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OSHA Guidance Related to COVID-19 for Contractors

by Jane Heidingsfelder | Apr 29, 2020
OSHA | Safety

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is assessing and responding to numerous complaints about employee protection from the spread of COVID-19. Read here for standards, policies and regulations.

Conducting an Effective Tailgate Safety Meeting

by Chris Malicki | Apr 29, 2020
OSHA | Safety

Employers can provide effective tailgate safety meetings with a proficient communicator, relevant topics and a proactive strategy for worker safety and health.

OSHA Safety: Assembling a Manual to Inform Employees of Their Rights

by Patti Maluchnik | Apr 15, 2020
OSHA | Safety

It’s up to employers to have an OSHA Safety Manual that includes critical OSHA information and safety procedures to inform employees of their rights and ensure workers know what to do when safety violations occur.

Safeguarding Against HVAC Incidents

by Rodney Shuck | Apr 10, 2020
Departments | OSHA | Safety

In an HVAC small business environment, a company with the initiative to provide safety training for its employees—training that not only raises awareness for safe work practices but ensures them—protects itself by lessening the chances that an accident will occur.

OSHA Unmasks New Pandemic Respirator Guidance

On April 3, OSHA released temporary enforcement guidance to employers currently faced with a shortage of N95 respirator masks because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The guidance applies to all industries.

The Hidden Perils of Non-Essential Construction Work

by Jeff Blease, Lisa Glahn | Apr 1, 2020
Legal and Regulatory | OSHA

As state and local governments throughout the country struggle to define which construction is “essential” and which construction is “non-essential,” one topic of conversation has been overlooked: what liability exposure does a contractor have to its workers if it continues with work that is later deemed non-essential?

CISC Comments on OSHA’s COVID-19 Recordkeeping, Respirator Enforcement Policy

by Rachel E. Pelovitz | Apr 1, 2020
Legal and Regulatory | OSHA

The Construction Industry Safety Coalition (CISC) wrote to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration regarding recordkeeping and respirator enforcement during the COVID-19 outbreak.

State Elevator Safety Acts: Reaching the Next Level of Safety

by David Perecman | Mar 31, 2020
Equipment | OSHA | Safety

Fourteen states do not require elevator installers and repairers to be licensed, which puts elevator workers and the public at an increased risk of serious injury and death.

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OSHA Guidance Related to COVID-19 for Contractors

Conducting an Effective Tailgate Safety Meeting

OSHA Safety: Assembling a Manual to Inform Employees of Their Rights

Safeguarding Against HVAC Incidents

OSHA Unmasks New Pandemic Respirator Guidance

The Hidden Perils of Non-Essential Construction Work

CISC Comments on OSHA’s COVID-19 Recordkeeping, Respirator Enforcement Policy

State Elevator Safety Acts: Reaching the Next Level of Safety

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