Share your knowledge, expertise, and experience. The Safety Leadership Conference is designed to share best safety practices with companies hoping to achieve world-class safety. Attendees learn from industry experts on how to create a world-class working environment for their employees. The three-day learning and networking experience showcasing keynote speakers and 24 sessions across five learning […]
Category Archives: Safety
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Hands-On CrewSafety: Work Zone Training Demonstrations at CONEXPO-CON/AGG GREENBELT, MD — Every year some 20,000 construction workers are injured and an average of 117 are killed in roadway work zones. For paving contractors, effective training is a key part of ensuring workers are able to recognize and mitigate potential safety hazards or unsafe situations. To […]
Legislative News, Safety, Safety, Safety
U.S. Department of Labor announces reforms to ensure mine operators meet benefits obligations
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WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP) has taken steps to reform the self-insurance process for coal mine operators to better support the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund. The Black Lung Benefits Act requires each coal mine operator to secure the payment of its potential benefits liability by […]
Industry News, Safety, Safety
RAM, Inc.’s enhanced blasting and explosives safety training (BEST) course adds deteriorated explosives safe handling instructions
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RAM, Inc.’s 2020 enhanced BEST Course will be held at the South Dakota School of Mines in Rapid City, SD, from Wednesday, Sept. 9 through Friday, Sept. 11. Building on a solid foundation of explosives regulatory, technology and application sessions, this year’s course features instructions on hazard recognition posed by deteriorated explosives. All course attendees […]
Legislative News, Legislative News, Legislative News, Safety, Safety, Safety
OSHA sets focus on silica enforcement
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Agency revises National Emphasis Program to further target high-risk industries. Stefanie Valentic Feb 07, 2020 With OSHA’s respirable crystalline silica (RCS) standards now in full effect for the general, maritime and construction industries, the agency has announced a revision to its National Emphasis Program (NEP). The adjustments to the directive were enacted in an effort to […]