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Big Trucks on Construction Site
Driving Safety
Safety Tips for Driving Heavy Equipment on the Work Site

Defensive driving applies to the job site too, no matter if that is a construction site, a warehouse parking lot, a residential area, or an isolated field site.

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Electrician working in electrical panel
OSHA Focus Four
OSHA Focus Four: Eliminate Electrocution Hazards at Work

Electrocution hazards are one of the top 4 areas of fatalities in construction. Here are safety tips to cover during your next toolbox talk on electrical safety.

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Fire Extinguisher on Concrete Post
Fire
How to Use a Fire Extinguisher to Safely Put Out a Fire

If it's allowed as a component of the workplace fire prevention plan, employees should be trained to safely use the fire extinguishers available at work.

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Young Workers
Best Practices
Keeping Young Workers Safe on the Job

Young workers and employers can both benefit from summer temp jobs but it is important that everyone understand the rights and responsibilities involved.

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3 Construction Workers Using Jack Hammers Side by Side
Tools
Safety Tips to Remember When Using Pneumatic Tools

Pneumatic tools, powered by compressed air, can be a useful addition to electrical tools at any work site where power tools are used.

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Worker in a bucket truck fixing a traffic light.
Incidents
Bucket Truck Incident is a Fall Protection Reminder

It shouldn't take a fatality for employers to review and update their safety program and ensure proper fall protection procedures are used on every job.

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Papers Crammed Into File Folders
Best Practices
Safety Training Documentation: Managing Sign-in Sheets

Where do you find out how long you are supposed to keep all those sign-in sheets and training records? What if there's no rule, then what's the best practice?

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Work Zone
Work Zones
Work Zones: Why Daily Safety Meetings are Important

For crews that are working on projects in work zones, a daily safety meeting at the start of every shift is recommended, here are great points to emphasize.

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Two Industrial Workers Wearing Hard Hats
Personal Protection
Hard Hat PPE Rules Aren't Just For Construction Sites

Throwing on a hard hat when you are in the warehouse or headed to a job site is a great habit, but it's also important to know why it's required.

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