Construction Safety Resources

Safety on the Job is Vital to Success

Valley Contractors Exchange provides FREE Construction Safety Information for our members! Construction Safety posters, pamphlets, model programs and more are available.
A culture of safety is a measure of your workers’ skill and craftsmanship.

If you experience a work site injury or death:

For accidents that involve serious injury, illness or death – report the accident to the closest Cal/OSHA Enforcement Unit within 8 hours. Call Immediately! Redding: 530-224-4743, Sacramento: 916-263-2800. Cal/OSHA now accepts email notification of a serious injury or death. Send notification to caloshaaccidentreport@tel-us.com. Click here to report the accident at the Cal/OSHA website.

Cal/OSHA Safety Home Page: www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/dosh1.html

Indoor Heat Illness Prevention Program

Will apply to indoor workspaces where it can’t be demonstrated the temperature doesn’t go above 85 degrees (such as air-conditioned offices. Follow the action as the rules are finalized in 2018: www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/doshreg/Heat-illness-prevention-indoors/

Fall Protection Changes coming

Trigger height in residential construction has been required by Fed OSHA. In April 2016, an Advisory Committee comprised of construction stakeholders countered with a revision. At that time it was suggested it would be at least 18 months before the revision came out for public comment. Click here to go to the Trigger Height Advisory Committee webpage. Click here to read the minutes from the last Advisory meeting April 2016.

New Silica in Construction regulations

Text of the regulation
Small Entity Compliance Guide, 101 pages
Fed OSHA Fact Sheet Silica in Construction 2016
Create your own Exposure Control Plan