OSHA Could Invoke PPE, Sanitation Standards In New Focus On Women In Construction

OSHA is signaling that it could take advantage of existing standards on personal protective equipment (PPE) and workplace sanitation in a new bid to ensure greater safety and health protections for women on construction sites, a key issue that an agency advisory group has pressed in recent years. A draft agency fact sheet and upcoming web page dedicated to the issue aim to make PPE and sanitation central concerns for employers. A working group of the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH) has long been working on the subject of protecting women in construction, with conce