In 1983, a young student engineer was being shown around a dam site where he was to start work on a construction project. As part of the student’s introduction to the site, the employee showing him around took him to a drain area to show him how to measure water in the chamber. The...
Approaching old risks in a new way using an eco-system of workplace wearables and cloud-based analytics. Armed with reliable data about what's happening on the ground you can refine your methods and tailor controls faster. Actively protect the health and wellbeing of your workers by engineering...
Fall prevention and protection is a primary focus of construction industry safety programs. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, falls are the number one cause of construction-worker fatalities, accounting for one-third of on-the-job injury deaths in the industry. Risk solut...
A person who works at ab abattoir can be referred to as a slaughterhouse worker or abattoir employee. However, anyone who works with the processing of meat can also be referred to as a butcher. What does abattoir mean? An abattoir means a slaughterhouse or a place where livestock is brought...
Tail risk means a risk that occurs either where the frequency of low probability events is higher than expected under a normal probability distribution or where there are observed events of very significant size or magnitude. Erection, construction, remodeling, repairing means all types of work done...
Construction companies have a duty to protect worker health and safety as far as reasonably practicable. This is required as part of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, which places general duties on employers to ensure that people are not exposed to unnecessary risks. There’s an ...
Materials are classified according to their imaginable welfare characteristics, whether severe (momentary) or long-term (advanced) damage to well-being may occur rapidly (very severely) for cases of rupture, disease, irritated eyes, or cover, or may occur and continuously for a long time (long ...
Introduction Research and practice have demonstrated that decisions made prior to work at construction sites can influence construction worker safety. However, it has also been argued that most architects and design engineers possess neither the knowledge of construction safety nor the knowledge of ...
Define Cyber Risks. include but are not limited to (i) Security Breaches, which may include Disclosure of Personal Information to an Unauthorized Third Party; (ii) breach of any of the Consultant’s obligations under Article 10 of this Agreement; (iii) i
From Day One of his presidency, Trump’s actions have repeatedly tested legal norms. Here’s a daily timeline of his most questionable moves. Alan KronenbergFeb. 18, 2025 Economy Sees Winter Chill Under Trump The threats of a wide range of tariffs on U.S. imports may be slowing consumer ...