Falls remain one of OSHA’s most frequently cited violations — and with good reason. They continue to be the leading cause of serious injuries and fatalities in construction and facility maintenance.

OSHA reports that fall protection [1926.501] was the No. 1 most frequently cited standard in the 2022 fiscal year. In Part 2, we covered the first two subparagraphs cited under fall protection. Now we ...

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 ...

Companies have a constant need to improve the safety of employees and the environment they work in. Supervisors and company leaders understand how quickly accidents can happen in the workplace and how ...

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 ...

If you’ve ever experienced an unexpected visit from an OSHA inspector, you know how important it is to be prepared. If you haven’t, consider this: OSHA has jurisdiction over 7 million worksites and, ...

Upper Great Plains lineman Shayne Bender demonstrates how to use a buck hook with a self-retracting lanyard to ascend a steel lattice tower at fall protection training in Mead substation. When the ...

From an inquiry, the Concrete Foundations Association discovered a gap that exists between experience with fall protection and interpretation of the current regulation. Question: Yesterday, an OSHA ...