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Construction workers in safety vests working inside a trench, with an excavator and blue sky in the background. The trench is not too deep, with the crew performing tasks within the narrow space.
Excavations
Essential Tips for Trenching and Excavation Safety

Stay safe on the job with these top tips for trenching and excavation safety. Learn how to protect yourself and your crew from common hazards in the field.

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Best Practices
Know Your AHA: Conducting an Effective Activity Hazard Analysis

Using an Activity Hazard Analysis effectively is critical to identify, assess, and control jobsite hazards in a way that ensures a safer work environment.

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A safety consultant in a high-visibility vest and hard hat is shaking hands with a businessman at a construction site. Two other people, a man in a high-visibility vest and a woman in business attire, stand nearby smiling. They are engaged in a friendly and professional conversation, highlighting collaboration and workplace safety.
OSHA
OSHA's Free On-Site Workplace Safety Consultation Program

Learn more about how to access OSHA's free safety consultation services at your location, free for small and medium-sized businesses.

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An auto worker holding a lead-acid car battery while wearing gloves.
Electrical
Safe Power: Handling Vehicle Batteries at Work

Lead-acid batteries can be hazardous so effective vehicle battery handling practices are crucial for ensuring workplace safety.

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Personal protective equipment on a table including boots, safety vest, eye protection, hearing protection, and a hard hat.
Personal Protection
Essential Guide to Selecting Workplace Safety PPE

PPE is designed to protect against specific hazards. It is important that the correct protection is selected for the hazards presented at the worksite.

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Heavy Equipment
Heavy Equipment Spotter Safety: Navigating Jobsite Hazards

Effective communication and attention are key when it comes to the critical role of a heavy equipment spotter on any construction or industrial jobsite.

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Site Safety
The Hierarchy of Controls: Protecting Workers from Hazards

The Hierarchy of Controls is a framework for protecting workers from hazards that involves identifying, ranking, and implementing safeguards.

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A skid-steer loader in operation at a job site.
Heavy Equipment
Prioritize Skid-Steer Loader Safety on the Construction Site

If safety precautions are not followed, workers who operate or work near skid-steer loaders are in danger of crushed-by, caught-in, rollover, and runover risks.

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Sign on a gate that says Beware of the Dog, Enter at Your Own Risk.
Site Safety
Training and Experience are Key for Worker Dog Bite Safety

For employees that work outdoors or regularly conduct business in residential neighborhoods, training on dog bite prevention techniques is important.

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