Utility Player. You can always use some storage space up on a ladder and the Professional Ladder Utility System offers it. The unit contains a ladder mount, tool bucket with carrying handle, and a universal tool holder. Other features include a safety latch, safety strap, and leveling adjustment...
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UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, Pulte Homes' annual shareholders' meeting in Birmingham, Mich., on May 10 would have been uneventful: The builder declared a 4-cent quarterly dividend, and its CEO, Richard Dugas, lamented sodden market conditions.
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Without adequate safety and health policies in place, jobsite injuries are inevitable. One of the most important tools any builder can give to employees is adequate on-the-job training to prevent work-place injuries.
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- The Home Builders Institute, partners with Retention Education to develop an English as a second language learning tool for the residential construction industry.
- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers agrees to stop enforcing the so-called Philadelphia Ditch Rule.
- The NAHB creates a new...
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Construction is an inherently dangerous industry: Workers use sharp, powerful tools and caustic chemicals, lift heavy weights, and work at sometimes dizzying heights. Jobsite safety issues are magnified for immigrant workers, who are particularly susceptible to getting hurt on the job.
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Seattle builder takes jobsite safety to the next level.
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- The House of Representatives passes legislation to strengthen the regulation of government-sponsored enterprises.
- The Home Builders Institute has been selected by Washingtonian magazine as one of the D.C. metropolitan area's “Great Places to Work.”
- The NAHB launches the Seiders on Housing...
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PRINCIPAL GEOLOGIST THE SOURCE GROUP comments on front cover and some articles to the Jul.,2005 issue of health and safety.
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Comments on article from the Jul., 2005 issue ("Working Without a Net,” page 108).
GARY STONEWALL, SAFETY DIRECTOR for R&H Construction in Portland, Ore., says that back in the late 1980s and early 1990s, home builders really didn't have much of a choice when it came to workers' compensation insurance.
THE INJURIES WERE FRIGHTENING in both their severity and their frequency. Framing crews were the most common source of accidents. One framer fell from a scaffold, breaking his wrist and tearing the rotator cuff in his shoulder. Another tore ligaments in his knee when he leaned against a safety rail...
YOU CAN LEARN A LOT BY TALKING with OSHA inspectors. First, they're not jack-booted thugs who are out to get you. Second, they do have a mission, and if you get in the way of that mission, you may pay the price.
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ALFREDO ALVAREZ'S LAST WORDS were, “Help me, I'm going to die. Talk to my family.”
THE REPORTS COME IN WITH AN almost numbing regularity.
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BEFORE THE PROJECT TEAM COULD VISIT THE JOBSITE, we were subjected to a safety briefing in a conference room. We would be expected to wear hard hats and safety gear on the site at all times.
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One of the most important tools that a builder can give to employees is adequate on-the-job training to prevent workplace injuries
Residential construction is not as dangerous as, say, timber cutting or commercial fishing. Nevertheless, the average construction site can be a formidable place. Government data show that construction is one of the leading industries for workplace accidents and injuries.
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By Matthew Power. Ever spent half the day patching together a wobbly, temporary handrail for an open stairway or balcony? Safety Maker Inc., based in Houston, has created a simple solution with its Safety Boot product.
By Dan Fulton. These dangerous work environments require strict adherence to safety. This emphasis on jobsite behavior has naturally been extended to our home building business.Initially, orienting the home building business to new levels of safety was a great undertaking.