Safety
Safety
Working Toward Affordable, Resilient Homes
A new natural disaster protection act from NAHB aims to support hazard mitigation projects
Construction Practices
Crawl Spaces to Basements: Proceed with Caution
Converting a crawl space to other uses can upgrade a home and add significant value, but when done incorrectly, it can also be disastrous
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NAHB Releases Remodeler Jobsite Safety Plan Outlines
NAHB recently released a remodelers safety & health program for small remodeling businesses
Checking Your Client’s Chimneys? Look For These Common Damages
Brick spalling, crumbling, moisture—these failures result from a lack of chimney maintenance. As fall approaches, remodelers must ensure their client…
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Accidents Happen: A Quick Guide to a Table Saw Worst-Case Scenario
Here are some tips on what to do immediately after a table saw injury, just in case.
A Question of Liability: Table Saws in the Courtroom
Court battles for table-saw related issues, such as flesh-sensor patents and lawsuits by injured table saw users, have been subject of legal controversy.
A Clean Cut: A Look Into Surgery for Table Saw Related Injuries
Fingers reattached at a good facility are 80 to 90 percent successful, but that doesn’t include all of the people who are not candidates for the surgery.
The Cutting Edge: Flesh-Sensing Technology in Remodeling
What is flesh-sensing technology, how does it work, and will it become the new standard for power tools?
Jobsite Accidents and Your Business
What happens if there’s a fatal accident on one of your jobsites?
Gray Area: Lead Paint and Freddie Gray
Freddie Gray was poor and black and lead-poisoned. The combination proved deadly.
Safety: Closer Scrutiny of Contractors by OSHA
If your workers aren’t wearing fall protection gear, might as well put up a poster asking OSHA for a fine
Legal: Protection from Falling Construction Debris
Construction projects are often the center of legal matters when the danger of falling debris threatens unsuspecting passersby and adjacent…
OSHA’s Proposed Silica Rule
A look at the changes—the first in more than 40 years—and how they will affect our industry
More Consumers Worried About Health Risks in Their Homes
Harvard Joint Center study shows growing concern among homeowners about invisible pollutants