Construction Industry Safety and Health

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The construction industry has seen a significant shift towards the use of technology to improve safety management.

To reduce the number of delays in a project, you should build reliable processes that facilitate the completion of projects on time and in order. 

The dangers of working in the heat and its adverse impacts are “predictable and largely preventable,” according to the WHO.

AIHA is encouraging outdoor workers and employers to participate in the app’s open beta testing phase and provide feedback on its functionality. 

Key summer safety protocols to protect workers from summer-related dangers.

It’s time to increase awareness of the elevated risk of injury and ensure your workers are as safe in the summer months as any other month. 

During the summer months, many workplaces find themselves dealing not only with heat, but destructive tornadoes, voracious hurricanes, and suffocating wildfire smoke.

Workers who wear high-visibility apparel must be both visible and comfortable in high temperatures.

Whether workers are toiling under the sun or next to a blast furnace, the risks of heat-related illnesses and accidents are ever-present and growing.

One of New York man's employees died after a fall from an improperly secured roof.