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It is not affiliated with the Maryland Home Improvement Commission and is not legal advice.","The free Maryland Contractor Simulator puts you in situations like these across a 40-day contracting career, narrated, with your license on the line. No account needed.","Law and codes cited",{"slug":16,"title":17,"subtitle":18,"description":19,"maxTurns":20,"characterCount":21,"scenarioCount":22},"maryland-contractor-simulator","Maryland Contractor Simulator","Learn the law by living it.","You just got your MHIC license application approved and you're starting your home improvement business in Maryland. Navigate real contractor scenarios — contracts, permits, clients, subcontractors, and inspectors. Every choice teaches you the law through consequence, not memorization. Master all five exam areas to pass.",40,20,147,{"slug":24,"title":25},"safety-hazards","Job-Site Safety & Hazardous Materials",{"slug":27,"title":28,"description":29,"takeaway":30,"situation":31,"speaker":34,"speakerDescription":34,"speakerAvatar":34,"audioUrl":35,"choices":36,"citations":47},"snow-ice-liability","Are you liable when someone slips on ice at your job site?","You can share liability with the homeowner when your work affects the paths, for example equipment packing snow into ice.","You can share liability with the homeowner when your work affects the paths, for example equipment packing snow into ice. Salt or sand the access routes, document the incident, and notify your liability insurer.",[32,33],"You're doing a winter renovation. There's ice on the walkway to the front door. The homeowner's mail carrier slips and falls on the icy path that your construction equipment has been using.","The mail carrier is hurt and looking for someone to blame.",null,"/media/voices/snow_ice_liability.mp3",[37,42],{"text":38,"verdict":39,"label":40,"explanation":41},"As the contractor actively using and affecting the walkway, you share responsibility for site safety. Report the incident, document conditions with photos, and notify your insurance. You should have been maintaining safe access throughout the project","best","Correct","When your construction activity affects access paths, you share premise liability during work hours. Salt, sand, or temporary mats on pathways your equipment uses is basic site safety. While the homeowner has primary premise liability, your construction activity's contribution to the hazard creates shared exposure. Document everything, notify your liability insurer, and implement ice management on all access paths for the remainder of the project.",{"text":43,"verdict":44,"label":45,"explanation":46},"It's the homeowner's property — their walkway, their ice, their problem","wrong","Oversimplified","If your construction activity affected the walkway conditions (equipment traffic packing snow into ice, water runoff from construction, blocked drainage), you share liability. As the contractor managing the job site, maintaining safe conditions for everyone who reasonably accesses the property is part of your duty. 'Not my property' doesn't release you from construction site safety obligations.",[],[49,52,55,58,61,64,67,68,71],{"slug":50,"title":51,"topic":24},"safety-violation-site","When does OSHA require guardrails on scaffolding?",{"slug":53,"title":54,"topic":24},"lead-paint-discovery","What does the EPA RRP rule require when you find lead paint?",{"slug":56,"title":57,"topic":24},"asbestos-in-basement","Can you remove suspected asbestos during a renovation?",{"slug":59,"title":60,"topic":24},"mold-discovery","What should you do when demolition uncovers mold?",{"slug":62,"title":63,"topic":24},"disposal-of-materials","How must renovation debris be disposed of?",{"slug":65,"title":66,"topic":24},"winter-weather-damage","Are you liable for weather damage to an unprotected job?",{"slug":27,"title":28,"topic":24},{"slug":69,"title":70,"topic":24},"neighbor-complaint","What hours can construction start in a Maryland neighborhood?",{"slug":72,"title":73,"topic":24},"neighbor-property-damage","What should you do when your crew damages a neighbor's property?",{"slug":65,"title":66,"topic":24},{"slug":69,"title":70,"topic":24},1792184485419]