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You keep the country running

This community is dedicated to you folks out there building and maintaining the nuts and bolts of this country. Construction workers, facility engineers, welders, linesmen, contractors, farmers, and you. This is place to chat with other folks like you and share stories, work advice, whatever.

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Once you’ve uploaded a picture of yourself and filled out some info in your profile, you should head over and introduce yourself in our Hardworking Folk community Introductions story topic so everybody knows you’re here. Or if you’ve got a hobby or small business of your own why not post a shameless promotion? (please limit to one promotion per week!)

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pelican work light
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The 9430 on the job
The 9430 on the job
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Safety with legos: Don’t touch that power transformer
Safety with legos: Don’t touch that power transformer
Safety with legos: Don’t talk while using power tools
Safety with legos: Don’t talk while using power tools
Jackson
Custom Kitting for Industry Specific Items
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New Arc Flash explosion video demonstration page
New Arc Flash explosion video demonstration page
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Hardworking folk
Hardworking folk
Lot’s of arc flash and arc flash protective clothing information
Lot’s of arc flash and arc flash protective clothing information
clean hands
clean hands
This is how you pick up a sheet of plywood (sexy version)
This is how you pick up a sheet of plywood (sexy version)
This is how you pick up a sheet of plywood
This is how you pick up a sheet of plywood
Lock Out Tag Out safety presentation
Lock Out Tag Out safety presentation
Fire safety slide show
Fire safety slide show
beingzoe
How do you load a Bobcat onto a flatbed?
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Infamous Redneck Mansion…not really
Infamous Redneck Mansion…not really
Modern day high rise workers video
Modern day high rise workers video
Introduction
Introduction
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Man moves pyramid sized building blocks…by himself!
Man moves pyramid sized building blocks…by himself!
Construction work injuries on the rise
Construction work injuries on the rise
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Workplace Safety: Lack of training can kill
Workplace Safety: Lack of training can kill
Workplace Safety: Distractions can kill
Workplace Safety: Distractions can kill
Workplace Safety: Ignoring safety procedures can kill
Workplace Safety: Ignoring safety procedures can kill
K A G
Flame Retardant Clothing
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Work with a utility? If you can’t find it at CoTradeCo, try these guys…
Work with a utility? If you can’t find it at CoTradeCo, try these guys…
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Facility Management information from GreenerBuildings
Facility Management information from GreenerBuildings
Philips beyond electronics: Off the grid – Sustainable Habitat 2020
Philips beyond electronics: Off the grid – Sustainable Habitat 2020
beingzoe
pickle
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Learn more about the CoTradeCo Guest Blogger program

We are excited to launch our Guest Blogger program in January. Visit our Guest Blogger sign up and information page.

Coming January 21st

Credit processing for new businesses
Ryan Bates, Credit Processing International by

in the Business Interests community
Insider tips on setting up credit card processing for your business from an account manager.
Coming January 21st

Composting at home
by Tammy Bowser, Gardener & Environmentalist

in the Green Life community
Tammy, a long time environmentalist and certified composter and worm bin operator (and member of the CoTradeCo community), shares some advice on how to get started composting at home to reduce trash, gain valuable soil for home gardening projects, and generally make the world a better place.
Coming January 21st

Honor Crew Stagehands program
by Donna J. Flor, California Center For the Arts

in the Stagehands community
Donna J. Flor, technical director at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido, discusses the newly created Honor Crew Program where high school students from around North San Diego County are given the opportunity to run a professional show in a working venue.
What about you or your company?

Your article here
by You, your speciality

in Any community
Everybody is a specialist in something. Share your knowledge and get some exposure for your business, projects, and ideas.
Coming January 28th

Tips for renting a theater
by David Symanski, California Center For the Arts

in the Stagehands community
David Symanski, Rental Coordinator at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido, discusses tips, tricks, and advice for maximizing your experience, event, and show when renting a theater.

About this community

JOIN the Hardworking Folk community
Real people; getting the job done

A place for everybody who works in the trenches maintaining and engineering modern society and keep our world running. Discuss work, share stories, and relate.

Most of the time we are invisible, but we keep the world running. You see our trucks driving down the freeway full of cargo, on the way to repair the infrastructure of civilization, fixing those roads, building homes, offices, retail outlets, maintaining and improving those same buildings. We get power, water, and telecommunications to you. You call us when something breaks.

If the above describes you, welcome. You have found a group of people who like talking shop. Share your experiences, your frustrations, your successes, and even your failures. Help fellow hardworking folk out if they have questions or need advice.

And we all want to see pictures of your job sites, the facility you maintain, and all the interesting stuff you see from our unique vantage points. So post some pictures and tell us about them.

If not don’t hesitate to post a story with questions and comments. While we tend to be invisible and working sometimes thankless jobs, we are good hardworking people who would be happy to talk with you.

Useful stuff for Hardworking Folk

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Safety

NIOSH Safety and Health Topic. Articles and resources from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

Electronic Library of Construction safety. eLCOSH is intended to provide accurate, user-friendly information about safety and health for construction workers from a wide range of sources worldwide.

News and blogs

Publications and resources

Safety assistance, training, software

  • WHAM software products include WHAM-JSA for job safety analysis, WHAM-Ergo for job safety and ergonomic analysis WHAM-Lock for lockout/tagout and WHAM-Risk for risk assessment procedure creation. Created by Automated Workplace Safety, Inc., a software development and systems company.

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