Dive Brief:

• Thirty-one construction companies are putting on a push to get all contractors to declare one week in their company Safety Week and are promoting this week as U.S. Industry Safety Week.
• The companies, which call themselves the Construction Industry Safety Initiative, say that more than 80,000 workers are hurt on construction sites annually.
• Management from construction firms should visit job sites during the company's safety week to show it is important, the group suggested.

Dive Insight:

The safety group says on its website that "being safe every day on every job site crosses competitive boundaries." In a collateral posting about safety on Fluor Corporation's website, Jeff Ruebesam, safety and health vice president, wrote, "This unprecedented event touches the lives of hundreds of thousands of hard-working men and women as they undertake projects that shape our collective future."