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Ladder Safety and Special Construction Site Problems

By Dean Isaacson | Published: 30 Aug 2010
OSHA requires all ladders to be able to support four times the intended load – that is passenger and tools. We don’t usually look at ladders by gross capacity, we look at ladders by type and rated capacity. For example, most construction ladders are rated “Type I” (pronounced “type one”) which have a rated capacity […]
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Safety Planning Saves Lives, Health and Money

By Dean Isaacson | Published: 2 Jul 2010
Most people think of safety management as a cost to business, when, in fact, it can actually save you money. Every week, in every state, two people die from work related accidents (stats are an average: 5200 workers died on the job in 2008). This alone is a very high cost to businesses. Work related […]
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