Pouring Concrete in Cold Weather: Tips Every Crew Should Know
The fall and winter seasons offer a welcome respite from blazing summer temperatures, but they also introduce special concerns for outdoor crews. Pouring concrete in cold weather can leave companies at risk of mechanical issues, safety concerns and costly issues in their finished concrete products. Planning ahead is the best thing a concrete or construction crew can do. Here, General Chipping's concrete chipping experts offer [...]
Concrete Truck Accidents: Stats and Suggestions
Concrete truck accidents are fairly common in construction and concrete work. And, although it makes sense, because crews are constantly traveling between pour sites and cement plants, the issue remains concerning. After all, it isn’t merely the vehicles that risk damage during concrete truck accidents. Nearby structures, businesses — and, most importantly, people — could find themselves facing serious injury or worse. (Especially when you [...]
Safe Practices Save Lives Around Your Ready Mix Concrete Truck
Your company’s ready mix concrete truck (or redi mix concrete truck, depending on your preferred spelling) helps get your crew where it needs to be. It allows you to get the job done, keep clients happy — and keep new business rolling in. Even so, that same concrete truck can introduce safety risks into the mix. Even the most safety-minded crews can find themselves so caught [...]
Eye Protection in Construction and Concrete Work
Personal protective equipment (PPE) such as eye protection in construction work can play a key role in keeping workers safe and able to carry out their jobs. Selecting the proper PPE, however, is easier said than done. A number of factors come into play during the selection process, from the specific tasks a crew is carrying out, to proper fit and whether a team member [...]
How Do I Protect My Team and Those Around Them from Cement Dust?
Concrete work is inherently dangerous, and on a variety of levels. Crews often find themselves working in extreme temperatures or around heavy traffic, and the physical strain can pack a punch. One hazard that often goes overlooked, however, is the cement dust created when emptying bags into mixers or breaking finished concrete. This seemingly innocuous substance (after all, who doesn’t come in contact with dust?) [...]