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OSHA wants WI's construction industry workers to have resources for
This weekend's intense temperatures recalled a standard summer concern for Wisconsin's construction industry: heat stroke.
Tags: construction industry, OSHA, worker
Research articles 2005-07-26
OSHA's general industry confined space standard may apply to you.
Construction contractors often work in different facilities and in various types of confined spaces. OSHA's general industry standard for confined spaces (29 CFR 1910.146) usually doesn't apply to the construction industry, because the agency determi Construction contractors often work in different facilities and in various...
Tags: construction industry, OSHA
Research articles 2003-03-01
OSHA Program Tailored to Construction.
Compiled by Carl Molesworth U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administrator Ed Foulke has unveiled a nationwide Voluntary Protection Program initiative aimed at meeting the unique needs and characteristics of the constru Compiled by Carl Molesworth...
Tags: construction industry, OSHA
Research articles 2006-09-04
OSHA wants WI's construction industry workers to have resources for
(This article originally ran in the Daily Reporter, Milwaukee, WI., another Dolan Media publication).
Tags: construction industry, OSHA
Research articles 2005-07-29
OSHA Accepting Applications for New Voluntary Protection Program in the Construction Industry
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Tags: construction industry, OSHA
Research articles 2006-10-05
Contractors struggle with OSHA standard. (Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Hazard Communication Standard )
Contractors Struggle With OSHA Standard What are 500,000 construction contractors doing this summer? Trying to comply with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's expanded Hazard Communication Standard. On March 17, OSHA began enforcinContractors Struggle With OSHA Standard What are...
Tags: chemicals, construction industry, OSHA
Research articles 1989-08-07
Contractors lobby Congress on 'job killing' proposals. (Associated Specialty Contractors opposes OSHA reform and proposed ban on hiring permanent replacement workers for striking employees)
The construction industry trade group Associated Specialty Contractors ASC lobbied heavily, in Apr 1993, in opposition to proposed bills that would reform the Occupational Health and Safety Administration OSHA and prevent employers from hiring permaneThe construction industry trade group Associated Specialty Contractors ASC lobbied heavily, in Apr 1993, in opposition...
Tags: construction industry, hiring, job, OSHA, U.S. Congress
Research articles 1993-05-10
OSHA Identifies Workplaces with Highest Injury and Illness Rates; Construction Industry Included in the Injury and Illness Survey
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is alerting 14,200 employers across the country that their injury and illness rates are higher than average and encouraged them to take steps to reduce hazards and prWASHINGTON, Feb. 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Occupational Safety and Health...
Tags: construction industry, OSHA, survey, workplace
Research articles 2003-02-24
OSHA wants WI's construction industry workers to have resources for avoiding heat stroke
(This article originally ran in the Daily Reporter, Milwaukee, WI., another Dolan Media publication).(This article originally ran in the Daily Reporter, Milwaukee, WI., another Dolan Media publication).
Tags: construction industry, OSHA
Research articles 2005-07-29
Editor's Report.(reports of construction industry)
By Tom Hale A new report released by TRIP, a Washington, D.C.-based national transportation research group, points out that approximately one in four miles of the nation's major metropolitan roads -- interstates, freeways and other critical l By...
Tags: construction industry, Editor, OSHA
Research articles 2005-07-11
OSHA, Construction Management Association Of America Form Alliance; Goal is Better Health and Safety for the Construction Industry
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Construction Management Association of America CMAA have established an Alliance to share their collective expertise to help prevent injuries and illnesses iWASHINGTON, Oct. 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Construction...
Tags: alliance, construction industry, OSHA
Research articles 2002-10-03
New congress may impact SRF funding: issues regarding taxes, IRS, OSHA may impact undergrounds construction industry.
The big underground construction issue before Congress at the start of the 2003 session is whether Republicans and Democrats can increase the funding ceilings for the wastewater and drinking water state revolving funds SRFs. The water infrastructur The big underground construction issue before Congress at the...
Tags: construction industry, Internal Revenue Service, OSHA, tax
Research articles 2003-02-01

Additional Resources

Safety in the trenches: follow OSHA guidelines for operating in this potentially hazardous environment.(TRENCH SAFETY)
Excavating is recognized as one of the most hazardous construction operations. In fact, trench collapses cause dozens of fatalities and hundreds of injuries each year, so understanding trench safety is vital to the construction industry and lives of Excavating is recognized as one of the...
Tags: environment, OSHA
Research articles 2006-08-01
Safety in the trenches: follow OSHA guidelines for operating in this potentially hazardous environment.(TRENCH SAFETY)
Excavating is recognized as one of the most hazardous construction operations. In fact, trench collapses cause dozens of fatalities and hundreds of injuries each year, so understanding trench safety is vital to the construction industry and lives of Excavating is recognized as one of the...
Tags: environment, OSHA
Research articles 2006-08-01
Max Investors Announces a New Highly Cost Efficient, OSHA Compliant Scaffold System for the Building and Construction Industry
WEST BRANCH, Iowa -- Max Investors raises the bar on A New Scaffold Building System targeted at the building and construction industry.
Tags: OSHA
Research articles 2007-03-19
OSHA Focuses on Preventing Construction Fatalities
The numbers are sobering. Although construction makes up only 8 percent of the workforce, construction work is responsible for 23 percent of all workplace fatalities. Despite the best efforts of OSHA and most firms in the construction industry, construc The numbers are sobering....
Tags: OSHA, workplace
Research articles 2002-10-23
OSHA reviewing lead exposure standard.(Washington watch)
Life will get a little easier for underground contractors who work with water pipes and pipelines if the Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA modifies its lead exposure standard for the construction industry. OSHA is taking a look at Life will get a little easier...
Tags: OSHA
Research articles 2005-10-01
OSHA considering hearing protection rule in construction
OSHA is seeking comments on whether the agency should add a requirement for a hearing conservation program to its construction noise standard. The requirement would be similar to that covering general industry and could include providing hearing protectioOSHA is seeking comments on whether the agency should add a requirement for...
Tags: OSHA
Research articles 2002-09-01
OSHA Updates Construction eTool for Spanish-speaking Workers
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Spanish-speaking workers in the construction industry will benefit from information featured in the updated version of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's OSHA "eTool de Construccion - La PreveWASHINGTON, Feb. 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Spanish-speaking workers in the construction industry will benefit from information...
Tags: OSHA
Research articles 2006-02-20
OSHA puts tower industry under scrutiny.
WASHINGTON--The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, concerned with increased tower construction fatalities and injuries, is putting the tower industry under the microscope. OSHA head Charles Jeffress is expected shortly to write tow WASHINGTON--The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, ...
Tags: OSHA, worker
Research articles 2000-11-20
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