The EIFS Industry Members Association (EIMA) is continuing to provide resources, tools, and information to the EIFS industry that helps companies safely operate as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to present its challenges.

The U.S. Department of Labor will host a webinar on June 25 to discuss how it's assisting manufacturing and construction workers by reducing regulatory burdens.

Massive protests and related civil unrest in multiple cities over the past week have impacted construction trades across the United States. 

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has revised its guidance for determining whether confirmed cases of COVID-19 qualify as recordable illnesses.

Many communities are addressing the need for additional hospital beds and alternate care space by allowing the use of tents or temporary membrane structures. In some cases, communities are addressing the need for more beds by changing use and occupancy types for existing buildings. With these changes to our physical and built environment comes the need for code officials to rapidly institute enhanced health and safety measures in the field and in their office environments to protect themselves and those they work with.

The sheer volume and pervasiveness of COVID-19 cases has construction industry trade groups and others questioning the practicality of current U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration rule that requires workplace exposures to the virus reported and recorded.

The OSHA Training Institute Education Center at Chabot-Las Positas Community College District, the only authorized OSHA Training Institute Education Center headquartered in Northern California, is announcing the launch of a new interactive website. 

Werner, a manufacturer with a complete line of climbing products and fall protection equipment, will conduct more than 200 training events in support of the Occupational Safety & Health Administration’s (OSHA) National Safety Stand-Down initiative scheduled from May 6-10, 2019. 

OSHA, an agency of the U.S. Department of Labor, has proposed a rule that would eliminate the requirement that employers with 250 or more employees electronically report detailed information about their workers' injuries and illnesses, according to a July 30 notice in the Federal Register.

As of April 17, OSHA and state safety agencies have issued 116 violation citations under OSHA's new silica safety rule. The regulation went into effect Sept. 23, but OSHA began full enforcement Oct. 23.