Services Plumbing, Fire Protection and HVAC

  The following is a list of the top 10 most frequently cited standards following inspections of worksited by federal OSHA, for Fiscal 2010 (Oct. 1, 2009 to Sept. 30, 2010).  OSHA publishes this list to alert employers about these commonly cited standards so they can take steps to find and fix recognized hazards addressed [...]

  OSHA had made revisions to how safety and health training classes have to be conducted.  Under the new changes, the “program guidelines” have become “requirements”.  The new requirements include: limiting classroom size to a maximum of 40 students; only allowing the use of translators with safety and health experience; limiting the amount of time [...]

  ABC National has launched a new safety-based message board at http://safety.abc.org.  This resource is open to ABC members and will serve as an information hub as well as question-and-answer source, for general safety topics, regulatory and legislative updates, new construction safety resources, job openings and career information, as well as ABC member best practices [...]