Summer initiative stresses safety in construction throughout the Mid Atlantic

On June 18, 2014, OSHA launched a summer-long "Construction Incident Prevention Initiative" campaign to lower fatality rates in the industry. Compliance officers and other OSHA staff across Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Virginia and West Virginia will conduct on-site outreach to educate and encourage employers to continue safe practices. OSHA will send its compliance officers into the field to conduct inspections when unsafe working conditions involving the four main hazards are observed at construction sites: falls, crushing, electrocutions and caught-in-between events. For more information on the summer initiative, read the press release.

The leading cause of death in construction is falls. In June, OSHA's landmark National Safety Stand-down to prevent fatal falls gathered participation from more than 25,000 employers across the country and more than 1 million workers worldwide. To learn more and get free resources on how to stop falls, visit www.osha.gov/stopfalls.