3/21/2011 So there I was, there I was…in the Congo! No, no, actually I was at the Albuquerque Airport waiting for a plane. I was watching two maintenance workers performing patch work on a wall between a Baskin-Robins and a bookstore (When is “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest” Read more…
6/10/2019 The foreman was angry. He’d been in construction for 20-plus years and now the safety person was telling him not only how to do his job but that he’d been doing it wrong forever! Joe Donnelly looked exasperatingly at Ethyl, turning away every few seconds while looking back at Read more…
1/28/2019 Sometimes we may find ourselves in a bit of a predicament when it comes to complying with OSHA regulations. Such is the case when there is an assigned work activity near an unprotected leading edge on a roof and the standard method to ensure fall protection cannot be accomplished. Read more…
12/28/2020 It happened a number of years ago; when Las Vegas was building casinos so fast that even the local residents couldn’t keep up with what was going to be the latest and greatest theme-related high rise on the strip. These structures are big, and contractors were getting sizable bonuses Read more…
5/1/2017 The number one cause of death in the construction industry is falling from heights. Unfortunately, even though this type of accident has remained in the occupational limelight for years, investigations seem to concur that people seem to be making the same fundamental mistakes again and again. Listed below are Read more…