More stories about Safety

• When Can I Throw Away My ...

  From a March 2013 discussion about business tools that are becoming obsolete

• Massachusetts: OSHA Fines Framer $300,000 For Fall Protection Violations

  OSHA is ready to sock a Boston-area framing contractor with $300,000 in fines, alleging a willful violation of fall protection rules.

• Hanley Wood, USGBC Establish a Strategic Partnership with Greenbuild

  Hanley Wood LLC, the premier media, event, information and strategic marketing services company serving the construction industry and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced today a strategic partnership whereby Hanley Wood has acquired the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo.

• Roofer's Safety Equipment

  The Li'L Bucket of Safe-Tie has everything a worker needs to be OSHA-compliant up on the roof

• Workers Injured, Killed In Trench Collapses

  Unrelated incidents involving collapsed excavations have critically injured one construction worker in Lincoln, Nebraska, and killed a worker in Corpus Christi, Texas.

• Diamond Grip Ice Cleats

  Get some traction on snowy slippery job sites

• NAHB Petitions OSHA to Reopen Construction Fall-Protection Standard

  A revised version of Subpart M could increase the maximum height at which workers can forego fall protection

• Safer Fish Tape

  Volt-Guard is designed to be used around live circuits

• Fall Protection for Roof Work

  Youíll need a written plan, proper training, and the right equipment to comply with OSHA safety rules

• OSHA Postpones New Fall-Protection Rule Once Again

  The delay gives roofers another shot at getting the agency to reconsider its personal fall-arrest requirements.