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Have a question about a safety issue or problem? Check the Safety News below for answers. The Safety News is a publication of LCCA’s Safety Committee. Current members include:

Fred Rodheim, Abbott Laboratories - Co-Chair
Steve Billings, Chicagoland Construction Safety Council (CCSC)
Mike Blackburn, Turner Construction Company
Wally Delaney, Aldridge Electric, Inc.
Peter Graham, International Decorators, Inc.
Dave Grum, Henderson & Son, Inc.
Nancy Hauter, OSHA
Mike Hirvela, Camosy Incorporated
Scott Johnson, Kelso-Burnett Company - Co-Chair
Tom King, Continental Electrical Construction Co.
Terry Konell, Hilb Rogal & Hobbs
John Maronic, OSHA
Mike Mendoza, Abbott Laboratories
Tim Olson, Saf-T-Gard International, Inc.
John Schumacher, Assurance Safety Consulting
Dave Stavropoulos, Kroeschell Engineering North, Inc.
Vickie Taylor, Gallagher Risk Management Services, Inc.
Mark Toepfer, Riley Construction Company, Inc.
Fred Voytovich, F & A Construction Equipment
Mark Warnecke, Schroeder Asphalt Services, Inc.
Chuck Wolf, Continental Electrical Construction Co.
Todd Wriggelsworth, Hilb Rogal & Hobbs

Safety News which are "highlighted" are available on the website by left clicking in the highlighted area. All others must be requested from LCCA.

April 2008 Safety News
Safety Day Features Soft Tissue Injuries
OSHA Starts Silica Emphasis Program
Miller Recalls Some Fall Limiters
Congratulations Safety Award Winners
Assured Equipment Grounding Conductor Program- Green
Safety Training

December 2007 Safety News
Safety Award Applications Mailed
What PPE Are You Paying For?
Injuries Requiring Days Away From Work Decrease
Frostbite
Assured Equipment Grounding Conductor Program - White
Safety Training

July 2007 Safety News
Most Life Threatening Jobs
Road Construction Deadly
Safety Training
Simply Call 811
Tool Box Talks – Your Best Defense
Assured Equipment Grounding Conductor Program - Red

June 2007 Safety News
Safety Day Features Electrical Hazard Recognition
Safety Training
OSHA’s Portland Cement Inspection Procedures in Conjunction with Hexavalent Chromium
Warning Garments Not PPE
FHWA Rule Requires High-Visibility Clothing

May 2007 Safety News
Multi-Employer Violations Vacated
Video Speeding Tickets Coming, Again
Safety Day Features Electrical Hazard Recognition
Safety Training
Congratulations Safety Award Winners

February 2007 Safety News
Counting the Days - In Demand OSHA Recordkeeping Questions
Propane Safety
Safety Training
Safety Training in Spanish?
Congratulations Safety Award Winners

October 2005 Safety News
Safety Training

June 2005 Safety News
Safety Training
Planning Safety Meetings?  Think of LCCA!
Fall Protection Seminar Planned
OSHA Safety Training Course in Spanish
OSHA May Revise Excavator Quick Release Locking Device Bulletin
Ventilated Grinder Reduces Exposure to Silica Dust
OSHA Issues Recordkeeping "Frequently Asked Questions"

April 2005 Safety News
Safety Training
Planning Safety Meetings? Think of LCCA!
Assured Equipment Grounding Conductor Program - Green
Fall Protection Seminar Planned
Cell Phone Hazards
New Excavator Card Available
JULIE Sets New Record
Aerial Lift Operator Qualification

February 2005 Safety News
Safety Training
OSHA 300A Annual Posting
Planning Safety Meetings? Think of LCCA!
Safety Conference Starts February 15
OSHA Inspection Goal Exceeded
Utility Vehicles Recalled
Brake Cleaner Recalled
Life Jackets Required Over Streams?
Compressive Strength Testing of Mortar and Concrete
NIOSH Unveils Eye Safety Webpage

January 2005 Safety News
Safety Training
Safety Award Applications Due
OSHA 300A Annual Posting
Mike Barnhart Passes Away
Looking For a New Safety Manual? Think LCCA!
Planning Safety Meetings? Think of LCCA!
Save the Date - Annual Construction Safety Conference and Exposition  - February 15 - 17, 2005

November 2004 Safety News
Safety Training
Frostbite
OSHA Forms On Line
Save The Date - Annual Construction Safety Conference
Cordless Drill Recall
OSHA Reminds Staff - Guidelines not Basis for Citation
Quantitative Fit Testing Protocol Approved by OSHA

October 2004 Safety News
Safety Training
Safety Day Planned
Safety Webpage Launched
Excavator Coupler Warning
Suspension Trauma
Forklifts on Construction Sites

