New York City’s Department of Buildings recently released an interactive map that shows the locations of 8,000 construction sites where supervisors and workers must have site safety training under Local Law 196 of 2017, according to ohsonline.com. The law requires training for workers at large-scale construction projects, such as major alterations or new construction projects.
“Requiring rigorous safety training is a critical step forward in our mission to safeguard construction workers and the public,” said DOB Commissioner Melanie La Rocca in a press release. “This map gives greater clarity for everyone, especially construction workers, about the sites in our city that require additional safety training. Workers and their employers need to prioritize getting this potentially life-saving training right away.”
Construction workers and employers instantly can find out whether safety training is required by entering the address of their workplace and seeing whether it appears on the DOB’s map.
Every construction site on the map has a link to extensive information about each of the projects, and the map is updated daily. The new technology is the latest in a serious of interactive dashboards, reports and data tools released by the department to give public access to information about the city’s building environment.
Construction and demolition workers at the permitted worksites marked on the map must have at least 10 hours of safety training and will be required to have at least 30 hours of training by Dec. 1. These workers also will be required to obtain at least 40 hours of safety training once Local Law 196 is fully phased in Sept. 1, 2020.
