The Safety Newsletter

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• September 2026

  Construction Injuries, Opioids, and Suicide Prevention

  Construction Suicide Prevention Week runs Sept. 14–18. Workplace injuries and prescription opioids are linked, which makes injury prevention part of suicide prevention — plus a tanker trailer that turned out to be a confined space.

• August 2026

  Build the Program, Not the Binder

  Safe & Sound Week is a prompt, not the point. A safety program your crew actually uses beats a binder that satisfies an auditor — plus a temp worker’s death in a school crawl space, and the exposure-records request you have fifteen working days to answer.

• July 2026

  The Heat Rule That Isn't

  The federal heat standard stalled in review. The enforcement didn't. OSHA's revised emphasis program now runs through 2031, and six states already beat a federal bar that doesn't exist.