Video: Portable Abrasive Grinder Safety

This video demonstrates proper safe use of portable abrasive grinders commonly used in the construction industry

Feb 21, 2013
Latest in Concrete Equipment & Products
Nonquit Homes has engineered a residential building method where every component of the home is designed to resist fire, inside and out.
Building Beyond the Flame: Concrete Homes a Wildfire-Ready Solution
December 15, 2025
Concrete contractor crew delivering CarbonCure concrete at the Amazon HQ2 project.
Decarbonizing Concrete: What the Contractor Can Do
December 12, 2025
Adobe Stock 124373853
Prefabricated Systems Give Contractors Jobsite Control
December 10, 2025
Liebherr Concrete Technology 38 Xxt Low Res W800
Liebherr's Plans for World of Concrete 2026
December 5, 2025
Related Stories
Restraightening will cut down high spots and fill low spots; it can increase FF numbers from about 30 to 50 percent.
Concrete Hand Tools
How to Finish Flatter Concrete Floors
Field-cured test cylinders should be cured in the same manner as the concrete they represent. The temperature-time history of the test cylinders should match the in-place concrete curing conditions. In this case, the field-cured test cylinders overestimated the in-place concrete strength because they were sitting adjacent to a jobsite heater..
Concrete Equipment & Products
How to Estimate In-place Strength of Concrete
Make cylinders in strict accordance with ASTM C31 and store cylinders in a concrete cure box for the initial curing period.
Technology & Services
Avoid the False Alarm for Low-Strength Concrete
Think of a vapor retarder as though it were an imaginary 'bathtub' that should hold water if filled. Repair any tears and tape up areas around conduits and pipes.
Concrete Equipment & Products
How to Install Vapor Retarders
More in Concrete Equipment & Products
Concrete Equipment & Products
Building Beyond the Flame: Concrete Homes a Wildfire-Ready Solution
Nonquit Homes
Strict wildfire codes are making traditional wood-framed homes unviable. Concrete homes are emerging as a practical path forward.
Nonquit Homes has engineered a residential building method where every component of the home is designed to resist fire, inside and out.
Concrete Plants
Decarbonizing Concrete: What the Contractor Can Do
CarbonCure Technologies
8 questions with Kristal Kaye and Jason Campbell of CarbonCure Technologies.
Concrete contractor crew delivering CarbonCure concrete at the Amazon HQ2 project.
Asphalt
Iron Bull Manufacturing
Iron Bull is a leading manufacturer of advanced scrap handling hoppers.
Technology & Services
Prefabricated Systems Give Contractors Jobsite Control
Wells
Things to understand to maintain control for a successful precast concrete installation.
Adobe Stock 124373853
Concrete Pumps
Liebherr's Plans for World of Concrete 2026
Liebherr USA, Co.
Get hands-on with the 38Z4 XXT truck mounted concrete pump and up-close to mixing technology.
Liebherr Concrete Technology 38 Xxt Low Res W800
Buggies, Conveyors & Misc. Placing
Ligchine Helps Move Concrete with The Power Buggy Company
Ligchine
Ligchine acquired The Power Buggy Company.
Pb Lig Nov25 Copy
Concrete Equipment & Products
Mastering Cold Weather Concreting
American Concrete Institute (ACI)
The challenges. The strategies. The best practices. What concrete contractors need to know about placing concrete in cold weather.
Adobe Stock 1089654088
Concrete Equipment & Products
Concrete Contractor's 2026 Top Products Award: Now Open
Calling OEMs and manufacturers, submit the latest innovative tools, equipment, or products that will transform challenges into success for concrete contractors.
Concrete Top Products Logo Stacked 2026
Concrete Equipment & Products
Pour a Plan for World of Concrete 2026
World of Concrete
Look ahead to World of Concrete 2026 with these planned events and happenings.
The show opening, from World of Concrete 2025
Construction News
Kerry Sutton Named Executive Director of NEU
American Concrete Institute (ACI)
The American Concrete Institute has appointed Kerry Sutton as the new executive director of NEU: an ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete.
Kerry sutton (002)
Concrete Equipment & Products
5 Modern Methods for Monitoring Concrete Quality at the Jobsite
Giatec Scientific Inc.
A look at innovations transforming how concrete contractors can measure and manage concrete.
Adobe Stock 1018856596
Decorative Concrete
Building Into Luxury Concrete
The Euclid Chemical Company
If you ask 10 people what they consider “high-end,” you’ll get 10 different answers - no matter how it's defined, finding success is hard work.
Image 2
Page 1 of 489
Next Page