By Sean Ryan The young guys on his carpentry crew pay more attention to stretching exercises after they hear John Niffenegger’s back crack when he gets off his knees during a flooring job. Niffenegger, who worked in a lumberyard carrying ...

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Brendan O’Brien Special to The Daily Reporter Along with death and taxes, summer road construction is one of life’s few guarantees for Wisconsinites. That means road workers on heavily traveled arteries, sometimes just feet from traffic. Technology offers new devices ...

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Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Wisconsin builders expect more OSHA safety inspections, more citations and more expensive penalties as the agency shifts its enforcement philosophy. In the last eight years, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration emphasized cooperative programs in which OSHA ...

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