Safety Tips

Cal Beyer and John Hickey discuss the Asphalt Pavement Association of Oregon’s mental health and suicide prevention efforts

CrewMinders, Atlanta, is a frontline employee engagement platform that can send text messages to your crew, including daily safety check-ins, training materials and safety information.

Construction makes up less than 6 percent of the U.S. workforce, but accounts for 12 percent of struck-by injuries and 17 percent of struck-by fatalities. We can greatly reduce this number if we have solid internal and external traffic control plans, reduce worker fatigue and look toward technology to help. Check out these 9 expert suggestions to prevent struck-bys

Near misses, like walking between a backing haul truck and the paver, can be tough to track in the field. But these are valuable leading indicators that, if tracked and corrected, can prevent injuries and save lives. Check out how the app Safesite is making it easier to note near misses on the go.

Construction workers often share the same equipment and the same work vehicles, which can become costly and time consuming to continuously have to clean, especially during the pandemic. GTech Clean is an EPA approved spray, from GTech Protection, a division of Force Training Institute, which is designed to kill 99.9 percent of bacteria and viruses […]

Infectious disease exposure control plans won’t end when COVID-19 does. Check out these 5 steps to stop the spread of infectious diseases.

Four types of lighting every paving and preservation job site should have: hazard/warning lights, ground lighting, scene lighting and surface lighting.