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All workers in the roadway work zone wearing ANSI/ISEA 107 Class 2 or Class 3 hi-vis apparel as specified in the TCP

Newsletter

A high-vis vest doesn't eliminate a blind spot.

Six practices for keeping people and moving equipment apart

Roofer in a harness, lanyard clipped to a lifeline, kneeling at an open roof-deck edge setting flashing

OSHA & ADOSH

Fall Protection Compliance Starts With the Foreman, Not Gear

Fall protection compliance breaks at the foreman, not the gear. What Safirst inspection data shows, and a 6:30 a.m. plan your foreman can run before the lift.

Fire extinguisher is mounted or secured — not left lying on the ground, in the back of a truck

Newsletter

The job ends. The ringing doesn’t.

Why “it’s only a minute” is the riskiest thing said next to a concrete saw

Clipboard on a truck tailgate holding a five-line plan sheet, every box ticked before the workday starts

Safety Culture

Why Construction Crews Take Shortcuts: The Missing Plan

Crews rarely skip a tie-off out of disrespect. They skip it when nobody planned for the day’s hazards. Why ‘just this once’ sticks, and the fix that works.

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Safety Culture

Construction Safety Management Software: Why You Need an Operating System, Not Another Spreadsheet

What construction safety management software should cover: training, expirations, inspections, toolbox talks, OSHA logs and TRIR/DART, in one system.

Shade or air-conditioned rest area accessible and within reasonable distance when the heat index exceeds 80 degrees F

Free Safety Tools

Injury Response Risk Score: Are You Ready for the First 24 Hours?

Nine questions on the first 24 hours after a jobsite injury: scene documentation, OSHA’s 8- and 24-hour reporting deadlines, claim speed and employee support.

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Pre-Work Planning

Toolbox Talk Topics That Actually Work: Match the Talk to the Hazard

Toolbox talk topics for construction, organized by phase, plus how to pick the right weekly topic and document attendance without paper.

All extension cords have ground pin intact; no damaged, frayed, or worn cords in use

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A charging battery. A garage fire. A retirement gift destroyed.

Five charging practices for the jobsite, and one check for home

Two Safirst staff, one in a wide-brim sun hard hat, standing at an OSB-sheathed wall spray-marked 'B2'

OSHA & ADOSH

OSHA 10 en español: qué es la tarjeta, quién la necesita y cómo evitar clases falsas

Qué es la tarjeta OSHA 10, quién debe tomar OSHA 10 u OSHA 30 y cómo detectar una clase falsa. Clases OSHA 10 en español con instructores autorizados.

One crew silhouette standing apart across open ground from a row of six facing him

Pre-Work Planning

Foreman Safety Leadership Is Standing You Build in Public

Foreman safety leadership is standing, not personality. See how public recognition builds it, what the first stand costs a foreman, and how to back him.

Three men in hi-vis vests and hard hats, backs to camera

OSHA & ADOSH

OSHA 10 Card: What It Is, Who Needs It, and How to Avoid Fake Classes

What the OSHA 10 card is and isn’t, who should take OSHA 10 vs. OSHA 30, and the red flags of a fake OSHA 10 class, from an authorized trainer.

At least one fully charged, serviceable fire extinguisher on site with current inspection tag

OSHA & ADOSH

Fire Extinguisher Inspection: What We Check, What We Find, and Why Monthly Isn’t Annual

A monthly fire extinguisher inspection checklist for construction sites, the four failures we find most, and how annual maintenance differs.

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Our whole toolbox talk library in one PDF, tied to the OSHA standard behind each talk. Print one, read it to your crew, get back to work.

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