Local laws aim to increase construction safety

Workers must complete construction safety course; concrete safety manager must supervise large projects. On August 14, 2008, the City Council passed two local laws intended to increase construction site safety.

Intro 790-A requires that a site safety plan include a statement that all workers, within the five previous calendar years, have completed a site safety course approved by either OSHA or by the Commissioner of DOB. The new law also requires that all workers receive … <Read More>