Health & Safety Resources

Learn strategies and best practices to promote a healthy work environment, mitigate risk, and build a culture of safety.

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Healthy Foundations

Construction sites pose significant risks to health and safety, from physical hazards like falls and equipment accidents to the often-overlooked mental health challenges caused by high-stress environments. Addressing both physical and mental well-being is critical for maintaining a healthy and productive workforce.

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Building a Culture of Safety

Creating a construction safety culture involves many elements. It starts with leadership commitment but also involves material resources, training, clear policies, and open channels of communication... Read More

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Construction Safety Management: Building a System to Reduce Risk

Due to the high-risk nature of construction work, having a comprehensive construction safety management plan is essential. Construction safety management is the formal process...

36 Construction Safety Statistics for 2024

Worker safety is consistently one of the top priorities on any construction project, and with good reason. While technologies for safety and risk analysis...

12 Safety Organizations for the Construction Industry

With the high risk of fatal incidents and worker injuries in construction, prioritizing jobsite safety is crucial. According to the National Safety Council, the...

Worker Safety

Explore strategies, tools and resources to make the jobsite safer, including how to respond to incidents -- and best practices to prevent them.

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Top 8 Construction Health and Safety Hazards

In the construction industry, a lot can go wrong with...

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7 Ways to Improve Construction Site Safety

Construction is a risky business by almost any measure: It...

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Conducting a Successful Construction Safety Stand-down

Construction jobsites are areas where personal safety is of utmost...

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Construction PPE: What Contractors Need for Jobsite Safety

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is one of the cornerstones of...

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Site Specific Safety Plans: What to Include — and Why They’re Important

When starting a new construction project, it’s important for workers...

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Construction Safety Officer: Duties & Requirements

Construction is an inherently risk field: When workers are operating...

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Performing a Job Safety Analysis (JSA) in Construction

On the jobsite, safety is a contractor’s number one priority....

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Electrical Hazards in Construction: How to Make Jobsites Safer

Electrical hazards present a huge opportunity for construction companies to...

Mental Health

Mental health issues are a notable concern in the industry due to high-risk and high-stress environments, long hours, and demanding physical labor.

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Improving Mental Health in Construction: Resources & Tools

Construction workers face a variety of threats on the job...

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Tips for Managing Stress in Construction

The construction industry is known for its high-pressure and fast-paced...

Inspections & Reporting

Safety inspections and reports are most effective when the data is collected and analyzed to predict and mitigate future safety incidents. Learn how to standardize the approach to jobsite inspections to ensure they support