Construction Safety Week Celebrates 10 Years: Value Every Voice

Celebrating a decade of dedication to enhancing worker protection, Construction Safety Week marks its 10th anniversary from May 6-10, 2024. With this year’s theme, “Value Every Voice,” the event highlights the significance of every individual’s role in fortifying safety within the workplace. This initiative has brought significant advancements in safety protocols over the years, shifting industry practices towards placing the utmost importance on worker safety.Construction Safety Week, in collaboration with OSHA, presents an industry-wide safety pause through the National Safety Stand-Down focusing on fall prevention. This effort aims to create the largest synchronized safety event to date, with safety stand-down activities occurring at nationwide sites. As the construction sector traditionally faces higher incident rates, such concerted initiatives are pivotal in cementing safety as a foundational work culture value.

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Continuous Commitment to Safe Practices

The annual Construction Safety Week is a time to acknowledge the field’s safety progress over the past decade and to strengthen the industry’s pledge to enhance safety standards. Mortenson CEO and 2024 Safety Week Chair, Dan Johnson, emphasize that safety is an industry-wide duty.The event features the “My Voice, My Vote Giveaway,” motivating workers to contribute to safety conversations, with a significant prize underscoring the value of each individual’s input. With a focus on inclusivity, Construction Safety Week calls on both workers and companies to echo the theme of worker safety throughout the industry.To support the ongoing dialogue on safety, the week provides a wealth of resources in several languages via its website. These materials are crafted to promulgate a culture where safety talk is common and actions for worker protection are a collective obligation.