Construction Safety Articles

ASSP announces leadership changes on two ANSI/ASSP standards committees that work to advance occupational safety and health across the country. Thomas Kramer, P.E., CSP, is the new chair of the Z359 Fall Protection Committee while John Johnson, CSP, is now the chair of the A10 Safety Requirements for Construction and Demolition Operations Committee.

Brian Hammer of the ASSP TR-Z590.5 Committee explains the steps you can take to help your organization prevent and prepare for an active shooter situation.

Violence in workplaces across the country is a growing problem. ASSP has taken a new step to help curb the risk of workplace incidents involving active shooters. ASSP published a technical report that can help guide companies to safer environments and a coordinated response should a hostile event occur.

Risk assessment serves many purposes for an organization, including reducing operational risks, improving safety performance and achieving objectives.

In May 2018, OSHA issued an internal memorandum outlining the procedures for inspectors to follow when using drones as part of a work site inspection. To date, no link to the document is publicly available.

John Johnson, ANSI/ASSP A10 Committee chair, discusses how the ANSI/ASSP A10 series of standards offers guidance on how to improve safety and health on construction and demolition sites.

These safety pioneers had vision and made life safer for others. They were innovators and inspirations—and they made a difference.

OSHA has issued a final rule that eliminates the requirement for establishments with 250 or more employees to electronically submit information from OSHA Form 300 and Form 301 each year. These establishments must still maintain those records on-site and must continue to submit information from their Form 300A.

U.S. Department of Labor plans to initiate significant hikes in the civil penalties imposed by OSHA and MSHA that will take affect once the government shutdown ends and the increases can be published in the Federal Register.

OSHA offers a collection of resources to help employers prevent falls in the workplace, the leading cause of worker fatality in the construction industry, including videos, training materials, fact sheets and its annual stand-down campaign.