Leadership in Construction Safety
The South Florida AGC has a legacy of focused content delivery in the safety space. The South Florida AGC’s Safety Committee hosts monthly meetings of Safety Directors and Safety Personnel, our 2nd Wednesday Safety Sessions. These meetings provide members of our industry with a vehicle to share best practices, engage with our local OSHA office, confront region specific issues, and to create programming that meets the needs executives and personnel engaged in your firm’s Health and Safety operations.

Previous Safety Sessions

Safety & Health Latest News

• OSHA to Publicly Disclose Contractor Injury & Illness Data
• Clarity on OSHA Heat Hazard Enforcement?
• Sixty-Four Percent Of Firms Working On Highway Upgrades Experienced Cars Crashing Into Their Work Zone During The Past Year, New Data Finds
• AGC to Release Results of the 2022 Work Zone Safety Survey
• Choate Construction Company Of Charlotte, North Carolina Named Nation’s Safest Construction Company By National Contractors Group

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Safety and Health Services
AGC members consider safety and health on job sites as a top priority in the workplace. AGC's Safety and Health Services provides a wealth of information and services on construction safety and health through our numerous safety resources.

Advocacy

• Agency Relations. AGC regularly engages with the Department of Labor and the Occupational Health and Safety Administration on a wide variety of issues affecting the safety and health of construction workers nationwide. 
• Congressional Relations. AGC meets with influential members of Congress to implement AGC’s legislative agenda. View AGC’s full legislative and regulatory activity here.

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Partnering & Coalitions

• OSHA Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH). The ACCSH is a continuing advisory body established by statute that provides advice and assistance in construction standards and policy matters to the Assistant Secretary. There are 15 members of this advisory body. The ACCSH meetings are open to the Public and are announced in the Federal Register and appear on this page. Additional information about Advisory Committees is found at 29 CFR 1912.
• OSHA Alliance Program Construction Roundtable. OSHA established the Roundtable to bring Construction-related Alliance Program participants together to discuss and share information on workplace safety and health. Through the Alliance Program Construction Roundtable, participants develop and share construction-related compliance assistance tools and other resources for workers and employers.
• Small Business Administration's Small Business Labor Safety Roundtable. AGC, along with OSHA, MSHA, and other industry partners, participate in small business regulatory roundtables on occupational safety and health, and mine safety and health issues hosted by the SBA Office of Advocacy.​​

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• National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA). NORA is a partnership program to stimulate innovative research and improved workplace practices. The goal of its Construction Sector Council is to identify the most salient needs of this large and diverse sector. AGC’s membership on this Council gives NORA the opportunity to facilitate the most important research, understand the most effective intervention strategies, and learn how to implement those strategies to achieve sustained improvements in workplace practice.
• Council for Dredging and Marine Construction Safety (CDMCS). The CDMCS represents a joint effort of the dredging and marine construction industry to collectively improve industry safety standards.  CDMCS is a leader in dredging and marine construction safety with a diverse membership. 
• Coalition for Workplace Safety (CWS). The Coalition for Workplace Safety is a group of associations and employers who believe in improving workplace safety through cooperation, assistance, transparency, clarity, and accountability.

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AGC of America Resources

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• AGC of America’s online training collaboration with ClickSafety.com includes a comprehensive library of courses, many available in both English and Spanish, covering a variety of construction safety and general industry topics. 
• Save 10% on all courses by visiting: https://www.agc.org/member-benefits/online-training