Scaffolding tube Almost 5,000 railroad crossings across the nation are connected with traffic lights, according to the agency. “I have made improving railroad crossing safety a top priority of mine because I know that we can and must do be…

Ringlock scaffolding “Every day patients and health care providers are increasingly put at risk by workplace violence,” MNA Vice President Karen Coughlin, a registered nurse with the Department of Mental Health at Taunton State Hospital, s…

Ringlock scaffolding On March 8, the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security signed off on the legislation (S.1313 and H.1687). As of press time, the bills had yet to be placed into Senate and House committees …

Ringlock scaffolding Affected workers include agricultural workers, fishermen, construction workers, first responders and transportation workers. Workers in hot indoor environments, such as steel mills, warehouses and dry cleaners, also ar…

Scaffolding Capstan hoist and rigging safety is at the heart of a video from the National Association of Tower Erectors, unveiled March 22 during the 2016 International Wireless Communications Expo. The video is about three-and-a-half minu…