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May 23 2021 Vol. XXII • No. 11
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Six Ways Electric Will Transfor m Our Wor k...8
Cur r y Supply Hosts LIve Stream Event in Ariz. ...10
Highway 1, California’s scenic highway that runs along the Pacific Coast, experienced a serious washout at Rat Creek in Monterey County on Jan. 28 when a post-fire debris flow from the Dolan Fire burn scar removed a 150-ft. wide, two-lane section of the roadway built in the 1930s. The debris flow, consisting of boulders, sediment and trees and vegetation, overwhelmed the existing culvert. The debris and water crashed down the canyon onto the highway, causing it to collapse and took a large portion of the hillside below it. This resulted in a full road closure 2 mi. north and 3 mi. south of Rat
By Irwin Rapoport
CEG CORRESPONDENT
Getting the Most Out Of Skid Steer Attachments...33
Attachment & Parts Section ......................33-37 Truck & Trailer Section .... ..................................43-45 Auction Section ........50-55 Business Calendar ........53 Advertisers Index ..........54
Construction/Repairs In order to initiate the repair process, the first step was to remove the debris. This was no easy task due to the instability of the ground to support the heavy equipment. Papich operators used a Cat 336 excavator and John Deere excavators. “We had more than 10 excavators at one time, most of them being largsee PAPICH page 32
Falling Through the Cracks
Table of Contents ............4 Aggregate & Recycling Section .....................17-23
Creek on the Big Sur Coast as crews from Papich Construction Company worked to rebuild the highway on unstable ground.
Holes On Job Sites Are Sometimes-Overlooked Safety Hazards Deaths from falls lead fatalities in construction. Construction workers just as often die from fall-through hazards as they do from work at elevations. In 2018, OSHA logged the preventable deaths of 320 workers. This year OSHA’s National Safety StandDown to Prevent Falls in Construction showcases the critical need for safety precautions both around holes and at height. Holes are defined by OSHA as gaps or spaces in a floor, roof, horizontal walking-working surface, or similar surface at least 2 in. at
By Lucy Perry
CEG CORRESPONDENT
see CRACKS page 42