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Type: News
Section: Business > Construction Safety
Rental
United Rentals Hosting Safety Webinars in May
United Rentals Inc.
Online learning series from United Rentals will focus on confined space safety for utilities and contractors.
April 20, 2022
Construction Safety
Gold Shovel Association Becomes Part of Common Ground Alliance
Common Ground Alliance
Common Ground Alliance created a new division, called the Damage Prevention Institute.
April 6, 2022
Construction Safety
Construction Gets a Big Bump as Workforce Drug-Test Positivity Reaches 20-year High
Positivity for cocaine and marijuana is climbing among federally mandated testing of safety-sensitive workers. Positives are rising faster in post-accident tests than preemployment for cocaine, marijuana, opiates and oxycodones.
April 4, 2022
Construction News
NASA to Fund Universities and Bechtel to Develop Robot Construction on the Moon
NASA selected proposals from Colorado School of Mines, Missouri Science & Technology and Auburn University, and will fund their technology development up to $2 million over two years. Bechtel will be the industrial partner to the construction teams.
March 23, 2022
Infrastructure
Additional $15.6B in Funding Announced to Make Road Safety a Priority
The USDOT and FHWA have released new guidance to implement changes in its signature highway safety funding program, which received substantial new funding under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
February 2, 2022
Business
Refusing to Try is the Worst Choice for Employers Facing OSHA’s COVID-19 Emergency Standard
The Supreme Court has not yet ruled on the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard but the standard is currently in effect. Lawyers suggest that the best way to draw a fine while the case is being litigated is to refuse to try and comply.
January 10, 2022
Construction Safety
OSHA Video Highlights 50 Years of Protecting Workers, Ensuring Safer Workplaces
Occupational Safety & Health Administration
Fifty years ago, OSHA began to fulfill the mission that led to its creation – to ensure safe and healthful working conditions for every worker in America.
January 4, 2022
Business
Appeals Court Overturns Stay of OSHA’s COVID-19 Emergency Standard and It's Headed to the Supreme Court
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals last week dissolved the stay against enforcement of OSHA’s vaccinate-or-test requirement for employers of more than 100, OSHA changed its deadlines and final appeals went to the High Court
December 20, 2021
Infrastructure
Where Does Biden's Infrastructure Bill Stand?
After weeks of party infighting and debate, House Democrats late Friday night clinched a long-sought victory on President Biden’s domestic agenda, passage of the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill named the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act
November 4, 2021
Construction News
Pennsylvania Issues 500,000 Violations for Speeding in Work Zones
More than a half-million speeding violations have been issued at Pennsylvania construction zones since the state began using work zone speed cameras last year.
October 29, 2021
Concrete
Cameras in Work Zones will Detect Speeding, Issue Tickets
The state of New York will soon install cameras in road work zones that will monitor drivers to make sure they’re not speeding. If they are, the camera alone could result in a ticket.
October 1, 2021
Construction Safety
Study Examines Why Construction Workers Have Such High Suicide Rates
Study ponders the question of why suicide is so prevalent in construction in order to raise awareness during National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month.
September 20, 2021
Construction Safety
Coalition of Contractors and Digital Educators Commits to Suicide Prevention in Construction
MindForge
Because construction's suicide rate is 3.5 times the national average, MindForge partnered with the Construction Industry Alliance for Suicide Prevention, LivingWorks and Jordan Foster Construction to offer a free suicide-prevention education program
September 10, 2021
Construction News
New York Honors Fallen Workers with Memorial
Fifty-six highway workers are remembered with the New York State Department of Transportation Highway Workers Memorial at the New York State Fair
August 30, 2021
Construction Safety
COVID-19 Shuts Down Colorado Road Job for 2 Weeks
Reports of crewmembers' COVID infections or exposure to people who have the coronavirus stopped work on a $5 million job in Durango
August 27, 2021
Infrastructure
Potential Vote Set for Monday on $1 Trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
If the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act passes the House, it would allow President Joe Biden to sign it into law before the federal highway and public transportation programs expire Sept. 30.
August 25, 2021
Business
OSHA Fines Utility Contractor $1.3 Million for Safety Violations, Deaths
In February, Jordy Alexander Castaneda Romero, 27, and Juan Carlos Figueroa Gutierrez, 33, died after a dump truck struck and pushed them into a 9-ft.-deep trench in Boston.
August 19, 2021
Construction Technology
Safety Wearables Startup Receives Investor Funding
Triax Technologies, Inc.
The investment in Triax Technologies illustrates the growing interest in using IoT to improve safety on work sites.
June 24, 2021
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