Fatigue at Work Being tired on the job can be a huge hazard in construction. If you cannot fully function and perform your tasks safely and correctly, you are putting yourself and your coworkers at risk. In the construction field, workers who haven’t gotten...
Hazard Identification, Recognition & Control Construction is more dangerous than almost any other line of work—you are constantly dealing with hazards such like heavy machinery, sharp tools, and potentially volatile chemicals on the jobsite. These hazards add up...
Safety Bulletin: Incident Review – Wrist Injury While Drilling A team member recently sustained a right wrist injury while drilling a hole in tube steel. The injury occurred when the drill suddenly bound up on the second hole, causing the tool to twist...
How Listening to Our Heroes Journey Stories Helps Healing Traumatic experiences—both obvious and less obvious can leave us feeling powerless. Listening to other’s stories about surviving trauma helps us acknowledge our own trauma, process our experiences, and reclaim...
Rationalizing Unsafe Choices Making safe choices at work is very important to make sure everyone is safe, including those around you. For many people, following protocol and safety precautions can be difficult. Not to be stubborn or to just break the rules, but you...
Unsafe Conditions Safety Construction sites are hazardous environments and present unsafe conditions. The combinations of working outdoors, power tools, moving machinery, working heights or deep excavations, and the sheer tonnage of construction materials being used...
