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The South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation’s (LLR) Division of Labor recognized a total of 41 South Carolina businesses for their demonstrated commitment to safety at an awards reception in Columbia on Tuesday, April 25, 2017. More than half of this year’s South Carolina-Safety Award recipients were from the construction industry. View full…
To honor the 41 South Carolina businesses selected for the 2017 Safety Awards, the SC Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation’s Division of Labor is hosting a reception at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 25, 2017, in the Denny Auditorium on the South Carolina Fire Academy’s Campus, 141 Monticello Road, Columbia, SC 29203. The event…
A new study designed to improve the safety of construction workers was recently unveiled by the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of America. Association officials said the new safety study is designed to help construction firms prevent workplace fatalities and injuries. “We all share a common goal: getting to zero construction fatalities,” said Stephen E. Sandherr, the association’s chief…
Firms working on the Daniel Island Mixed-Use project celebrated a significant safety milestone this week. Choate Construction and its subcontractors celebrated clocking 100,000 man-hours with zero lost time injuries on the Daniel Island Mixed-Use project. Choate’s commitment to worker safety is represented through the OneLife safety identity. The 597,523-SF site is constantly bustling with multiple subcontractors and…
WorkplaceAware, an app and web-based safety and operations reporting solution, has dramatically increased the number of near miss and safety issue reports submitted by employees at workplaces like Rehrig Pacific Company, a large scale injection molding company and Paperworks Industries, a full-service packaging provider. Paperworks Industries reports a 300 percent increase in hazard reporting over…
