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  • The Crisis Your Benefits Plan was Designed to Miss

    The Crisis Your Benefits Plan was Designed to Miss0

    Last year, more construction workers died by suicide than from falls, electrocutions, struck-by accidents, and caught-in injuries combined. Roughly five thousand suicide deaths against about a thousand from OSHA’s entire “Fatal Four.” We run safety stand-downs against the smaller number. We say almost nothing about the bigger one. I’m not going to pretend to be

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  • OSHA at the Mid-Year, A Regulatory and Compliance Review

    OSHA at the Mid-Year, A Regulatory and Compliance Review0

    By Michael Metz-Topodas, Saul Ewing LLP Introduction With the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) enforcing an entire section of regulations devoted to the construction industry, changes at the agency significantly impact contractors and their operations. Keeping track of OSHA’s recent activities ensures compliance and promotes safety. With that in mind, contractors should know about

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  • Safety Doesn’t Stop: Maintain Momentum After Safety Month

    Safety Doesn’t Stop: Maintain Momentum After Safety Month0

    By Stephen Peterson, Caterpillar Safety Services Hear from a Caterpillar expert about how you can maintain your momentum and continue to grow your site’s safety culture. To achieve greatness in any endeavor, it helps to make a habit of building momentum. It is the catalyst that drives people and organizations from average to good, and

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  • Who Owns Safety on the Modern Jobsite?

    Who Owns Safety on the Modern Jobsite?0

    By Myra A. Cunningham, Carson Law Group, PLLC A commercial construction project is approaching a major deadline. Electricians are working overhead while a drywall crew moves material through a shared corridor. Temporary laborers unload equipment nearby as multiple subcontractors attempt to complete punch-list items before an owner walkthrough scheduled for the next morning. During the

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