Wellness

With suicide rates among construction workers more than twice the national average, the industry is grappling with the effects of high stress, physically demanding work and a rough-and-tough culture that often discourages seeking help. Recognizing this urgent need, the ABC Cares ...

Heat stress occurs when the body’s natural temperature regulation methods begin to fail. Construction workers are at an increased risk of it since they spend long hours outdoors doing physically demanding tasks. Unmanaged heat stress can lead to dehydration, muscle cramps and con...

Each year, Construction Safety Week offers the construction industry an opportunity to pause and refocus on the most important goal: ensuring every worker returns home safely. Mike Spensieri, who leads jobsite safety initiatives at Milwaukee Tool, shared observations from the fie...

WASHINGTON, May 1—Associated Builders and Contractors today released its 2025 Health and Safety Performance Report, an annual guide to construction jobsite health and safety best practices. As a proud sponsor, ABC published the report ahead of Construction Safety Week 2025, May 5...

As Construction Safety Week 2025 approaches, companies are taking a harder look at one of the predominant factors pertaining to jobsite safety—or lack thereof—and how they can mitigate its inherent risk: the human factor. Under the theme “All in Together,” the week of May 5-9 wil...

Contact with electricity is one of the leading causes of fatalities in the workplace. The construction industry experiences over four times the number of electrical fatalities than any other leading industry, according to the Electrical Safety Foundation International. The hard ...

The construction industry is one of the most physically demanding sectors, requiring workers to operate heavy machinery, climb scaffolding and maneuver across unpredictable terrain. This exacting career can be challenging for professionals with congenital or acquired physical di...

The paramount goal of traffic management is to keep workers and drivers safe. This basic traffic control tenet is nonnegotiable, and cutting-edge automation technology can help achieve it. However, using automation effectively depends on real-time data collection and deployment o...

Construction is facing a silent pandemic: Mental-health struggles abound in an industry that, for all its positives, poses uniquely disruptive challenges such as long hours, excessive travel, tight budgets and timelines, and a reputation for putting on a brave face—all of which c...

Head injuries are among the most common and serious workplace injuries. From 2021 to 2022, there were 195,720 head injuries reported in the US, 684 of which were fatal, according to the International Safety Equipment Association. For businesses, the financial implications are sta...