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All in Fall Protection
Slips, trips and falls happen everyday on workplace stairways and all employees can benefit from these great reminders on stairway safety.
Everyone knows stairways need guardrails or handrails to be safe, but how do you keep workers safe when the stairways are under construction?
May 7 -11 is the week that employers across the nation will be participating in a Safety Stand-Down to raise fall hazard awareness in an effort to stop fall fatalities and injuries.
Scaffolding is a temporary structure used in many workplaces as a walking or working surface for work crews to assist in maintenance, construction, and repair.
The Associated General Contractors (AGC) of America commissioned a study to look into the causes of fatalities in the construction industry with the intention of learning new methods of preventing worker fatalities. The results may surprise you.
Guardrails are extremely important in preventing fall hazards, but they must be constructed properly and according to the strict OSHA standards set up for guardrails.
Personal Fall Arrest Systems can be tricky, so how do you know if you are putting the harness on correctly? ...and during a PFAS inspection, what should you look for?
What does PFAS stand for and why is it so important to fall hazard prevention?
When do you need additional fall protection when working on man lifts? Seems like they should be safe enough already.
It the movies it's cool, in real life it's deadly.
What industries have the highest risk of injuries due to falls? Construction may be obvious, but the others may be surprising.
Why is it so easy to find examples like these and why do people think they won't get hurt?
What does riding a bear, working near excavations and being a roofer all have in common?
"I think about it a million times. How could I have prevented it? How could we have done something different? Don't say, I've been doing this for 20 years, that won't happen to me, because it's not true. He was the greatest roofer I knew, and look what happened."
Floor holes aren't always just holes in the floor. This is one area where many workers forget to take the necessary safety measures to protect themselves and their co-workers, or at minimum throw some caution tape up and call it good. Learn more and get 10 safety topics for free!
One man was killed and another was injured when their lift tipped over. You can see the devastating scene and learn more about how to prevent accidents like this one.
