PPE

U.S. Congressional Representative Judy Chu (D-California) has introduced H.R. 3668. If enacted, the bill directs OSHA to issue a national standard to protect workers from heat-related injuries and illnesses.

Here’s an idea for safety, ease of communication and training. Invest in quality headsets that block the noise that damages hearing, but allow your workers to communicate easily and hands-free with each other.

iCone Products LLC, Cato, New York, developed its iCone real-time traffic message board system. Here’s how it works.

Have you heard the old fable about boiling a frog? It goes something like this: if you drop a frog into boiling water, it will immediately jump out. But, if you place it in tepid water and slowly bring it to a boil, the frog will not perceive the rising temperature. However morbid the metaphor […]

The team at PSS has developed the RoadQuake® RAPTOR™ Rumble Strip Handling Machine that fits on the front of a work truck to transport, deploy, realign and retrieve RoadQuake 2F Temporary Portable Rumble Strips (TPRS). Here’s how it works.

On June 23, 2018, the second phase of the OSHA permissible exposure limit (PEL) regulations go into effect for general industry and maritime. Here’s what you need to do if you’re an asphalt plant owner to safeguard the health of your workers from silica dust.

It’s an unfortunate fact that vehicle intrusions are one of the leading causes of death in the road construction industry, resulting in tens of thousands of work zone crashes and hundreds of fatalities each year. What’s even more devastating is that many of these fatalities could have been prevented. The National Highway Transportation and Safety […]