Responding is Kevin Kelpe, brand manager, Diversified Fall Protection, Westlake, OH. In 2017, OSHA made sweeping updates to its standards on walking-working surfaces in general industry and personal ...

Every winter, no matter what the industry is or how the work conditions are, slips, trips and falls consistently remains the top cause of workplace injuries and accidents. These are injuries and ...

FallTech has launched FT-Xpert, a fall protection training program aimed at providing targeted, role-specific instruction for today’s workforce. The program addresses shortcomings of traditional ...

What is the first thing that you think about when you see the words “fall protection?” Do you think of a harness? Guard rails? Or perhaps you think of OSHA violations and worker’s compensation cases.

Fall protection plans don’t stop at harnesses, anchors and other personal protective equipment. They must also include step-by-step instructions for rescue after a fall. Every second counts after a ...

Workplaces have undergone significant transformations in the 21st century. But you wouldn’t know if you looked at the violations the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issues. In ...

Stating a “safety first” philosophy is easy enough for organizations, but it takes deeds to save lives, not just words. For the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, their Fall Protection Competent Person ...

Of the nearly 1,100 construction deaths recorded in 2022, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data, almost 400 involved falls from height. With the National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in ...

Late last month, NAHB conducted its first in-person fall prevention training class as part of a new pilot program. In partnership with the National Housing Endowment (NHE) and Job-Site Safety ...