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NYSIF.com has added 17 new titles to its “Safety Matters” safety training construction series for contractors both big and small. The series, developed to bring NYSIF’s workplace safety message to construction job sites throughout the state, focuses on four main causes of the most serious construction injuries: falls, electrocution, struck by, and excavations.
“We are pleased to expand our offerings of safety training materials to the construction industry in New York State,” NYSIF CEO/Executive Director David P. Wehner said, announcing the new series.
Added CEO Wehner: “NYSIF has a full range of safety training resources, safety posters and safety checklists available on our web site applicable in virtually any business, as well as topics specific to a variety of industries in New York.”
NYSIF.com contains one of the largest libraries of free work place safety resources made available by any workers’ compensation insurance carrier. NYSIF.com has more than 240 safety-related topics, articles, posters, checklists and other tools to limit liability all free for downloading by any visitor to the web site.
The 17 new titles increase the construction series total to 20. Based on OSHA training materials, the colorful, one-page handouts may be used by all contractors to promote safety on the job site.
Titles in the Safety Matters Construction Series include: Preventing Injuries and Fatalities; Guardrail Systems; Improper Scaffold Construction; Misuse of Portable Ladders; Personal Fall Arrest Systems; Safety Net Systems; Safety Net Systems Drop Testing; Unguarded Protruding Steel Rebar; Contact With Power Lines; Equipment Not Used in the Manner Prescribed; Flexible Extension Cords; Missing or Discontinuous Path to Ground; Power Tool Safety Tips; Constructing Masonry Walls; Falling/Flying Objects; Struck by Vehicles; Failure to Inspect Trench and Protective Systems; No Protective Systems; Unsafe Access and Egress; and Unsafe Spoil Pile Placement.