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There are no accidents

Just Don't Call It an Accident

Korman richard
Richard Korman
December 21, 2022

Jessie Singer, author of “There Are No Accidents” (Simon & Schuster, 336 pages), works for a nonprofit dedicated to making cities safer for pedestrians and cyclists, but her views of error and accidents go far beyond urban life and cars.


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ENR Letters

Setting the Record Straight on Concrete Pumping Stability

September 14, 2022

A letter to ENR's editorial staff regarding concrete pumping stability.


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Concrete pump trucks

How Sudden Concrete Pump Truck Shifts Hurt Workers

Korman richard
Richard Korman
August 31, 2022

On Feb. 12, 2020, Roy Rock LLC sent a concrete pump truck to Elizabeth, N.J., where a developer was constructing an apartment building. It had rained heavily much of the week.


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Workers on a Shawmut project observe a training session

Third Parties Help Shawmut Navigate Narcan

Health care organizations and Narcan vendors not only supply the life-saving drug to firms they also train workers on how to treat and avoid opioid addiction
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Johanna Knapschaefer
August 31, 2022

Heath care organizations and Narcan vendors not only supply the life-saving drug to firms they also train workers on how to treat and avoid opioid addiction.


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Safety & Health

Bill Calls For 15-Minute Breaks Every Four Hours on the Job in Construction

James leggate
James Leggate
August 9, 2022

AGC says safety guidelines should instead account for local conditions and the type of work.


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As Heat Waves Broil, Construction Employers Seek Limits on Planned Safety Standard

Korman richard
Richard Korman
James leggate
James Leggate
July 21, 2022

Industry employers remain wary of overly complicated new rules to protect workers, in comments on the proposed regulation.



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Mental Health

Firms Formulate Strategies to Reduce Industry Suicide Rates

Scott blair
Scott Blair
May 26, 2022

Boosting peer-to-peer support is critical in reducing the construction industry’s high suicide rate, said mental health advocates at the Construction Working Minds Summit, held May 17-18 in Denver.


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safety technology

Welcome Back, Construction Crew. Here Are Your New Safety Monitoring Devices.

Through contacts with Silicon Valley firms, Volpatt Construction is embracing a major technology upgrade. Is it a sign of industry-wide changes?
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Richard Korman
Bruce Buckley
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Jonathan Barnes
October 27, 2021

Through contacts with Silicon Valley firms, Volpatt Construction is embracing a major technology upgrade. Is it a sign of industry-wide changes?


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New York City Issues 1,500 Stop Work Orders at Construction Sites

James leggate
James Leggate
September 14, 2021

During NYC Dept. of Buildings' three-month safety sweep, inspectors also issued more than 3,600 violations to contractors and site safety professionals for failing to keep sites safe.


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construction helmets

European Hardhat Brings Science to Injury Reduction

Tom sawyer
Tom Sawyer
June 19, 2019

In Sweden, a partnership between MIPS Corp., a company that specializes in helmet-liner systems for protecting the brain, and Guardio Safety AB, a Swedish industrial safety firm, has led to the release in June of a construction hardhat, or helmet, designed to mitigate brain-damaging forces that often are suffered in construction falls.


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