Due to fluctuations in global markets and recent trade tariffs, the prices of building materials are steadily rising. 

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration released a white paper on importance of including worker safety and health in the growing movement toward sustainability and corporate responsibility.

WernerCo announces the release of an expanded portfolio of Self Retracting Lifelines (SRLs), including the compact retractable Bantam6. Personal SRL devices are the fastest growing product segment in the fall protection industry.

USG Corporation announced its USG Interiors LLC facility in Walworth, Wisconsin, and USG Structural Technologies, LLC facility in Delavan, Wisconsin, are honorees of the Wisconsin Safety Council’s 22nd Annual Corporate Safety Awards. This year’s award recognizes 15 companies that demonstrate exemplary safety records and excellence in safety and health management. 

Larson Electronics, an industrial lighting company, has announced the release of a new pedestal mount LED work light that can illuminate up to 9,000 square-feet of work space featuring a convenient pedestal mount base stand and an aluminum wire guard for added protection.

In honer of OSHA Safety week at the beginning of May, WernerCo conducted safety training events to help inform more than 18,000 workers nationally. 

Terex Aerial Work Platforms is participating in OSHA’s National Fall Prevention Stand-down, May 2-6, by offering free Genie marketing safety kits to support safety awareness and training initiatives in the aerial access industry.