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Few things are more important than learning from near-misses to improve safety.

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Construction industy not making any significant gains with fatalities

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If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Pay attention: OSHA has fined Broadway Concrete for 15 willful violations involving fall protection and unprotected rebar on a 50-story NYC building. Let’s not let it happen again.
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It’s time manufacturers acquired their facilities on a lean basis. They now can with lean design and construction.

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Herrero Contractors is currently the best of the lean contractors.

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Not speaking and not listening contribute in significant ways to the failure of projects. Take the pledge…act more responsibly…start speaking and listening.

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Boston Globe takes construction industry to task for poor management.

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Healthcare is learning from the Lean Six Sigma movement. Maybe it’s time construction learned from healthcare.

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Lean six sigma might save your life. Read what IHI is doing to eliminate accidental deaths in hospitals.

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Continuous improvement hits the medical community. Katie Couric features IHI’s 100k Lives campaign.

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Making work ready is the way to follow the rule “Only do work that is ready to be started and finished.”

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There is an immediate way to reduce construction jobsite hazards to improve safety. Adopt a single new rule.

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Tags: PMpractice, construction, lean, safety

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C.R. Meyer First GC to Earn VPP Star Status

by Hal on September 22, 2006

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IGLC-14: Production System Design

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OSHA Expands VPP with Construction

by Hal on July 21, 2006

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Time to get serious about construction safety. OSHA helps with VPP.

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Kaptur Holding OSHA Accountable

by Hal on July 1, 2005

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Toledo congresswoman holding OSHA and congress accountable for construction industry safety following four deaths involving Fru-Con employees at I-280 bridge.

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Excavation Safety

by Hal on February 17, 2005

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Who Do You Want at OSHA?

by Hal on December 9, 2004

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NSC’s Safety Congress & Expo

by Hal on September 19, 2004

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Let’s Hear a Big “Woo Hoo” for OSHA

by Hal on September 9, 2004

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GAO Says OSHA Needs Better Oversight of Fines

by Hal on September 2, 2004

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John L. Henshaw Defends OSHA

by Hal on August 23, 2004

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