3/14/2016 The terms, leading and lagging indicators were first used in the financial world. While a leading indicator is designed to help determine or predict the future, a lagging indicator provides information as what went right or wrong. Thus, a leading indicator uses information prior to an event or occurrence, Read more…
2/29/2016 A number of years ago I worked at a facility where underground construction activities were being performed. This project was a long-term project where a plethora of heavy equipment as well as other types of construction activities were being conducted on a regular basis. One of the greatest hazards Read more…
5/9/2016 Many projects find us working near water. Historically, the most notable project involving work on or near water was the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, where cofferdams were used extensively and diving to the depths of the river to locate appropriate foundations for supporting the bridge. Today there are Read more…
1/16/2017 As the country’s current administration bids adieu, and the next one enters into prominence, Dr. David Michaels, the current assistant Secretary of Labor, or the head of OSHA, has spear-headed an effort to move forward and promulgate OSHA’s comprehensive regulation to protect the American Worker due to exposures from Read more…
10/17/2016 Ethyl and Skyler walked out of their meeting with the Site Supervisor, Walt. Walt was discussing an injury sustained by one of their site workers, Jesse. As it happened, Jesse, quite innocently, tweaked his back while walking down some steps from the break trailer. Ethyl, the Site Safety and Read more…
June 29, 2020 Working at Department of Energy and Department of Defense projects as well as wastewater treatment facilities, our commitment to employee safety requires that persons in the field follow our various work procedures verbatim. This word, verbatim, comes from the Latin, and means, “exactly as written.” So, when Read more…