Construction Site Safety, Regulations
March 5, 2024
Via: Construction DiveGlobal construction and engineering giant Bechtel has pledged $7 million over five years to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention in order to increase efforts to combat suicide in the industry. The donation is the largest the AFSP has ever […]
Construction Site Safety, Regulations
February 9, 2024
Via: ISHNWork in the construction industry often involves taking considerable, albeit often necessary, risks. For example, live wires present obvious electrocution hazards, and who can forget the images of rows of men in hard hats casually eating lunch while perched on […]
Construction Site Safety, Regulations
December 18, 2023
Via: ENRInspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration are switching out their traditional hardhats for more ANSI type II-certified safety helmets. The agency recommends people working in construction consider making a similar move, but has not […]
Construction Site Safety, Regulations
November 15, 2023
Via: ENRA proposed rule from the U.S. Dept. of Labor to broaden its regulation about employee representation on workplace safety inspections has drawn widespread opposition from contractors. The change would allow workers to select a representative employed by a third party. […]
Construction Site Safety, Regulations
November 1, 2023
Via: Construction DiveThe ordinance gives ISD the enforcement capacity to now issue violations, stop work, revoke permits and impose fines up to $300 on permit holders, developers, general contractors, construction managers and subcontractors found to be in non-compliance with the ordinance. Along […]
Construction Site Safety, Regulations
October 25, 2023
Via: ISHNThe Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Tuesday announced its most frequently cited workplace safety standards for fiscal year 2023. Eric Harbin, OSHA Region 6 administrator, presented the preliminary data for “OSHA’s Top 10” during the 2023 NSC Safety Congress […]
Construction Site Safety, Regulations
September 5, 2023
Via: ISHNThe General Duty Clause of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (Federal OSHA) requires employers to provide a workplace free from recognized hazards that may cause serious injury or death. This clause is often used by OSHA to enforce fall […]
Construction Site Safety, Regulations
August 31, 2023
Via: Construction DiveDOL’s announcement has been months in the making. During a June 2021 congressional hearing, former Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh told lawmakers the department was reviewing its overtime regulations, and the agency later confirmed a review shortly afterward. The agency […]
Construction Site Safety, Regulations
August 31, 2023
Via: Construction DiveWhile ABC said it will review the proposed rule and assess options for a legal challenge, unions came out in its favor. “NABTU supports DOL and OSHA ensuring construction workers have safe workplaces including ensuring that our union representatives, who […]
Construction Site Safety, Regulations
August 16, 2023
Via: ISHNConstruction businesses have significant safety responsibilities. Not only do companies have to ensure that finished buildings are suitable for safe use, but also that every step along the way to project completion includes hazard protection procedures. This can be challenging, […]
Construction Site Safety, Regulations
July 21, 2023
Via: ISHNThe U.S. Department of Labor today announced a notice of proposed rulemaking to clarify the personal protective equipment standard for the construction industry. The current standard does not state clearly that PPE must fit each affected employee properly, which the […]
Construction Site Safety, Regulations
July 17, 2023
Via: Construction DiveMassive heat waves have hit large swaths of the U.S. this summer, breaking records for high temperatures across the country. And it’s about to get worse. About 21% of U.S. residents live in areas where heat levels could become dangerously […]
Construction Site Safety, Regulations
July 6, 2023
Via: ISHNMore than 5,000 workers sustained a fatal injury in American workplaces in 2021. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), this figure is equal to one person every 101 minutes. While the number of fatal injuries has increased compared […]
Construction Site Safety, Regulations
May 3, 2023
Via: ISHNOSHA has begun a National Emphasis Program to prevent falls, the leading cause of fatal workplace injuries and the violation the agency cites most frequently in construction industry inspections. The emphasis program will focus on reducing fall-related injuries and fatalities […]
Construction Site Safety, Regulations
May 1, 2023
Via: ENRThe Dept. of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is undertaking a nationwide effort to prevent falls in construction and all other industries. Falls are responsible for more worksite deaths than any other type of accident. In announcing the National […]
Construction Site Safety, Regulations
April 11, 2023
Via: Construction DiveOSHA plans to focus on roads, bridges, airports, rail, ports and power and water systems in the coming years, Ketcham said at an American Bar Association meeting in March. OSHA will be also be promoting safety helmets and suicide prevention, […]
Construction Site Safety, Regulations
March 21, 2023
Via: Construction DiveTutor Perini Corp., one of the largest contractors in the country, was cited 244 times for health and safety violations on its jobsites over the past decade — far more than any commercial or residential builder — and that doesn’t […]
Construction Site Safety, Regulations
March 2, 2023
Via: Construction DiveUnder the new rule, repeat citations can be issued for incidents surrounding lockout/tagout, machine guarding, permit-required confined spaces, respiratory protection, falls, trenching and for cases with other-than-serious violations specific to recordkeeping. OSHA’s rule change is designed to crack down on […]
Construction Site Safety, Regulations
February 22, 2023
Via: Construction DiveThe attorney general’s office alleged that GTA Co. left the excavated asbestos on the ground and in open dumpsters. The complaint also alleged that the contractor arranged for transport of the waste it failed to contain from the Everett and […]
Construction Site Safety, Regulations
February 14, 2023
Via: ISHNKey provisions: The employer must provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards. The program shall enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and shall train each employee in the procedures to […]