management
How Your Credit Score Can Affect Your Equipment Financing Options
When financing companies make lending decisions, credit scores play a role in whether a loan is approved, how long the term will be and the interest rate applied
One of the most important factors in determining one's financing options is credit score with 700 and higher being considered as the most creditworthy.
Safety
NAHB: Proposed OSHA Silica Rule Raises Concerns for Construction Industry
National Association of Home Builders
Coalition of construction industry groups thinks proposed rule seems to call for one-size-fits-all measures that contradict existing safety and quality assurance practices for different types of contractors
Management
ABC Criticizes New DOL Regulations for Federal Contractors
Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. (ABC)
Association says revisions drastically increase the paperwork burdens on federal contractors in all industries
Safety
MySafetySign Launches #HazardSpotting Campaign
Sign company encourages workers to report dangerous construction conditions
Hazard Spotting
Safety
NES' Teresa Kee Named Chairperson for IPAF North American Regional Council
International Powered Access Federation (IPAF)
Teresa Kee, director, environmental, health and safety at NES Rentals, was elected chairperson of the IPAF North American Regional Council at the council’s meeting on August 20, 2013.
Safety
National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries in 2012 (preliminary results)
U.S. Department of Labor
Press-release PDF (14 pages) from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on findings of its 2012 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries
Safety
Construction Rises to the Top Spot in Labor Statistics' Deadliest Industries List
Fatal work injuries in private construction rose 5% in 2012 after five years of declining fatalities; fatal-work-injury count down 6.6% for all U.S. industries
'Government' includes fatal injuries to workers employed by governmental organizations regardless of industry. Fatal injury rates exclude workers under the age of 16 years, volunteers, and resident military. The number of fatal work injuries represents totals before exclusions. For more info on fatal work injury rate methodology, see http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm.
Safety
How to Make a Safer Work Zone
Steps to make your mobile jobsite safety focused
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