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SAIA Canada Council provides update
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Currently reviewing more than 100 documents to determine current applicability/suitability for the Canadian market
US construction safety in limbo as Trump admin shutters federal agency
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The Trump administration is dissolving a 54-year-old health and safety agency
Resources for Construction Safety Week
Event coincides with annual National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction 
OSHA publishes 2024 workplace injury and illness data
Data from more than 732,000 forms available to access
OSHA to host hearing on heat injury and illness prevention
Public hearing to cover OSHA’s proposed rule to protect workers from hazardous heat exposure
ANSI approves new scaffold plank standard
ANSI/SAIA A11.6-2025 provides methods for testing and rating scaffold planks and decks
Trump says tariffs levied on Canada, Mexico go into effect next week
US President Donald Trump said suspended tariff plans are back on the table
US construction needs nearly half a million new workers
A construction trade association said US construction needs about approximately 500,000 new workers in 2025
Safe + Sound highlights importance of worker involvement
OSHA offers five-step guide for firms to recognize and award safety achievements
Scaffolding violations drop on annual OSHA list
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OSHA reveals its top 10 safety violations for fiscal 2024
Council looks to update MEWP best practices docs
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The SAIA MEWP Council is working on updating and publishing new industry best practices documents for the mobile elevated work platform sector
First speakers announced for Working at Height Conference
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John McClelland, TJ Lyons, Scott Owyen, Bart Krzysztofek and more come on board for Nov. 20 access and rental conference
OSHA investigating fall from scaffold fatality
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One worker killed, another seriously injured, after falling 9 stories from scaffolding on Chicago jobsite
Update: SAIA Canadian Council
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New gaps analysis tool in development will address specific requirements for scaffold and access equipment across Canada’s provinces
U.S. noncompete ban: protecting company interests if or when it goes through
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The rule banning noncompete agreements is already facing legal challenges. In the meantime, companies can take steps to protect their interests.
A92.9 and A92.10 standards to undergo changes
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MCWP and MCTP fleet owners and operators to face updates on recently revised and finalized standards
Baltimore bridge collapse: Can engineers prevent similar disasters?
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Deadly catastrophe leads to opportunity for engineers to do more to protect the world’s aging bridges
What to expect from the suspended scaffold industry’s new training program
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A new suspended scaffold training program will replace the current, decades-old version
National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls is this week
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In 2022, nearly 1 in 5 workplace deaths happened in construction, with 38% of those due to falls
Thousands of construction workers ‘falsely’ certified by safety school
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DA’s office alleges a company gave safety certificates without training, leading to the death of one worker
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