NYC Promises to Implement Safety Law

New York City Council Member Robert Cornegy Jr., chair of the city’s Committee on Housing & Buildings, has recently promised to ensure Local Law 196, which requires all construction workers ...

MO Pipeline Explosion Caused by Corrosion

Corrosion has been named the culprit behind a natural gas pipeline explosion that happened just north of Mexico, Missouri, in early March. The incident, with no reported fatalities or injuri...

OSHA Fines FL Roofer $133K

Florida Roofing Experts Inc. (Jacksonville, Florida) has recently been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for exposing employees to fall ha...

OSHA Proposes Changes to E-Recordkeeping Rule

by Eric J. Conn

After years of advocacy for change to (or the recission of) the Occupational Safety a...

The State-Federal OSHA Tug-of-War

by Eric J. Conn

A fascinating jurisdictional tug-of-war has broken out between federal OSHA and a few...

Among the top 10 violation types in 2018, where on the list did "personal protective and lifesaving equipment—eye and face protection” place, according to an OSHA announcement?

According to NIOSH, the hierarchy of hazard controls considers which one of the following to be the least desirable?

Europe's discussion on whether or not titanium dioxide should be classified as a suspected cause of cancer via inhalation, is slowly coming to a head as the European Commission now waits for a March 7 meeting of the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals Committee. Do you think TiO2 deserves this classification?

The city of Belton, South Carolina, recently proposed using orthophosphate, a phosphate-based additive, to help control the release of lead in service lines and household plumbing. Do you think this additive should be used as a safety precaution in areas with predominantly older piping?

Under what circumstances is third-party inspection justified on commercial coating work?

What causes static electricity during abrasive blasting? What risk does it pose, and how can it be controlled?

What You Need To Know

from JPCL, February 2019

Office to Field: Lost in Translation

from JPCL, December 2018

AGC Safety Management Training Course

October 2 - October 4, 2017

Free Webinar: Personal Protective Equipment for Abrasive Blasting

May 17, 2017

2016 OSHA Construction Safety and Health Conference

October 26 - October 27, 2016

E-Book: Surface Preparation & Safety

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Architectural Coatings: A PaintSquare Video Education Series

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