Firms Participate in National Safety Stand-Down May 2-6

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – In 2014, almost 40 percent of all construction fatalities were fall related, and all of these deaths were preventable. That’s the key message the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration wants to deliver to employers and workers alike during its third annual National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls from May 2-6. Falls continue to be the construction industry’s leading cause of death; each year, hundreds of workers die and thousands more suffer catastrophic, debilitating injuries. Despite these chilling statistics, the absence of proper fall protection remains the violation cited most frequently by federal safety … Read more

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Safety Ties Together Construction Industry

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WORCESTER, Pa. – More than 50 national and global construction firms have joined forces for the annual Safety Week, a construction industry-wide education and awareness event. Safety Week 2016 will be held May 2-6 to align with what the Occupational Safety & Health Administration and other federal agencies have set as the National Safety Stand-Down focusing on fall prevention on the job. Safety Week is an opportunity for people and companies – even competitors – to work together and rally around a common cause. During Safety Week, construction companies will take the opportunity to thank their employees for the commitment … Read more

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Top Benefits Revealed in Safety Culture Report

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NEW YORK, N.Y. – A new study from Dodge Data & Analytics establishes a safety culture spectrum based on the performance of 254 U.S. contractors on 33 leading indicators of a safety culture. The new Building a Safety Culture SmartMarket Report, available for free download at http://analyticsstore.construction.com/smartmarket-reports/Safety2016.html and produced in partnership with The Center for Construction Research and Training and United Rentals, along with 12 other supporting and contributing organizations, examines the wider use of safety management practices in the construction industry and more frequently achieved benefits for contractors at the high end of the safety culture spectrum compared to … Read more

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Three Steps to Enhancing the Crew’s Safety

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By Jenna Avitabile There has been a dramatic increase in urban development across the country. Parking lots, underused commercial properties and former industrial sites are more frequently being replaced by condominiums, apartments, townhouses and small-lot, single-family homes, as well as retail/mixed-use projects —including a rise in repurposing project sites in order to optimize usable space. With urban construction becoming much more dense — building against buildings and streets on all edges — innovative technologies, such as 3-D modeling and new cloud-based mobile safety methods, as well as ongoing corporate training, are being utilized more frequently and in tandem to enhance … Read more

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