Tag: osha
S&S Hosts Workplace Violence Seminar
Worcester, MA – Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. (S&S) hosted an informative panel discussion on workplace violence awareness preparation to Worcester’s local business community on May 7 at the AC Hotel Marriott. The National Safety Council reported that in 2016, 17% of workplace deaths were the result of violence. According to the Occupational Safety […]
Viking Signs OSHA Partnership, Hosts Safety Day
Bridgeport, CT – As part of an ongoing effort to improve job site safety, Viking Construction has entered into a Strategic Partnership Program with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). This new, voluntary program increases job safety knowledge and health awareness through monthly on-site training and collaboration with OSHA. Each activity is designed to reduce […]
OSHA’s New Standard for Confined Spaces in Construction
by Jason Rogers The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published standards governing Confined Spaces in Construction (29 C.F.R. 1926, Subpart AA) (“Confined Spaces Standards”), to provide added protections to employees performing work in confined spaces. Specifically, spaces (a) large enough for a worker to enter with (b) limited or restricted means of entry […]
OSHA Standards Impermissibly Applied to Construction: Employers are Held Invalid
by Kristen R. Ragosta The United States Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Review Commission has ruled that the secretary of labor impermissibly applied certain OSHA standards to construction employers. On September 28, 2018, the commission vacated an OSHA citation issued to Kiewit for allegedly violating the “quick-drenching” standard in 29 C.F.R. s 1926.50(g). The commission held […]
ASM, OSHA, & MDOS Promote Workplace Safety
Boston – The Associated Subcontractors of Massachusetts, Inc. (ASM), the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and the Massachusetts Division of Occupational Safety (MDOS), renewed an alliance to promote workplace safety and health and educate workers on construction hazards. The renewal signing took place at Eastern Insurance in Natick, following one […]
WIC Profile: Alicia Toney
Editor’s Note: In honor of Women’s History Month, WIC Week and International Women’s Day, HP will be featuring a woman in construction on our site every business day throughout the month of March. Learn more at www.high-profile.com/wicweek. Here is today’s WIC profile! After several years working as a quality control engineer for a local defense contractor, […]
Safety Fine Proceeds Donated to Colby-Sawyer College
Concord, NH – North Branch Construction’s dedication to jobsite safety includes the implementation of the North Branch Construction Safety Fine Program on all of its projects. This program was developed in 2005 with the intent to increase hazard recognition, reduce risk of injury, and create an overall safer working environment for all personnel working on […]
KBE Awarded Fifth Safety Training Partnership from OSHA
Farmington, CT – A sterling safety reputation has earned KBE Building Corporation two new Safety Training Partnerships with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Hartford Area Office and federal OSHA. These represent the fourth and fifth partnerships that OSHA has recognized KBE with since the first partnership in 2014. KBE’s two newest partnerships are underway on the […]
NDA Meets with OSHA Director
Washington, D.C. – The National Demolition Association (NDA) visited the Department of Labor on June 28, to meet with Dean McKenzie, director of construction at Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The meeting was a next step in NDA’s increased activity and visibility with government affairs. OSHA expressed enthusiasm about working with the association, which […]
Bridgewater CM Takes Part in Safety Week
Boston- – Callahan Construction Managers (Callahan), a Bridgewater-based full-service construction management firm, commemorated OSHA’s National Safety Stand-Down Week through a series of specialized on-site trainings focused on fall protection. Callahan hosted the presentations and demonstrations at a number of project sites in the Greater Boston region in partnership with Atlantic Equipment and FallTech, who are […]
