Construction Safety Articles

A suicide occurs every 12 minutes in the U.S. While these incidents touch every industry, one industry in particular has felt the impact of suicide in recent years – construction and excavation.

Brian Hammer of the ASSP TR-Z590.5 Committee discusses how you can respond to an active shooter situation to keep your workers and facility safe.

Emergency response is about saving lives, mitigating consequences and continuing operations. Do you have an effective plan in place?

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.

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