July 2004 Safety News
Safety Training
Safety Day Planned
Safety Webpage
Toolbox Talks
Worker Fraud
Hispanic Workers at Risk
OSHA Offers Hot Weather Tips
Assured Equipment Grounding Conductor Program - Red

May 2004 Safety News
Safety Training
OSHA Seeking Comments
JULIE Ticket Life Now 28 Days
Ten Suggestions to Help Workers Stay Cool

April 2004 Safety News
Safety Training
LCCA Working On OSHA Alliance
High Rate Workplaces Identified
Injuries Cost Businesses Almost $1 Billion Per Week
OSHA Clarifies Recordkeeping Requirements
BLS Reports Workplace Injury and Illness Rates for 2002
Assured Equipment Grounding Conductor Program - Green

February 2004 Safety News
Safety Training
OSHA 300A Annual Posting
Material Storage on Scaffolds Now Tolerated
Henshaw Keynotes Construction Safety Conference
Safety Awards Presented This Month
The ABCD’s of Fall Protection
Planning Safety Meetings? Think of LCCA!
Record Number Of Locate Requests

January 2004 Safety News
Safety Training
Safety Award Applications Due
OSHA 300A Annual Posting
Looking For a New Safety Manual? Think LCCA!
Planning Safety Meetings? Think of LCCA!
Forklift Emphasis Program
Young Workers Cannot Operate Forklifts
Company Cannot Be Cited on "Per-Employee-Basis

December 2003 Safety News
Safety Training
Safety Award Applications Mailed
CCSC Safety Conference Planned - Feb 10 - 12, 2004
Tilt-Up Panel Safety Bulletin
JULIE Schedules Safety Meetings
First Duck Tape, Now Potassium Iodide?
HAZMAT Transportation Security
Assured Equipment Grounding Conductor Program - White

November 2003 Safety News
Safety Training
Frostbite
OSHA Forms On Line
Changes Coming in Utility Location
Workplace Fatalities Down - But Construction Fatalities Climb
Fatalities & Rates by Industry
Save the Date - February, 10, 11, 12 & 13, 2004

October 2003 Safety News
Safety Training
OSHA Forms Alliance with Abbott Labs
All Choked Up Over Drywall Dust?
Hazardous Highway Work Zone
Scaffold Safety
OSHA Fines Wisconsin Contractor

September 2003 Safety News
Safety Training
Zero Injury Plan Available
Don't Let Them Bug You
Assured Equipment Grounding Conductor Program - Orange
Workplace Injury Costs Grow
Striking Underground Gas Lines

August 2003 Safety News
Safety Training
Safety Committee Completes Zero Injury Plan
Safety Investigations - Attorney-Client Privilege
OSHA Ruling on Recordkeeping Form
Construction Safety Center Dedicates Training Wing
OSHA Interprets Storage of Materials Regulation

July 2003 Safety News
Safety Training
Worker Fraud
Equipment Recalls
OSHA's Top 25 §1926 Citations (cited by frequency)

June 2003 Safety News
Safety Training
Ten Suggestions to Help Workers Stay Cool
Tool Box Talks - Your Best Defense
Many Construction Accidents Have Common Threads
OSHA Multi-Employer Worksite Policy
Back Injuries Major Source of Workers Comp Claims
Speaking of Backs

May 2003 Safety News
Safety Training
IUOE 150 Skills Verification
NIOSH to Study Lift Practices
Arial Lift Accidents
Assured Equipment Grounding Conductor Program - Green
Tool Company Recalling Electric Sanders

March 2003 Safety News
Safety Training
Cell Phone Hazards
Julie Receives Record Number of Locate Requests in 2002
OSHA Reminds Employers to Post Injury / Illness Summaries
OSHA Exceeds 2002 Inspection Targets
2001 Large Truck Crash Stats
OSHA Identifies Workplaces with Highest Injury and Illness Rates

February 2003 Safety News
Safety Training
Construction Foreman Gets Jail Sentence
Safety Awards Presented This Month
CCSC Safety Conference February 11-13
Chicago Passes Scaffold Ordinance
Target Expensive Injuries
Discipline in Writing

January 2003 Safety News
Safety Training
Construction Foreman Gets Jail Sentence
Who's In Charge of the Oxygen-Fuel Cutting
Safety Award Applications Due
OSHA 300A Annual Posting
2001 Injury & Illness Rates Decline
Roadway Construction Zone Fatalities Hit Record
Planning Safety Meetings? Think of LCCA!
Looking for a New Safety Manual? Think of LCCA!
CCSC Safety Conference Planned
Assured Equipment Grounding Conductor Program

December 2002 Safety News
Safety Training
Safety Award Applications Mailed
CCSC Safety Conference Planned
Signs & Barricades Update
OSHA Looking For "Bad Actors"
Web Safety Information

