We are excited to announce the winners of the 18th Annual Mobile Section, AGC’s 2020 Construction Safety Excellence Awards for work performed in 2019. Congratulations to all who made safety a priority in their companies. Special appreciation to our sponsors who help make this event happen every year. Click link to view winners: 2020 Mobile AGC Safety Awards Recipients for …
AGC of America Releases 2020 Survey Highlighting Dangers Many Workers Will Face In Highway Work Zones
Accidents continue to happen in Highway Work Zones EVERYDAY! To read the Results of AGC of America’s 2020 Work Zone Survey click link: 2020 Work Zone Safety Flyer AGC urges you to PLEASE educate your employees, co-workers and friends, on the importance of Driving Alert and Undistracted when driving through a Work Zone. Your company may not be involved in …
Stay Safe During These Dog Days of Summer
This time of year can be brutal on construction employees inAlabama. Heat illnesses can be deadly, but they are preventablewith the proper education and team work. PLEASE educate your employees on the dangers of working outdoorsand the precautions which can save their lives. OSHA has provided a training guide to assist you and which can befound on OSHA website or …
U.S. Department of Labor Adopts Revised Enforcement Policies For Coronavirus May 20 2020
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has adopted revised policies for enforcing OSHA’s requirements with respect to coronavirus as economies reopen in states throughout the country. Throughout the course of the pandemic, understanding about the transmission and prevention of infection has improved. The government and the private sector have taken rapid and …
Mobile Section AGC Safety Committee Meeting
Appreciation to those of the Mobile Section AGC Safety Committee who participated in our Zoom meeting on April 28th. Click link to view minutes: AGC Safety Committee Zoom Meeting Minutes April 28 2020
Daily Safety Focus for May 2020 courtesy of ASSP
Appreciation to Deep South Center for Occupation Health & Safety and ASSP for sharing these daily Safety Focus Tool Box Talks. Click link to view: Daily Safety Focus for May 2020 Revision 1
AGC Safety Committee Zoom Meeting Tuesday, April 28th
Mobile Section, AGC’s Safety Committee has scheduled a Zoom meeting on Tuesday April 28th at 2:00 PM. For details contact Charlotte Kopf 251-610-6715 or staff@agcmobile.org
Mobile Section Safety Awards Luncheon BEING RESCHEDULED
Due to COVID19 Restrictions we will be unable to host our Annual Safety Awards Luncheon on Wednesday, April 29th. We are in the process of rescheduling this event and hope you will still be able to attend once the date has been reset. Congratulations and thank you to those who participated this year! We look forward to getting an update …
A Focus on Good Faith: OSHA’s Latest Guidance for Employers During COVID-19
Appreciation to Katy Willis with Burr Forman for providing the following information. To download click link: https://www.burr.com/2020/04/20/a-focus-on-good-faith-oshas-latest-guidance-for-employers-during-covid-19/ 04.20.2020 | Articles / Publications Labor & Employment During the COVID-19 pandemic, many employers have been focused upon employee safety as it relates to the virus. And for good reason: many states are seeing an uptick in the number of employee complaints to …
OSHA Issues Temporary Guidance for Recording COVID19 Cases
On April 10, 2020, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued temporary guidance for recording cases of COVID-19 that provides relief to the construction industry. In an earlier letter to OSHA leadership, AGC, along with our industry partners on the Construction Industry Safety Coalition (CISC), requested the agency re-evaluate its decision to treat cases of employees contracting COVID-19 as …