http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theeagle/obituary.aspx?pid=166954994 Jimmie Wayne Hinze, 67, of College Station, went to be with his Lord and Savior on September 12, 2013 after a courageous battle with cancer. Visitation will be held at the Foehner Funeral Home, Burton, Texas, on Sunday, September 15, 2013 from 5 until 7 p.m. Services will be at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church […]
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OSHA Part 1926: Construction Safety Standards Overview The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Part 1926 is a critical set of safety standards specifically designed to protect construction workers in the United States. With the overarching aim of minimizing workplace accidents, injuries, and fatalities, these regulations play a pivotal role in ensuring that construction sites […]
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More research, notes, class information, and presentations are available on this archive of Professor Hinze’s homepage
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Taken from https://web.archive.org/web/20100625083958/http://web.dcp.ufl.edu/hinze/Research-Ideas.htm Research Topics Safety Training Training is perhaps the single most important aspect of a safety program. A training module will be developed that will help to educate the worker on the basics of construction safety. The training module will be in the form of a three-dimensional construction that can be traversed and the training […]
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Germany Exchange Program Detmold, Germany
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Wind Wind can be a killer on a construction projectConsider the following cases in which fatalities occurred Average of 47 wind-related deaths per year in the United StatesDeaths Due to Windgust of wind blew a cover off an enclosure on a tower under construction.worker yelled a warning to personnel below.a worker at the 400′ level […]
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Noiseand Hearing Protection Well Known Fact!
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Weed Wackers (Download) Weed Wackers Description A weed wacker works on the principle that a line that is turned fast enough is held out from its housing (the rotating reel) very stiffly by centrifugal force. The faster it turns the stiffer the line. Even round-section nylon line is able to cut grass and slight, woody plants […]
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Trowels (Download) Trowels Description A trowel is a hand tool used to dig, smooth, or move small amounts of material such as mortar, grout or cement. Source: Extracted from www.Wikipedia.com 2009 History The trowel is traced to use prior to the 14 th century. In 1344 a trowel was known as a tool used to […]
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Squeegees (Download) Squeegees What is a Squeegee Flat, smooth rubber bladed tool Some have a foam sponge adjacent to the blade Has been used in many ways Patented for window cleaning in 1936 Used to control water flow Squeegee Uses Originally used to clean boat decks Used on horses Used in photography and t-shirt printing […]
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Spiders (Download) Spiders Spiders Why spiders are dangerous? Possess venom Toxic to humans in the quantities which can be delivered by a single bite of a single spider at one time. the symptoms of their bites can include necrotic wounds systemic toxicity death 98-99% of spider bites are harmless http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_bite Spiders Most dangerous spiders in […]
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