November 2002 Safety News
Safety Training
Interested in 30 Hour Course?
Frostbite
OSHA to Revise Crane Regulations
OSHA Promotes Hispanic Worker Safety
Hand Protection
Working Under Overhead Power Lines

October 2002 Safety News
Safety Training
New Traffic Control Standards
130-Hour Course Offered
Role of the Competent Person
OSHA Grants Awarded
Temporary Enclosure Hazards Addressed

September 2002 Safety News
Safety Training
OSHA 300 Training Available
OSHA Targeting Hearing
Judge Tosses Heart Attack "Citation"

July 2002 Safety News
Safety Training
OSHA Offers Two New Publications
OSHA's Heat Stress Card Offers Tips
OSHA Publishes Todo Sobre La OSHA - Spanish Version of "All About OSHA"
Cell Phone Safety

May 2002 Safety News
Safety Training
OSHA Increasing Enforcement in 2002
CCSC Constriction Safety Conference Announces Speakers
Steel Erection Enforcement
OSHA Record Keeping Regulations in Effect as of January 1
Most Frequently Found Hazards - Illinois
JULIE Board Mandates Section and Quarter-Section Information
RotoZip Spiral Saw Recall

April 2002 Safety News
Safety Training
Beware Faulty Fall Protection
Overfill Prevention Device Now Required
JULIE Mandates Excavators Call
OSHA Issues Compliance Directive for Steel Erection Standard
Assured Equipment Grounding Conductor Program - Green

March 2002 Safety News
Safety Training
Trenching, Flagger Hazards Most Common
OSHA Encourages Defibrillator Use
JULIE Sets Record
Sleep & Safety

February 2002 Safety News
Safety Training
LCCA Safety Awards
Worker Death Rate Drops
OSHA Inspections Target Troubled Workplace
12th Annual Safety Conference - May 21 - 23
JULIE Changes Coming

January 2002 Safety News
Safety Training
LCCA Safety Awards
OSHA 200 Annual Posting

Planning Safety Meetings? Think of LCCA!
Looking for a New Safety Manual? Think LCCA!
OSHA Unveils Crane Initiative in Chicago Area
OSHA in Washington Looking at Cranes Also
Assured Equipment Grounding Conductor Program - White

October 2001 Safety News
LCCA Safety Training
OSHA Could Cover State & Local Employees

September 2001 Safety News
Safety Training
Use of Safety Gear
OSHA Agenda Published
Assured Equipment Grounding Conductor Program

August 2001 Safety News
Safety Training
Safety Trivia
Budget Cust OSHA
130-Hour Course Offered
Steel Erection Standard Postponed (Again)
Substance Abuse Costs

July 2001 Safety News
Safety Training
Safety Trivia
Electrolyte Replacement Drinks Work
Lock-Out/Tag-Out Policy
Use Close Calls to Prevent Future Incidents
Safety Awards Program
Sleepy Workers Cost Money
Workplace Death Rate Halved - But Construction Lags

June 2001 Safety News
Safety Training
Ten Suggestions to Help Workers Stay Cool
Safety Trivia
Assured Equipment Grounding Conductor Program - Red
OSHA Multi-Employer Worksite Policy
Tool Box Talks - Your Best Defense
OSHA At Thirty

May 2001 Safety News
Safety Training
Safety Video Update
What the World Knows About You
Truck Trailers Require Conspicuity Marking
ACCSH Lobbying for Mandatory 10-Hour Course
Safety Trivia
Back Injuries Major Source of Workers Comp Claims
Speaking of Backs
Backs - What Can You Do?
Attitudes Key to Healing
Top 10 Illinois Violations

April 2001 Safety News
Safety Training
OSHA Recordkeeping Update
Safety Trivia

March 2001 Safety News
Safety Training
LCCA Safety Awards
Click on for Safety
eCATs
Asphalt Hazard
Safety Contacts
OSHA's Four "Biggies"

February 2001 Safety News
Bricklayers Seek End to Dry cutting
Steel Erection Standards Pushed Back

January 2001 Safety News
OSHA 200 Posting
Steel Erection Standards
Annual Safety Conference
Workplace injuries drop

December 2001 Safety News
Safety Training
Perception vs. Reality
Frostbite
FHWA Plans Workplace Rules
ARTBA Wants Bridges Exempted
Guarding Against Stress
Eliminating Fall Hazards
Assured Equipment Grounding Conductor Program - White
Safety Award Applications Mailed

November 2000 Safety News
Safety Training

October 2000 Safety News
Confined Space vs. Permit Required Confined Space
Safety Training
One Call Color Coding
Frostbite

September 2000 Safety News
Safety Training
OSHA Penalties & 
Protection from Sunlight
Forklift Directive
New Plain Language Directive

