Many components go into any successful electrical construction project. Throughout my career, though, I have championed safety and creating an environment that is conducive to excellence. Unfortunately, a few contractors do...
Thousands of annual job-related injuries and hundreds of fatalities can be attributed to electrical hazards. Although the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has regulations in place to prevent these types of...
If the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has its way, construction contractors and subcontractors working for the Department of Defense (DOD) may be subject to more safety performance scrutiny. In February, the GAO...
In November 2018, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published its final rule on "Cranes and Derricks in Construction: Operator Qualifications" (29 CFR 1926.1427(f)(6)). In sum, the new rule requires...
According to a new report from the National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA), "Fatal Electrical Injuries of Contract Workers," the construction industry experienced a "substantial share" of contractor deaths involving electrical...
With construction workers three times more likely to be involved in an on-the-job injury or fatality than most other industries, electrical contractors should appreciate the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s...
Around 2007, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) introduced a concept known as prevention through design (PtD), which addresses preventing and controlling occupational injuries, illnesses and...
In August 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released its "electronic reporting rule," which mandated that all OSHA-covered work sites with 250 or more employees, as well as work sites with 20 or...
According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in a recent news release , falls are the leading cause of worker fatalities in the construction industry. With that in mind, the agency is now making...
According to a memo that Bloomberg uncovered using the Freedom of Information Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is considering taking to the air with camera-equipped drones as a way to gather more...
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) keeps workers and job sites safe from hazardous conditions. However, choosing improperly fitting or the wrong form of PPE can have dire consequences. Fortunately, the Occupational Safety...
When it comes to general contractor and subcontractor liability for Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) violations, there is a new way of looking at things that overturns a ruling set in place back in 1981....
Despite the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) not having an Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, it has remained aggressive in enforcement and will likely continue that way in...
As more employers use contract and temporary workers, concerns over the safety of their working conditions have also increased. A recent study shows that this concern is justified, as fatal electrical injuries to contract...
Lighting and illumination decisions affect everyone in the workplace. Frequently, these choices are made without proper information, which can lead or contribute to job hazards. However, the Occupational Safety and Health...
By and large, according to the latest numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released last month, electrical construction is a safe industry, especially when compared to the construction industry as a whole. In...
Electrical contractors (ECs) have dangerous jobs by nature since they work around electricity. However, robotics and other kinds of autonomous equipment could help ECs enjoy more safety every day. Here are six ways to...
On Oct. 30, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) renewed its Electrical Transmission and Distribution (ET&D) Partnership with industry stakeholders for another five years. The partnership is a formal...
The Centers for Disease Control And Prevention estimates the percentage of workers nationwide who are “extremely stressed at work” may be as high as 40. Unfortunately, job-related stress can have a significant impact on...
The arc flash hazard should be an integral part of any electrical safety training program. NFPA 70E, IEEE 1584 and several other standards address this hazard in terms of incident energy with the severity normally quantified...
