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A top Canada-based concrete preservation contractor, performing critical infrastructure services for the SCDOT in the Charleston area, recognized the need for regular third-party safety audits to ensure project success. They partnered with Charleston Safety for comprehensive safety inspections throughout the bridge project. Our detailed safety reports, including photos and actionable recommendations, provide their project teams and corporate office with the insights needed to improve safety protocols and enhance subcontractor performance. By choosing Charleston Safety, they’ve reduced travel expenses while benefiting from immediate, on-demand support for safety compliance and risk management. www.charlestonsafety.com

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First Responders Free Man From Trench Collapse At Worksite In Overland Park Kansas. A man was rescued from a collapsed trench at a worksite in Overland Park Tuesday morning. The man was alert and conscious as he was being rescued and eventually walked out of the trench, said Jason Rhodes, a spokesman for the Overland Park Fire Department. The man, described as “stable,” was taken to an area hospital for evaluation. Scott Allen, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Labor, said in an email to The Star Tuesday afternoon that Occupational Safety and Health Administration compliance officers were responding to the incident to investigate. First responders were called around 10:45 a.m. to the site of the collapse near the intersection of West 132nd Street and Goodman Street, where they began work to free the man, who was buried up to his waist about 15 feet below ground level, Rhodes said. Trench collapse specialists from the Olathe Fire Department and Johnson County Consolidated Fire District No. 2 assisted by putting shoring in place to stabilize the trench, and first responders got to work on the tedious process of digging the man out of heavy, wet clay with hand shovels, Rhodes said. Eventually the man was freed and was able to walk out of the trench. Rhodes said the man had been down in the trench at the time of the collapse and appeared to be working with a company doing construction in the neighborhood. The name of the company or the circumstances of the collapse were not immediately clear. Rhodes said the incident will be investigated. News Source: https://lnkd.in/gAxRvV9i Video Source: https://lnkd.in/gmjvGn8f #ThinkInsideTheBox #TrenchSafety #ExcavateSafe #TrenchCollapse #TrenchRescue

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Think before you answer these 10 questions at an OSHA interview or deposition Or at least, let us object! 1. Who is in charge of safety at the site? (this shows a fundamental misunderstanding of safety) 2. Would it have been safer to do it this way? (what does “safer” mean?) 3. Why do you think the accident happened? (sure, you know your stuff, but you are not a retained expert) 4. What abatement have you performed? (this question may be well meaning, they all may, but it certainly implies that there was an underlying violation to begin with) 5. How often do you conduct inspections at the worksite? (remember, this is a lawyer talking, but: what’s an inspection?) 6. Who controlled the work? (I don’t know what control means and I’m not sure courts even know what control means; (in a Joe Pesci manner) control how!?) 7. Were you supervising the workers? (if you are a working foreman, maybe in someways, yes, but in another ways, no) 8. Did your employee violate a company safety rule? (you absolutely better be ready for this question because this is an element of the oftentimes raised unpreventable employee misconduct affirmative defense – if you get that question, the inspector knows exactly why he or she is asking it!) 9. Why didn’t you do this or that? (it would be nice if all witnesses could just say I have no idea, but they probably can’t do that and have a good result - so, if OSHA thinks something was missing on site, let’s say PPE, you need to explain why if there is a reason; otherwise you’re probably in trouble!) 10. Did you know that workers were performing that activity? (if you’re a supervisor, OSHA is gunning for knowledge, a critical element - one of four – that OSHA must prove to establish a violation and one of the elements that employers oftentimes argue cannot be proven) When it comes to OSHA interviews or depositions, you not only need to tell the truth (please do that), but you ALSO need to know, precisely, WHY the questions are being asked! Remember folks, at this stage, this is all legal! #OSHA #safety

It”s a common practice in concrete placement for drivers to work extremely long and odd hours. It would be interesting to see if that is a factor in addition to the obvious, the cocaine use. https://lnkd.in/eqZ9xfsu

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