As construction season comes into the year’s home stretch throughout Nebraska, many companies will attempt to quickly ramp up new projects or speed through existing ones before the weather inevitably turns bad. Through all this, ensuring the continued safety of all...
What are the biggest safety hazards in manufacturing?
A variety of manufacturing outfits help to keep the economy of Omaha strong. However, working in manufacturing involves some inherent hazards that can put you at risk for injury. Your employer has a responsibility to manage these risks to make your workplace as safe...
How can improperly built scaffolding harm workers?
A rickety work platform can easily come crashing to the ground without any warning. Using proper building techniques for scaffolding is important for anyone in a construction crew. These elevated platforms can break down and cause serious injuries if workers are not...
How can scaffolding seriously endanger workers?
While working on a construction site, you may be unaware of the many hidden dangers that scaffolding presents for workers. Knowing how to properly construct and use a scaffold can help keep you and your fellow employees safe. Inability to hold the required weight...
Electrocution among the job hazards faced by construction workers
Working construction can be fulfilling, demanding and dangerous. Construction-related accidents can cause a variety of severe and debilitating injuries as well as death. Workers in this industry must be on the alert for any job hazards, and their employers must...
How construction falls can be prevented
Construction workers face some of the highest risks of any industry. In 2016, almost 50,000 workers suffered injuries that required them to miss work. Of all industries, construction workers are at the most risk of losing their lives in a fall. Construction accidents...
What are “the Fatal Four?”
As a worker in the construction industry in Nebraska, you can attest to the appeal such a career has to potential practitioners. The chance to ply your trade in an unconventional work setting is no doubt one of the most enticing elements. Yet that same unconventional...
The construction realm: challenging, opportunity-laden … and risky
Here’s an employment-realm adage that likely rings true for most people and wouldn’t be argued: The country’s varied occupational spheres are far from being equal when it comes to work risks. Put another way: Although work-linked injuries certainly exist for retail...
3 tips for maintaining your hard hat
If you work in construction, meatpacking, road repair or fulfillment, a good hard hat is essential. Therefore, before starting work, you should be sure you have donned all the personal protective gear necessary to stay safe. Once you choose the right hard hat for...
Why do falls happen in construction so often?
Nebraska construction workers like you face fall risks every day. You may not even know how many close encounters you have. But construction has one of the highest rates of fall incidents. Beyond that, it also has a staggering number of fall-related fatalities. Why...
