Recognize Your WORKSAFE Project and Safety Team

ATTENTION MBI MEMBERS: Did your firm exceed safety expectations this past year? Do you have an individual who embodies safety and promotes a safety culture? Was your project a WORKSAFE project? If you are an MBI member and have a “safety story” to tell, now is a great opportunity to get recognized in the safety world.

Every year during the Master Builders of Iowa’s Annual Winter Conference, safety recognition takes front and center in which various categories of safety excellence are recognized. Here are the categories:

If you or your company have excelled in safety this past year, now is the time to consider submitting in the appropriate, aforementioned categorizes. To learn more about the submission process for these safety awards, as well as other recognition possibilities, please click here. 

Customize Your Audit Schedule Based on Duration of Project

As you know, Iowa OSHA and the Master Builders of Iowa have developed the WORKSAFE program, which is a partnership that is going on 8 years. Since its inception, over 700 projects have been enrolled in the WORKSAFE program. No other state safety agency has this type of relationship with an industry construction group. Focused on providing a coaching perspective to job site safety, the safety professionals of CSSI and Iowa OSHA want to give contractors a comprehensive view on how to make their construction sites safer. This helps keep workers healthy, while reducing lost work hours and benefitting production.

The WORKSAFE program offers multiple degrees of engagement starting with the basic audit package that provides for a total of three (3) job site visits for clients. From there, additional audits can be added to best fit the duration of the project. (See chart below for audit recommendations.)  

Project Duration | Recommended # of Site Visits

0 - 6 months | 3 Safety Survey Visits

6 - 9 months | 4 - 5 Safety Survey Visits

9 -12 months | 6 - 7 Safety Survey Visits

12 - 18 months | 8 - 10 Safety Survey Visits

Audits are performed by CSSI safety professionals, while Iowa OSHA provides one visit for all projects enrolled in the WORKSAFE program.

To learn more about the WORKSAFE program, click here.

Maybe the Big Apple Needs WORKSAFE

In an effort to address safety concerns, the New York City Department of Buildings has apparently instituted a city-wide campaign of surprise inspections on some of the nearly 10,200 construction sites. According to an article in Construction Dive, these inspections have resulted in:

Fortunately for Iowa contractors, Iowa OSHA is more inclined to work with the constructors, rather than constantly policing them.