Twenty-seven years ago in Alberta, Canada, a lineman fell off a wooden transmission structure and died from his injuries. He was wearing the traditional lineman belt with a single pole strap. Alberta ...

All workers exposed to falls should be trained by a competent person to recognize fall hazards and to be familiar with available control methods and equipment. Three key components of a Personal Fall ...

Falls are the leading cause of death and injury in construction. Of the 828 workplace deaths in private construction during 2013, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that 36 percent were ...

ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- Fall protection can be defined as a system or means to prevent or reduce the severity of injuries from a fall. Often, when we think of fall protection, we think of someone ...

Taylor’d Systems LLC, a leading manufacturer of firefighter training props, has teamed up with Head Rush Technologies to integrate the TRUBLUE iQ fall protection device into its innovative Series 12 ...

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 335 construction workers died from job-related falls in 1995. That was the year the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) "Safety ...

Doka – a world leader in formwork technology – announces a new mobile personal fall-arrest system, The Falpro - Mobile Fall Protection Anchor V1. Current safety regulations in slab-formwork ...

New Zealand-based Martin Aircraft Co. currently is focused on developing the Martin Jetpack for use as a first responder vehicle and a heavy-lift unmanned air vehicle, but who knows how this invention ...

Barbara Wadsworth, DNP, RN, executive vice president and COO of Radnor Township, Pa.-based Main Line Health, never set out to be an entrepreneur — but she recently made her mark in the space. On July ...

DBI/SALA announced a new self-retracting lifeline that is designed to protect people working on or near high places. The aerospace self-retracting lifeline is designed to be anchored to an acceptable ...