[WHITEPAPER] How to Eliminate Metal Hazards on the Construction Site

Keeping your workers safe on the jobsite is important, learn how to eliminate metal hazards in this informational whitepaper.

November 4, 2020

When a company requires its employees to work at any height above any exposed metal brackets, rebar or flat nail stakes, an employer must deploy preventive and protective measures against impalement hazards. How do you properly protect your workers? What are the OSHA standards? Check out this whitepaper for more information.

In this whitepaper, you will learn:

• How to cover metal stakes and column post brackets

• Current design and solutions

• The OSHA standard for safety caps on metal hazards

• And much more!

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