BEST PRACTICES: Contractors taking steps to keep crews safe during outbreak

March 27, 2020 3:47 pm Leave a comment

The onramp to the Hoan Bridge is void of traffic on Tuesday in Milwaukee. Gov. Tony Evers issued an order that day closing businesses deemed to be nonessential, ordered no gatherings of any size and placed restrictions on travel across Wisconsin for a month in an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Businesses that have continued operating, including many construction companies, have been taking various precautions to lower the chances that their employees will get sick. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Working in an industry that state officials have deemed essential, Wisconsin construction crews haven't got the luxury of watching the COVID-19 outbreak unfold from home like many state residents.

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ON THE LEVEL: At AGC of GM, Burazin tries to ensure trades workers well-protected

December 19, 2019 12:36 pm Leave a comment

For Dan Burazin, going into construction required scarcely a moment’s consideration. He followed the trail blazed by his father, Raymond.

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OSHA wants public injury reports

November 7, 2013 2:52 pm Leave a comment

A proposed federal rule that would require construction companies make public the reports of any on-site injuries and illnesses is prompting concerns about how the information would be used.

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Federal shutdown threatens OSHA

September 30, 2013 4:31 pm Leave a comment

P.J. Egnaczk guides a steel cross member into place Aug. 30 on the new Innerbelt Bridge under construction in Cleveland. The Senate voted along party lines, 54-46, on Monday to reject the House demand to delay the nation’s health care overhaul in exchange for averting a partial government shutdown at midnight. If the government shuts down, federal OSHA inspectors would stop workplace inspections except in cases of imminent danger. (AP file photo by Mark Duncan)

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the construction industry it polices were bracing Monday for a possible federal government shutdown that would furlough most inspectors.

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The good side of the recession: Industry’s fatality numbers drop

August 26, 2011 4:30 pm Leave a comment

The recession saved lives in the construction industry.

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An enforced marriage

March 28, 2011 12:00 am Leave a comment

Changes to Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations cost contractor Matt Olk $1,500 last year.

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Daylight saving prompts calls for caution

March 6, 2009 3:11 pm Leave a comment

Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com There is always a rash of construction accidents on a Monday following the beginning of daylight saving time, warns Frank Keres. â€œThese arenâ€™t major catastrophic accidents,â€ said Keres, president of Construction Risk Associates Inc., Northbrook, Ill. â€œTheyâ€™re ...

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