Press Releases

2021 Releases:

• March 24 – CISC Launches COVID-19 Vaccine Awareness Week in Construction: April 19-23, 2021
• March 3 – CISC Makes Recommendations to OSHA as it Considers Whether to Issue a COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard

2020 Releases:

• October 29 – CISC Updates Coronavirus Response Plan with new CDC Definition of  ‘close contact’ with COIVD-19 Individuals
• September 3 – CISC Updates Coronavirus Guidance to Include New Advice for Face Coverings, Visitors
• June 22 – CISC Comments on Virginia Emergency Temporary Standard on Infectious Disease Prevention: SARS-CoV-2 Virus That Causes COVID-19
• May 19 – CISC Seeks OSHA Guidance on Recordkeeping Requirements when Conducting Temperature Screenings
• April 27 – CISC Updates Job Site Coronavirus Safety Guidance for Construction
• April 17 – CISC Seeks Additional OSHA Guidance on COVID-19 in Construction
• April 10 – On CISC Request, OSHA Clarifies Employer Requirement to Record  COVID-19 Cases
• March 25 – CISC Publishes Construction Job Site Safety Guidance for Coronavirus
• March 23 – CISC Urges OSHA to Stop Treating Coronavirus Positives as Reportable Incidents & Calls for Flexibility for Firms Running Short of N95 Masks

2019 Releases:

• November 20 – CISC Comments on OSHA’s Beryllium Proposed Rule
• August 8 – CISC Submits Comments to Congress on Heat Exposure Legislation

2017 Releases:

• August 7 – Beryllium Rule Will Impact the Construction Industry
• August 31 – CISC Objects to Expansion of OSHA Beryllium Standards

2016 Releases:

• April 4 – Construction Industry Groups File Suit Over OSHA Silica Rule
• March 24 – Construction Industry Voices Concerns with Silica Rule

2015 Releases:

• June 30 – Senate Appropriations Committee Passes Amendment Delaying Silica Rule
• March 26 – Study Finds that OSHA Officials Underestimated Cost of Silica Rule for Construction Industry by $4.5 Billion a Year

2014 Releases:

• February 12 – NAHB Urges OSHA to Withdraw Silica Rule
• February 11 – ABC Calls OSHA’s Proposed Crystalline Silica Rule Unworkable: Joins Safety Coalition in Asking for Withdrawal

2013 Releases:

• November 18 – MIA Joins Construction Industry Safety Coalition Addressing the Proposed OSHA Silica Rule Change
• September 30 –  TAUC Joins Advocates for Better Silica Regulations, Calls for Comment Extension
• August 29 – ABC and Safety Coalition Concerned with OSHA’s Proposed Crystalline Silica Rule
• August 29 – AWCI Joins Advocates for Better Silica Regulations