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Common OSHA Violations Report

Industry News
Every year, The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) releases its 10 most commonly violated workplace safety standards of the previous fiscal year. According to OSHA, “far too many preventable injuries and illnesses occur in the workplace,” so they publish this annual list of common OSHA violations to keep employers…
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MEWP Versus AWP – What Is the Difference?

Heavy Equipment Training
Demand for work at heights requires safe and repeated access to elevated areas. Erecting structures to reach great heights may create obstruction, incur costs, and take up space. One solution to this challenge was found in mobile elevating work platforms (MEWP). Until recently, mobile elevated work platforms were known as…
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How to Set Up a Mobile Crane

Mobile Crane Operator Training
Thanks to mechanization, construction and heavy industries have enjoyed exponential efficiency in operation as compared to exclusively employing human labor. Among the machines greatly credited for this is the mobile crane. As with any heavy mechanical utility, care and caution must be taken when using them to avoid harm to…
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Using a Backhoe for Snow Removal

Heavy Equipment Training
Snow, although beautiful, can be a hazard to the machines we have come to rely on in our everyday lives. Snow hinders movement, and the accompanying low temperatures demand more energy for heating and insulation. Through the years, it has become necessary to properly move snow off roads to facilitate…
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What is a Skid Steer?

Heavy Equipment Training
A skid steer, also known as a skid loader, skid-steer loader, or skidsteer is a compact, rigid, industrial vehicle primarily employed in moving loads. Common designs have a bucket attachment on the front, controlled by arms that extend on either side of the vehicle to the rear, where they are…
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How to Become a Vacuum Truck Operator

Heavy Equipment Training
Many industries sometimes produce non-recyclable (and potentially dangerous) waste fluids, whose handling, transport and disposal should be done with care. Safe transportation of waste materials is the driving force that has seen the spread and improvement of the use of vacuum trucks, or more colloquially, ‘vac trucks’. Schedule On Site…
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Different Types of Rigging Licenses

Industry News
With the expansion and development of both the construction and heavy industries, it has become more necessary to move heavier and heavier loads more often. Heavy equipment is used to easily shift or load general materials such as soil or gravel to trucks for transport. However, a very specific piece…
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What is a Forklift?

Forklift Operator
One of the greatest daily demands of the heavy equipment industry is the fast, safe, and efficient movement of loads between locations. Several implements and utilities have been developed toward this, and among them, especially when working within buildings, is the forklift. A forklift is a small (relatively, when compared…
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