Can Your Site Use a Second Opinion?
What Your Peers Are Saying
“I was very pleased with the eagerness of the Fund’s staff. The Fund provided professional jobsite safety training for four of our safety officers who had previously taken the OSHA 30-hour course. I felt the jobsite training was very effective, providing a real-world application of classroom lessons to actual worksite situations.”
Don Marks
FormWorks (Florida)
“The Fund did a really good job for us. They got our hearing program off the ground, doing sound tests on our equipment. They performed a service that we really needed.”
Diane Shinker
A&B Asphalt (Washington)
“We needed a respiratory program to meet an OSHA requirement. The Laborers’ training center put us in touch with the Fund, which responded right away. The staff who came to our site were professionals – knowledgeable, well-trained, fully-equipped. They answered all questions and got our respiratory program up and running.”
Keith Kline
Kline Construction (West Virginia)
All contractors can benefit from having a second set of eyes to evaluate the workplace and spot safety problems.
A Laborers’ Health and Safety Fund site visit will:
- Identify hazards in the workplace
- Suggest approaches for solving safety and health problems
- Identify other assistance that may be needed or available
- Provide a written report that summarizes findings and suggests solutions
- Assist in developing, writing and maintaining an effective safety and health program
- Provide training and education materials
The LHSFNA is not OSHA. Our OSH staff:
- Visits at the request of a contractor and the local union
- Does not issue citations or fines; we suggest solutions
While helping you identify and address hazards at your worksites, a LHSFNA site visit can help you lower costs associated with injuries and illnesses. Good worksite safety and health programs make safe work routine. They avoid injuries and sustain productivity. They strengthen morale and protect your company’s reputation. They also lower your experience modification rate and control your workers’ compensation premiums.
A phone call to our office (202-628-5465) will get the ball rolling.
Site Visits
Common Chemicals Create Risk for Hearing Loss (June, 2018)As National Stand-Down to Prevent Falls Approaches, the Need for Unions Is Clear (May, 2018)
Report Today’s Close Call, Prevent Tomorrow’s Accident (April, 2018)
Don’t Rely on Backup Alarms to Stop Backovers (March, 2018)
Concussions: It's Not Just Football Players Who Are at Risk (September, 2017)
Design Your Jobsite to Keep All Laborers Working Safely (August, 2017)
Need Site Safety and Health Plans? The LHSFNA Can Help! (February, 2017)
Strong Construction Market Creates Need for Increased Safety Focus (February, 2017)
Everyday Equipment Shouldn’t Be a Killer (May, 2016)
A Dangerous Trend in State OSHA Programs (May, 2016)
Is Your Construction Site Safe from Fire? (February, 2016)
OSHA Fines to Increase up to Eighty Percent (December, 2015)
Carbon Monoxide: What You Need to Know (November, 2015)
What’s Inside Your First-Aid Kit? (September, 2015)
New Online Program for LIUNA Signatory Contractors (August, 2015)
LHSFNA Delivers Ebola Guidance to LIUNA Members (December, 2014)
Complying with OSHA’s New Injury Reporting Rule (November, 2014)
Noise: Harmful to Hearing, Harmful to Blood Pressure (October, 2014)
Scaffold Safety: Skimping Is Not an Option (August, 2014)
Emergency Action Plans Help Keep Workers Safe (April, 2014)
Site Visits
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As National Stand-Down to Prevent Falls Approaches, the Need for Unions Is Clear (May, 2018)
Behavior-Based Safety vs. Safety Culture (January, 2013)
Occupational Safety and Health Risks of Fracking Operations (October, 2013)
Common Chemicals Create Risk for Hearing Loss (June, 2018)
Is Your Construction Site Safe from Fire? (February, 2016)
What’s Inside Your First-Aid Kit? (September, 2015)
Don’t Rely on Backup Alarms to Stop Backovers (March, 2018)
Emergency Action Plans Help Keep Workers Safe (April, 2014)
Noise: Harmful to Hearing, Harmful to Blood Pressure (October, 2014)
Report Today’s Close Call, Prevent Tomorrow’s Accident (April, 2018)
Simple Steps Prevent Slips and Trips (September, 2014)
Carbon Monoxide: What You Need to Know (November, 2015)
Scaffold Safety: Skimping Is Not an Option (August, 2014)
Everyday Equipment Shouldn’t Be a Killer (May, 2016)
A Dangerous Trend in State OSHA Programs (May, 2016)
Concussions: It's Not Just Football Players Who Are at Risk (September, 2017)
Get a Leg Up on Ladder Safety (July, 2014)
Can You See Me Now? Visibility in Work Zones at Night (April, 2014)
Slip, Trip, Fall Hazards Get No Respect (January, 2012)
What Does Worker Involvement Mean in Construction? (September, 2013)
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