July 2000 Safety News
Safety Training
Safety Manual
The 10 Top Most Frequently Cited Violations
OSHA Getting Tough on Incentive Plans
New Hire Inexperience
10 Suggestions to Help Workers Stay Cool
Sleepy Workers Cost Money
Fatality Update
OSHA Regulations Available Cheap
Assured Grounding Equipment Update

May 2000 Safety News
Safety Training
OSHA Issues Multi-Employer Worksite Policies
Heart Attack Survival When Alone
11th Annual Construction Safety Conference and Expo
ASSE Issues Oxygen Cylinder Warning
OSHA Rushing to
Battery Packs for Cordless Tools Recalled

April 2000 Safety News
Safety Training
One Call Color Coding
Workers Comp Fraud
CCSC Safety Conference

March 2000 Safety News
Safety Training
Safety Manual
Julie Proposes Changes
Tragedy Marks Millenium's End for Many
OSHA Publishes Steel Erection Directive
Assured Equipment Grounding Conductor Program

January 2000 Safety News
Safety Training
LCCA Safety Award
OSHA 200 Annual Posting
CCSC Presentation "Protecting Our Future"
Violence on the Rise
OSHA Inspections - Protect Yourself
Temporary Construction Heating

December 1999 Safety News
OSHA Extends Comment Period on Fall Protection
Revision of Color Coding
CCSC Protecting Our Future, 2000
Safety Expo 2000
Fluke Announces Recall
Tree Worker Killed In Crane Accident
Assured Equipment Grounding Conductor Program

October 1999 Safety News
Schedule 2000 Training Now
Spotlight on Safety Scheduled
Oregon Carve-Out Bill Signed Into Law
Frostbite
Assured Equipment Grounding Conductor Program
OSHA Announces Delay In New Recordkeeping Rules
Gore versus Benefits
OSHA Revising PPE Rules

August 1999 Safety News
Steel Erection Committee Reformed
Federal One-Call Bill Claims First Victim
"Practice Rescue" Required
LCCA Safety Manual Nearing Completion
Safety Committee Plans Safety Day

July 1999 Safety News
Fit Testing Respirators
Bill Introduced to Reimburse Legal Fees
OSHA Endorses Fiberglass Insulation Agreement

June 1999 Safety News
Frank Wendt to Co-Chair Safety Committee
Safety 101 – First Aid for your Safety Program
First Aid – As Important in the Office as in the Field
OSHA Region V Fatality Report
Assured Equipment Grounding Conductor Program

May 1999 Safety News
Scaffold – Fall Protection Double Header Offered
OSHA's Revised Fall Protection Standards
Hazcom Heads OSHA Penalty List
Hazard Communication Directive Issued
Forklift Training

April 1999 Safety News
Scaffold – Fall Protection Double Header Offered
Ups & Downs of OSHA's New Forklift Rules
OSHA Proposes New Toilet Rules
OSHA Plans Final Steel Erection Rules
Tool Box Talks – Your Best Defense

March 1999 Safety News
Forklift Operator Training
CCSC Offers Silica Hazard Awareness
Assured Equipment Grounding Conductor Program
Respiratory Protection

February 1999 Safety News
OSHA 200 Annual Posting
1999 Training
Falls Continue To Kill
Court Says General Liable for Sub
OSHA Region V Fatality Report

January 1999 Safety News
Temporary Construction Heating
LCCA Safety Award
OSHA 200 Annual Posting
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning On The Job
Sign Up Now For 1999 Training
Spotlight on Safety Seminar Update

December 1998 Safety News
1999 Training Schedule Ready
"Spotlight on Safety" Seminar Planned
Safety Videos Available
Assured Equipment Grounding Conductor Program - White

November 1998 Safety News
1999 Training Schedule Announced
CCSC Safety Conference Announced
OSHA Region V Fatality Report
Check Out LCCA Web Page
Contractor Sentenced to Jail

October 1998 Safety News
OSHA Issues Respiratory Protection Directive
Owners Must Oversee Safety
Ruling Sought on Burden of Proof for Employee Misconduct
Assured Equipment Grounding Conductor Program – Orange

August 1998 Safety News
OSHA Inspections Up
Does OSHA Make a Difference?
OSHA Region V Fatality Report
Myths and Facts about Alcohol

July 1998 Safety News
OSHA Inspections Up
Does OSHA Make a Difference?

June 1998 Safety News
Tilt-Up Construction – A Safety Checklist
Safety Vests For Flaggers

May 1998 Safety News
Respiratory Protection – Robert Gadon
OSHA Region V Fatality Report
Assured Equipment Grounding Conductor Program

March 1998 Safety News
Tubular Welded Frame Scaffold – Frank Wendt, Camosy, Inc.
Work Rules May Be Inadequate
OSHA Region V Fatality Report
Assured Equipment Grounding Conductor Program




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