The Safety Newsletter

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• October 2026

  The Same Hazards, Year After Year

  OSHA’s preliminary list of the 10 most frequently cited standards for fiscal year 2026 has the same ten standards as last year, in a new order. Plus an OSHA ruling on personal batteries, and Fire Prevention Week starts Oct. 4.

• 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.