What you need to know about
safety
Safety is critical in the electrical industry to prevent severe or fatal accidents. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Lockout/ Tagout procedures, OSHA Compliance are essential for a safe work environment. A strong safety culture, incorporating regular training and hazard recognition is essential to mitigate risks. IEC can help with this!
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Diseases
Mosquito-Borne Diseases SHTP
Summer months are HOT, the Directorate of Technical Support and Emergency Management (DTSEM) announces the publication of the new Mosquito-borne Diseases SHTP. This resource conveys information to employers and outdoor workers about diseases carried by mosquitoes including West Nile, Dengue and malaria, and describes how to recognize and eliminate mosquito breeding sites at the workplace and prevent exposure to biting mosquitoes.
Safety & Health
What time do most construction worker injuries happen?
More construction workplace injuries occur around 9 a.m. than at any other time of the day, according to an analysis conducted by construction safety software provider HammerTech.
That insight, gained from a review of more than 75,000 construction incidents that occurred from 2018 to 2024, was published in Hammertech’s Safety at Scale 2025: Construction Insights from the Field report.
“It’s not an overwhelming spike,” the report states about the 9 a.m. statistic, “but it’s consistent enough to warrant attention. This timing generally sits just after site start-up, when crews are mobilized, work has ramped up and early planning is giving way to physical tasks. In many regions, it also coincides with the first scheduled break. More info.
