Cottrell Contracting Corporation is proud to announce that it had zero accidents and incidents and zero loss time in 2017. Cottrell’s safety success happened quickly but not overnight. Policies and procedures were improved, and safety gear was upgraded. Stop work authority and education were made high priorities. Drones and other technologies were adopted to improve […]
The Council for Dredging and Marine Construction Safety (CDMCS) held its quarterly meeting on October 25, 2017 in Washington, D.C., with 10 representatives from member companies present. “‘One of the goals of the group,’ [Devon] Carlock said, ‘is to create uniform standards for safety, including the hiring of qualified safety personnel.’” The next CDMCS quarterly […]
The Council for Dredging and Marine Construction Safety (CDMCS) held its quarterly meeting on May 4 in Washington, D.C., with 10 representatives from member companies present. “Our Meeting went extremely well,” CDMCS Co-Chair Devon Carlock told IDR. “We had in-depth conversations of safety polices and best practices, and the members shared programs and training resources […]
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: OSHA is extending its November 10, 2014, deadline for employers to ensure that crane operators are certified by three years, until November 10, 2017. OSHA is also extending its employer duty to ensure that crane operators are competent to operate a crane safely […]
OSHA announced it will propose to extend the compliance date of its crane operator certification requirement by three years, to Nov. 10, 2017. The proposal would extend to that same date the existing phase-in requirement that employers ensure their operators are qualified to operate the equipment. These come from OSHA’s final standard on requirements for […]
