By now, it should come as no surprise to anyone in our industry of the inherent dangers and adverse health implications when working with products that contain crystalline silica.
A tragic fatality occurred only a few months back at a crane yard, when a large metal gate came off its running rail and fell directly onto a worker who was manually operating the gate. The worker was found unresponsive a short time later and tragically passed away.
Working in the extreme cold can cause many adverse health effects. Here are just some of the issues you should be aware of, as well as some tips to help keep you safe and healthy if you do experience extreme cold climatic conditions at your workplace.
If an excavator is used for operations outside its intended purpose, it increases the risk of failure, injury or worse - and insurers are unlikely to accept that risk.
A recent failure on a 20T fibre rope sling has revealed that these slings are designed for recovery purposes only. They are NOT designed for lifting purposes.
Recent incidents and unfortunately, tragic fatalities in the area of traffic management, have enlightened the Building Industry of the dangers that come with working with and controlling traffic.