Small contractors in the residential construction industry are more difficult to reach than larger, well-established companies due to their isolated nature and hard-to-reach at-risk workers. This presents a challenge to the safety and health community. The OSHA Alliance Construction Roundtable has published a white paper, “ Proposed Strategies for the Occupational Safety and Health Community to More Effectively Reach Small Contractors in Residential Construction,” that addresses this problem.

For more information, see the original article by ASSE’s OSHA Alliance representative, John W. Mroszczyk, Ph.D., P.E., CSP.