The Safety and Risk Management Council (SRMC) of the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC), St. Louis, Missouri, has published three new Safety Bulletins: “Hexavalent Chromium,” “Protecting Jobsite Visitors” and “Reduce Risk Factors from Manual Handling Tasks: Bag Handling.”
Safety Bulletins are periodically publishedbrief discussions of the most severe safety issues facing concrete contractors. ASCC members receive a complete set of Bulletins when they join the organization.
The SRMC is a specialty council of the ASCC, dedicated to making ASCC contractors the safest in the industry. The council board consists of safety and insurance professionals from all aspects of the concrete contracting industry. The group meets three times a year and spends countless additional hours overseeing safety matters for the organization. Council activities include publication development, review and monitoring of ASCC events and materials for safety compliance, member education, maintaining a safety awards program, and staffing a safety hotline.
The ASCC is a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the capabilities of those who build with concrete, and to providing them a unified voice in the construction industry. Members include concrete contracting firms, manufacturers, suppliers and others interested in the concrete industry, such as architects, specifiers and distributors. There are approximately 590 member companies in the United States and 12 foreign countries.
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