by CERTEX | May 19, 2017 | Construction
If you’re beginning a career as a construction worker, it’s important to fully understand the potential risks. Most construction workers take pride in being tough, but it’s not just your safety at risk. You also have a responsibility to keep your...
by CERTEX | May 19, 2017 | Safety
While it might not seem like material handling requires much dangerous work, that’s a dangerous assumption. Especially when workers are handling extremely heavy materials like lumber or working with equipment like cranes, forklifts, and conveyors, workplace...
by CERTEX | Mar 16, 2017 | Safety
Without any fall arrest or safety equipment, a person can easily fall upwards of seven feet in two-thirds of a second. There’s just about nothing you can do in that amount of time to stop someone from falling, which means that safety equipment is absolutely...
by CERTEX | Feb 7, 2017 | Rigging Equipment
Shackles and other lifting gear have been used in our industry for many years. And although worker injuries and illnesses have recently decreased — in 1972, there were 10.9 incidents for every 100 workers, in 2011, there were 3.4 for every 100 — that...
by CERTEX | Jan 24, 2017 | Safety, Rigging Equipment
Moving construction materials is one of the first steps of any major construction process, aside from planning of course. It’s a necessary part of every project. Cranes, derricks, hoists, powered industrial trucks, and conveyors are all used for material...
