A decade ago representatives of the labor and management construction community got together to establish a small organization to tackle the big challenge of raising the bar on safety and health in the construction industry. The Labor-Management Construction Safety Alliance (CSA), as it was known back then, quickly rose to the challenge to become a recognized and innovative leader in safeguarding the lives and health of construction workers in Massachusetts and neighboring New England states. A few years later, several of CSA’s founders recognized the need to have a unified voice for union construction on a much broader range of issues that affect our industry in Massachusetts and the region.
NYC Buildings Commissioner Robert LiMandri released the findings of the year-long investigation into the tower crane collapse on March 15, 2008 at 303 East 51st St. in Manhattan.
US DOL's Inspector General released a report concluding that OSHA's Enhanced Enforcement program that is supposed to target high risk workplaces has been woefully inadequate.
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), in partnership with the National Hearing Conservation Association (NHCA), announced the recipients of the first four Safe-in-Sound Excellence in Hearing Loss Prevention Awards™. Applications for the 2010 awards are due August 1, 2009.
Just in time for the upcoming highway maintenance season, new Federal Highway Administration work zone safety rules went into effect in December, 2008.