Lance Roux

Trenching and Excavation Safety Tips Every Contractor Should Know

Trenching and excavation are crucial to the success of many construction projects, but there are a host of safety concerns that should be addressed before your team breaks ground.

5 Most Common Electrical Safety Hazards in Construction

Although we know its inherent dangers, electricity’s constant presence often leads us to let our guarown, even in the workplace. The statistics are a stark reminder: electrocution..

How to Recognize Heat Illness Symptoms in Co-workers

It takes a change of just 1.8 degrees before the human body begins to behave and respond abnormally. In fact, exposure to high heat causes more than a third of all U.S...

How to Protect Workers from Heat Stress

As summer approaches, you are likely assessing the changes it will bring to your site. Everything from scheduling to materials is affected by rising temperatures—most importantly,..

How to Participate in a Fall Prevention Safety Stand-Down

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, falls account for more than a third of construction-related deaths.

Should Contractors Work in Green Construction?

While green construction is not a new concept, consumers are always looking for different ways to minimize their environmental footprint. A combination of economic, social, and..

Are Independent Contractors Protected by OSHA?

Independent Contractors - Safety Issues? Eliminating niche skillsets and casual on-call employees from payroll was a major market shift. Now, the industry relies on independent..

Safety Audits: 6 Most Common Violations

Everyone in the field of construction knows safety violations are the greatest risk to a site’s productivity, reliability, and viability. When companies invest in safety, they..

How to Build a Construction Incident Report

Need a Construction incident report? When something goes wrong at your site, the smallest details suddenly become the most important. Combining the facts of an incident into a..