In the Jan. 26 Federal Register, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will announce public meeting sessions for the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health and its workgroups on Feb. 21 – 22.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will start having its employees wear safety helmets instead of hard hats. The helmets will better protect against head injuries while employees are inspecting job sites.

On Dec. 19, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration released its 2022 data on occupational fatalities, which showed an overall increase of 5.7 percent and that the construction and transportation industries had the highest fatality rates.

Contractors with records or accusations of worker exploitation have received more than $84 million in Minnesota state and municipal funds, according to Isabela Escalona of Workday Magazine.

It’s a streak no one should be happy about. For the 13th year in a row, fall protection (general requirements) is OSHA’s No. 1 safety violation. Additionally, ladders came in third and fall protection (training requirements) was eighth in the agency’s annual list of its Top 10 violations.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration released its top 10 most frequently cited federal health and safety violations for fiscal year 2023, and the top four entries relate to construction fall protection standards.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration released new resources to help protect workers from extreme heat. The new resources include fact sheets to provide information on personal risk factors, the importance of an individual’s hydration status and pregnant worker safety in the heat.

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration released several new resources to protect workers from extreme heat.

Recently, the Gypsum Association learned that two code jurisdictions no longer accept some assemblies listed in the code-recognized GA-600 Fire Resistance and Sound Control Design Manual.