Jul 19, 2024
Summer Safety for Construction
Posted by Miron Construction
In the last five decades, we have seen a big shift in the construction industry—one that has developed a culture around safety. Long gone are the days of dozens of men hanging off the top of the empire state building, nary a hard hat to be seen.
Hard hats didn’t become mandatory on most jobsites until the 1970s. The numbers from OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health) tell an interesting story too. We see worker deaths in America are down from about 38 worker deaths a day in 1970 to only 15 a day in 2019. That is certainly progress, but it is still too many if you ask me.
How can we continue to improve safety in the construction industry—especially in the summer? Let’s brainstorm some ideas together.
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