--- title: IW safety official on adapting to new safety standards description: Wayne Creasap of the Ironworkers Union came on America's Work Force Union Podcast to discuss safety and how Ironworkers have adapted to the new standards. image: https://awf.labortools.com/hubfs/IronWorkers%20blue%20mic.jpg --- 1 min read Season 1, Episode 87 # IW safety official on adapting to new safety standards [ awfblog ](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/author/awfblog) August 31, 2020 [America's Work Force Union Podcast](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/americas-work-force-union-podcast) [Health, Welfare, and Safety](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/health-welfare-and-safety) [Ironworkers](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/ironworkers) ![Iron-Worker-Logo-Color](https://awf.labortools.com/hs-fs/hubfs/AmericasWorkForce/sponsor%20logos/Iron-Worker-Logo-Color.jpg?width=1000&name=Iron-Worker-Logo-Color.jpg)   Guest Name: --- Wayne Creasap Guest Website: --- [ironworkers.org](https://www.ironworkers.org/) Guest Social Media: --- [ Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/unionironworkers) [ Twitter](https://twitter.com/TheIronworkers) [ YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/user/UnionIronworkers) [ LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/iron-workers-international) Supportive Documents: --- As a District Representative for the Safety and Health Department at the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Ironworkers Wayne Creasap has been busy during the COVID-19 pandemic. He discussed the issues faced and progress made by the Ironworkers on the Aug. 31 episode of America’s Work Force Radio Podcast. Through a lens of experience working with union members, Creasap said the training union members receive adequately prepares them to work safely in the construction industry. The precautions put in place due to COVID-19 are no different and he said union members are doing everything they can to adhere to the guidelines. He then touched on the shortage of personal protective equipment, saying that N95 masks were difficult to find at the beginning of the pandemic, as many of the masks were being shipped to hospitals. Creasap then said Ironworkers have had very little difficulty adjusting to many of the enhanced PPE standards as they understand it is to protect them and help them continue working. With regards to how the Ironworkers have worked to help their membership, Creasap said they provided updated training materials and posters to help remind workers of new guidelines and procedures. Finally, he said the Ironworkers have hosted round table style webinars to discuss best safety practices and protocols. --- America’s Work Force is the only daily labor podcast in the US and has been on the air since 1993, supplying listeners with useful, relevant input into their daily lives through fact-finding features, in-depth interviews, informative news segments and practical consumer reports. America’s Work Force is committed to providing an accessible venue in which America's workers and their families can hear discussion on important, relevant topics such as employment, healthcare, legislative action, labor-management relations, corporate practices, finances, local and national politics, consumer reports and labor issues. 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