http://www.builderonline.com/construction/safety/jobsite-safety/Default.aspx?view=rss&id=Query_tcm1029714http://www.builderonline.com/safety/professional-ladder-utility-system.aspx?rssLink=Professional+Ladder+Utility+SystemUtility Player. You can always use some storage space up on a ladder and the Professional Ladder Utility System offers it. The unit contains a ladder mount, tool bucket with carrying handle, and a universal tool holder. Other features include a safety latch, safety strap, and leveling adjustment block. Cost: $22. Creative Sales. 866-869-8115.http://www.builderonline.com/warranties/command-performance.aspx?rssLink=Command+PerformanceBy implementing and continually refining a comprehensive commitment to quality management, Atlantic Builders has since reduced warranty costs to one-quarter of 1 percent of its annual revenue, a savings of about $2,200 per house. The company also has shaved more than a month off its per-house cycle time, raised its customer satisfaction and referral rates, reduced final inspection defects by 75 percent, and experienced no jobsite injuries.http://www.builderonline.com/business/justice-prevails.aspx?rssLink=Justice+PrevailsThe NAHB's first venture before the U.S. Supreme Court as a named party resulted in a great victory for members earlier this summer. In a 5-4 decision, the court ruled in favor of our position that the EPA did not need to consider listed endangered species when handing Clean Water Act permitting authority over to the state of Arizona.http://www.builderonline.com/business/nahb-briefs-550646.aspx?rssLink=NAHB+Briefs%3a+August+2007- Online registration is now open for the 2008 International Builders' Show. - The NAHB urges lawmakers not to abandon efforts to overhaul the nation's immigration laws. - The NAHB produces two new products to increase jobsite safety and reduce the chance of job-related accidents.http://www.builderonline.com/jobsite-safety/communication-breakdown.aspx?rssLink=Communication+BreakdownUNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, Pulte Homes' annual shareholders' meeting in Birmingham, Mich., on May 10 would have been uneventful: The builder declared a 4-cent quarterly dividend, and its CEO, Richard Dugas, lamented sodden market conditions.http://www.builderonline.com/mortgages-and-banking/cost-of-living.aspx?rssLink=Cost+of+LivingAmerica is experiencing a serious housing affordability crisis that affects the quality of life of millions of families by locking them out of homeownership or forcing them to make significant financial and personal trade-offs to buy or rent a home.http://www.builderonline.com/safety/nahb-briefs-497887.aspx?rssLink=NAHB+Briefs%3a+May+2007- The NAHB and the International Code Council announce the appointment of members of the Consensus Committee on the National Green Building Standard. - The NAHB recently announces the release of its latest safety product, the Home Builders' Safety Program. - Four NAHB member developers win the 2007 Building with Trees Awards of Excellence from The National Arbor Day Foundation. http://www.builderonline.com/safety/safety-first-434543.aspx?rssLink=Safety+First-434543Without adequate safety and health policies in place, jobsite injuries are inevitable. One of the most important tools any builder can give to employees is adequate on-the-job training to prevent work-place injuries.http://www.builderonline.com/awards/nahb-briefs-362127.aspx?rssLink=NAHB+Briefs%3a+September+2006+no.+2- The Home Builders Institute, partners with Retention Education to develop an English as a second language learning tool for the residential construction industry. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers agrees to stop enforcing the so-called Philadelphia Ditch Rule. - The NAHB creates a new, quarterly e-newsletter exclusively for consumers.http://www.builderonline.com/safety/safety-concerns.aspx?rssLink=Safety+ConcernsConstruction is an inherently dangerous industry: Workers use sharp, powerful tools and caustic chemicals, lift heavy weights, and work at sometimes dizzying heights. Jobsite safety issues are magnified for immigrant workers, who are particularly susceptible to getting hurt on the job.http://www.builderonline.com/safety/star-power.aspx?rssLink=Star+PowerSeattle builder takes jobsite safety to the next level.http://www.builderonline.com/safety/nahb-briefs-227044.aspx?rssLink=NAHB+Briefs%3a+December+2005- The House of Representatives passes legislation to strengthen the regulation of government-sponsored enterprises. - The Home Builders Institute has been selected by Washingtonian magazine as one of the D.C. metropolitan area's “Great Places to Work.” - The NAHB launches the Seiders on Housing blog.http://www.builderonline.com/safety/jobsite-safety-189929.aspx?rssLink=Jobsite+Safety-189929PRINCIPAL GEOLOGIST THE SOURCE GROUP comments on front cover and some articles to the Jul.,2005 issue of health and safety.http://www.builderonline.com/safety/jobsite-safety.aspx?rssLink=Jobsite+SafetyComments on article from the Jul., 2005 issue ("Working Without a Net,” page 108).http://www.builderonline.com/business/burning-issues.aspx?rssLink=Burning+IssuesDAWN WAS BREAKING ON A mid-April morning when fire and rescue teams responded to a call that a house under construction by a local builder in Sammamish, Wash., was burning.http://www.builderonline.com/safety/oregons-safety-trail.aspx?rssLink=Oregon's+Safety+TrailGARY STONEWALL, SAFETY DIRECTOR for R&H Construction in Portland, Ore., says that back in the late 1980s and early 1990s, home builders really didn't have much of a choice when it came to workers' compensation insurance.http://www.builderonline.com/safety/partner-up-for-safety.aspx?rssLink=Partner+Up+For+SafetyFor builder and developer Shea Homes, a proactive approach to safety has been so successful that its California operations earned an award from the state-administered Cal/OSHA program. It's a notable achievement: To qualify for the Cal/SHARP (Safety and Health Recognition Achievement Program) award, companies have to show an injury record better than 90 percent of the industry.http://www.builderonline.com/safety/cutting-injuries-cutting-costs.aspx?rssLink=Cutting+Injuries%2c+Cutting+CostsTHE INJURIES WERE FRIGHTENING in both their severity and their frequency. Framing crews were the most common source of accidents. One framer fell from a scaffold, breaking his wrist and tearing the rotator cuff in his shoulder. Another tore ligaments in his knee when he leaned against a safety rail that gave way. Still another fell off a wall, breaking his elbow and tearing his tricep muscle. An excavation crew member broke his leg when he was caught in a trench cave-in.http://www.builderonline.com/safety/safety-enforcers.aspx?rssLink=Safety+EnforcersYOU CAN LEARN A LOT BY TALKING with OSHA inspectors. First, they're not jack-booted thugs who are out to get you. Second, they do have a mission, and if you get in the way of that mission, you may pay the price.http://www.builderonline.com/safety/women-at-work.aspx?rssLink=Women+At+WorkIT WAS A CRY FOR HELP IN CYBERSPACE: “Anyone know where I can find a pair of safety glasses that will fit me?! I am so tired of mine slipping down while my hands are too busy to push them back up!”