WMA SAFETY PROGRAM OVERVIEW

WMA is dedicated to improving the millwork industry safety environment by creating awareness of key safety issues and encouraging WMA members to utilize the opportunities and programs available to eliminate hazards and enhance workplace safety and health practices.

As an advocate for the millwork industry, WMA is in communication with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and other federal agencies regarding safety issues that impact WMA members. We strive to provide the essential resources and briefings on safety guidance and compliance issues. WMA provides information about OSHA programs and initiatives, rulemaking and enforcement, training and educational offerings, and outreach and communication efforts.

OSHA Resources & Programs

Safety Articles of Interest

MENTAL HEALTH & WELL-BEING RESOURCES
FOR THE MILLWORK INDUSTRY

Mental health and well-being should be a critical component to your millwork safety program, especially during these unprecedented times. Isolation, economic uncertainties and fears about getting sick from COVID-19 have increased the levels of stress in everyone’s lives which has, in turn, increased the rise in substance abuse/addiction and suicide.

It is important now more than ever for millwork employers to listen to employees’ concerns about their current stress levels and mental health challenges, and utilize the resources available to meet those concerns and help workers. To that end, WMA is committed to promoting the importance of millwork employee health and well-being to our members.

Your WMA membership gains you access to a comprehensive list of mental health and well-being resources that will help millworkers across all levels of employment.

Mental Health & Well-Being Resources

The OSHA On-Site Consultation Program offers no-cost and confidential occupational safety and health services for small or medium-sized businesses in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and several U.S. territories.  Consultants work with employers to find and fix workplace hazards, provide advice for complying with OSHA standards, train workers, and develop and improve safety and health programs. The employer determines the scope of the consultation visit and consultants do not issue citations or penalties.

Read employers’ testimonials (Success Stories) and learn more about the Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) for small businesses that have used consultation services and operate exemplary safety and health programs.

NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL SUPERVISORS’ SAFETY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

National Safety Council LogoThe National Safety Council’s (NSC) Supervisors’ Safety Development Program Online teaches supervisors how to:

  • Satisfy OSHA compliance regulations
  • Identify, control and eliminate health and safety hazards
  • Conduct successful safety inspections, incident investigations and safety meetings
  • Prevent workplace incidents
  • Analyze safety and health issues from management’s perspective
  • Implement a positive and effective safety culture

Learn more about NSC’s Supervisors’ Safety Development Program Online.

SAFETY STATISTICS

One of the major challenges facing the industry workplace is safety.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics report, approximately 2.814 million nonfatal workplace injuries were reported by private industry employers in 2019. The overall number of recorded fatal work injuries in 2019 was 5,333, up 1.5 percent from the 2018 total of 5,250. The 2019 fatal injury rate was 3.5 per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers, unchanged from 2018. About 20 percent (1,061) of worker fatalities in private industry in calendar year 2019 were in construction – accounting for one in five worker deaths for the year.

MILLWORK SAFETY NEWS & ARTICLES