HazardSpotting: Questionable scissor lift safety
Construction workers are so common on work sites today that workers sometimes take them for granted. Our latest #HazardSpotting profile i...
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jvyvyan
Nov 18, 20162 min read
HazardSpotting: A horrendously unsafe home construction job
One of our pet peeves is driving past residential construction or roofing jobs where crews are working without PPE or any form of fall pr...
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jvyvyan
Oct 20, 20142 min read
Ropes for fall protection? Not on your life! #HazardSpotting
When you move beyond the major industrialized countries, which have well-established and enforced safety regulations, almost anything goe...
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jvyvyan
Sep 23, 20142 min read
A disaster waiting to happen - #HazardSpotting
This UK commercial building project is enough to give any regulatory inspector heart failure. It's literally a disaster waiting to happen...
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jvyvyan
Jul 31, 20143 min read
#HazardSpotting: The death trap scaffold
Unfortunately, it's all too common for contractors to devise makeshift ways to get the work done. But this crew takes ill-fated ingenuity...
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jvyvyan
Jun 18, 20142 min read
Somebody could get hurt here #HazardSpotting
This commercial construction site is full of fall and trip hazards. Someone could get hurt here, which makes it an ideal candidate for #H...
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jvyvyan
May 7, 20141 min read
Big-time fall protection issues here #HazardSpotting
Many contractors don't take fall protection seriously - which is why it's responsible for more work site fatalities than any other type o...
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jvyvyan
Mar 25, 20142 min read
Be careful on this dangerous construction job site #HazardSpotting
Sometimes contractors ignore repeated warnings about safety violations. That was the case at this commercial construction site in suburba...
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jvyvyan
Feb 19, 20143 min read
A shockingly unsafe commercial construction site - #HazardSpotting
Why do commercial construction contractors ignore the need for safety precautions and devices? In this new #HazardSpotting post, we revie...
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jvyvyan
Jan 15, 20143 min read
A remarkably unsafe construction job site #HazardSpotting
On commercial construction projects, rough-terrain (shooting boom) forklifts are used to deliver materials and supplies exactly where the...
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jvyvyan
Nov 27, 20132 min read
What's unsafe about this commercial building project? #HazardSpotting
When it comes to commercial and residential construction, contractors often take a lot of chances with safety. That's never been more evi...
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jvyvyan
Nov 5, 20131 min read
What hazards can you see in this job site photo? #HazardSpotting
Personal protective equipment (PPE) is critical when you're working on a job site - especially if you're working with machinery where thi...
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jvyvyan
Oct 28, 20132 min read
Is fall protection falling through the cracks?
For the third consecutive year, fall protection took the gold medal last month in OSHA's 2013 list of the top 10 safety violations. Here ...
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jvyvyan
Oct 21, 20132 min read
What's wrong with this concrete construction project? #HazardSpotting
The chances that workers take on the job sometimes astound us. VISTA's first #HazardSpotting blog post highlights two steelworkers who ar...
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jvyvyan
Oct 21, 20132 min read
VISTA partners with the creator of the #HazardSpotting work site safety campaign
A key part of VISTA Training's mission is to educate workers on key safety principles and practices to increase the odds that they will...
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