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Safety Blogger
Construction PanoramaCare and SafetyCheck this safety site out: Unsafe TV. It is a blog by Fiona Burke that takes a critical approach to the DIY (Do It Yourself) world of home remodeling. The Caution...
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Registration Open for AGC’s Annual Health Committee Conference
Care and SafetyThe Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) will host their annual Safety and Health Committee Conference in San Antonio, Texas in January. The three-day event will be held at...
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Who is on My Jobsite?
Signals and SignpostsCare and SafetyOne of the biggest safety issues on the complex jobsite is to know where the workforce is at any time without walking the site and visually identifying each...
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The Choice Between Job or Jail [VIDEO]
Awareness and RecruitingCare and SafetyCareer DevelopmentSaied Alavi, operations manager at Marek Brothers Systems Houston, recently visited Guadalupe “Lupe” Ramos at a job site where Marek is...
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791 Workers Hit Houston Jobsites with OSHA 10-Hour Construction Training
Care and SafetyCareer DevelopmentOn Saturday, June 16, 2012, the American Subcontractors Association-Houston Chapter (ASA-HC), in partnership with the Hispanic Contractors Association of Texas (HCAT)...
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WDP Holds Vigil for Deceased Construction Worker
Care and SafetySocial ResponsibilityGovernment ActionsThe following information was provided by Workers Defense Project (WDP), an Austin-based advocacy group for low-income workers.This evening a vigil...
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Top 5 Tips for Roof Safety
Care and SafetyThis article was written by our newest blogger, Adam Snape, on behalf of Myredlandroof, a roofing firm based out of the United Kingdom with over 90 years’ experience in the trade.Any DIY...
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Subcontractors’ Commitment To Safety
Employment StandardsCare and SafetyAll That Hard Work Didn’t Go Down the DrainIn 2007 the American Subcontractors Association-Houston Chapter (ASA-HC) created a safety committee to meet the needs of...
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What's All The Fuss About?
Government ActionsCare and SafetyCareer DevelopmentOSHA’S Type and Capacity RequirementThis article originally appeared in Crane & Rigging Hot Line, and is reprinted here with permission by the...
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Conferences on Crane Certification, Technology, Rigging and Safety
Employment StandardsCare and SafetyWith the Cranes and Derricks in Construction standard requiring U.S. operators to be certified by November 2014, the Crane and Rigging Conference (CRC) and Industrial...
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Dead Worker Ruled an Employee in OSHA Ruling
Care and SafetyEmployment StandardsOn a commercial renovation job in Panama City, Florida, a Hispanic drywall construction worker was electrocuted when he came in contact with electrical wires...
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Taxpayers on the Hook for Injured Workers
Social ResponsibilityEmployment StandardsCare and SafetyConstruction in Texas may be "cheap," but that's only if you consider the final price of the project. In most cases, the true costs are borne by...
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AGC's Annual Safety Stand Down
Care and SafetyOn Wednesday, May 15, 2013 the AGC Annual Safety Stand Down was held on commercial construction projects throughout the Greater Houston area. It was a day dedicated to emphasizing the...
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The Construction Career Collaborative Ramps Up to Deliver Their 5-Hour Safety...
Employment StandardsCare and SafetyThe Construction Career Collaborative (C3) announced last week that they are taking applications for the next C3 Train the Trainer session. The Train the Trainer...
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What's All The Fuss About?
OSHA’S Type and Capacity RequirementThis article originally appeared in Crane & Rigging Hot Line, and is reprinted here with permission by the author.Lately there’s been a lot of chatter in the...
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Conferences on Crane Certification, Technology, Rigging and Safety
With the Cranes and Derricks in Construction standard requiring U.S. operators to be certified by November 2014, the Crane and Rigging Conference (CRC) and Industrial Crane and Hoist Conference (ICHC)...
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Dead Worker Ruled an Employee in OSHA Ruling
On a commercial renovation job in Panama City, Florida, a Hispanic drywall construction worker was electrocuted when he came in contact with electrical wires projecting from a terminal box at the site...
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Taxpayers on the Hook for Injured Workers
Construction in Texas may be "cheap," but that's only if you consider the final price of the project. In most cases, the true costs are borne by workers, taxpayers, and society at large. Case in point:...
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AGC's Annual Safety Stand Down
On Wednesday, May 15, 2013 the AGC Annual Safety Stand Down was held on commercial construction projects throughout the Greater Houston area. It was a day dedicated to emphasizing the importance of...
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The Construction Career Collaborative Ramps Up to Deliver Their 5-Hour Safety...
The Construction Career Collaborative (C3) announced last week that they are taking applications for the next C3 Train the Trainer session. The Train the Trainer course is where C3Trainers are...
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