On February 18, the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) published a new national voluntary consensus standard for security training for construction and demolition points.
At these locations, ASSP are among the most dangerous work environments.
ISI/SSS A10.2-2025. “Safety, health and environmental education for construction and demolition companies,” set up training practices in order to help companies all over the country, to eliminate dangers and risks that cause injuries, illnesses and deaths.
“Uniform practices for training operations can create a lot more secure jobs,” said Gary Gustafson, chairman of the A10.2 sub -committee, in a statement. A key element of this training is the communication of dangers and danger controls with the employees for every task. ”
Applicable training on construction and demolition locations include new attitude, site security, regulatory, pre-job, superiors and retraining. Training reviews, documentation and records are also key components of a security and health program at work.
“Project constructors must ensure that all employees of the location recognize dangerous conditions and secure work practices in connection with their assigned work activities before work begins,” said Gustafson. “This standard creates the basis for this training.”
Organizations that make employees a core value can avoid the economic and reputative costs of incidents in which their employees are involved. These costs can be medical care, repairs, liability, productivity, environmental impacts and damage to the company's reputation.
Voluntary consensus standards offer the latest expert instructions and fill gaps in which there are no federal standards. Companies rely on them to advance improvements, prevention of injuries and sustainability. Since the state regulations are only slowly changing and is often outdated, compliance with the states is not sufficient to protect employees.
In its last financial year, ASSP created 15 standards, technical reports and guidelines and revised to participate in 1,400 security experts that represented 500 organizations. The company and its partners also distributed almost 25,000 copies of standards.