The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has launched its 2012 Heat Illness Prevention Campaign to educate employees and their employers about the hazards of working outdoors in heat, and how to prevent heat-related illnesses.
Roofing contractors operating in Tennessee will have to provide residents whose homes are damaged due to tornadoes and other storms with more information about their company and about their rights to cancel contracts under a new law.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating an accident where a 30-year-old roofing worker fell about 30 feet from the top of a house in Bayonne, N.J.
BuilderBooks, the publishing arm of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), recently released the third edition of its Jobsite Safety Handbook, which explains what builders can do to comply with OSHA requirements.
The National Fire Protection Association launched a campaign featuring burn victims, relatives of fallen firefighters, and others affected by fires, who spoke in favor of sprinklers for new homes.
The city of Joplin, Mo., has issued more than $300 million in building permits, but much of the miles-long tornado-stricken disaster zone remains barren.
The owner of Summer and Winter Construction in Concord, N.H. has received 16 citations totaling $101,550 over a period of years related to fall protection and other safety measures from the Occupational Health and Safety Administration.
