OSHA is promoting a national Safety Stand-Down during the week of June 2-6, 2014.

Fall protection topped the list with 8,241 violations.

Aerial work platforms are now so common on job sites; it may be easy to forget that the operation of these complex machines requires skill and experience.

The alliance will focus on musculoskeletal and sanitation hazards and issues related to poorly-fitting personal protective equipment.

It was only a few years before the first issue of Walls and Ceilings hit the streets that cold-formed steel was finding its first practical applications.

Under OSHA’s proposed rule, a construction employer would have to measure and keep records of the amount of respirable crystalline silica that its workers are exposed to if it may be at or above 25 micrograms of silica per cubic meter of air, averaged over an eight-hour day.

A young man in coveralls walked down the hallway of a building undergoing a remodel.

International Powered Access Federation is a non-profit, worldwide organization that promotes the safe and effective use of powered access equipment

Simpson Strong-Tie has again joined other industry associations and organizations in supporting the International Code Council’s “2013 Building Safety Month” in May.