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The thin line marks today, 29 September 2026.

WorkFalls

Construction Safety Week

Construction Safety Week is a week-long event held each May across the United States construction industry. Hundreds of contractors pause work for stand-downs, toolbox talks, demonstrations and site events built on a shared annual theme, and the week carries OSHA's fall-prevention stand-down. The organisers announce the dates each year, so check them rather than assuming a fixed week.

The organiser has not announced the next dates. This page will carry them as soon as Construction Safety Week publishes them.

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When it falls

Dates are announced by the organiser each year.

Also known as: Safety Week, CSW.

Where it came from

Construction Safety Week started in 2014 as an industry-wide week in which contractors, their clients and their business partners stop work to recommit to sending every worker home safely. It is run by an executive committee of large contractors with a technical committee of safety specialists, and it partners with OSHA each year so that the National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls sits inside the week. The organisers announce the dates and headline theme a few months ahead rather than following a fixed calendar rule.

First observed in 2014.

The organiser’s account of the day

How organisations mark it

  • Download the year's planning kit and daily topics and schedule one for each morning of the week.
  • Join the industry-wide fall-prevention stand-down held with OSHA during the week.
  • Hold a jobsite event with craft workers, trade partners and the client, not just management.
  • Use the technical bulletins to review high-energy hazards and the direct controls in place for them.
  • Download the certificate of participation and recognise the crews who took part.

Why this exists

Workplace & farm

nearly three millionwork-related deaths a year

Work-related deaths worldwide — worldwide, 2023. Source: International Labour Organization, Nearly 3 million people die of work-related accidents and diseases (news release) (2023).

“Nearly three million workers die every year due to work-related accidents and diseases”

More figures for this hazard

ObservanceNextKindWhereHazards
National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction3–7 May 2027 ExpectedWeekUnited StatesWorkFalls
Safe + Sound WeekThe organiser has not announced datesWeekUnited StatesWork
National Ladder Safety Month1–31 March 2027 ConfirmedMonthUnited StatesWorkFalls

Sources

  1. Construction Safety Week — home — www.constructionsafetyweek.com, read 15 September 2026.
  2. Safety Week 2026 — Construction Safety Week — www.constructionsafetyweek.com, read 15 September 2026.
  3. FAQ — Construction Safety Week — www.constructionsafetyweek.com, read 15 September 2026.
  4. Construction Safety Week 2025 is All in Together to Promote Safety Awareness — www.constructionsafetyweek.com, read 15 September 2026.
  5. News — Construction Safety Week — www.constructionsafetyweek.com, read 15 September 2026.

Page last confirmed against the organiser on 15 September 2026.