New Safety Training Signs Required on NYC Construction Sites

Today, Buildings Commissioner Melanie E. La Rocca announced that multilingual notices about safety-training requirements must be posted at the exits of New York City’s larger construction sites. This new mandate, which goes into effect today, requires the signs to be posted in every language that is used by workers to communicate at each specific construction site, and is part of the agency’s ongoing campaign to raise awareness about the upcoming deadlines for workers and supervisors to obtain site safety training as required under Local Law 196 of 2017.  

“Keeping workers and the public safe is our agency’s highest priority. Having signs at the exits of construction sites is fitting: at the end of every day, workers will be reminded to get the training they need to come home safely to their families. What’s more, because the people who are building New York City’s future come from around the world, we have created a template for these new signs that can be downloaded in 14 languages,” said Commissioner La Rocca.

“BTEA Contractors are fully engaged in training our workers so that New York City has the best, safest, construction workforce possible,” said Building Trades Employers Association President and CEO Louis J. Coletti. “We appreciate the collaborative efforts of the Buildings Department, under the leadership of Commissioner La Rocca, throughout the implementation of Local Law 196. This training is going to be an invaluable tool moving forward toward making construction work as safe as it can be, and, making sure that all of our workers go home each night.” Click here to continue reading.