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 ...

AG: The most important thing the rental company can do is to understand how the personal protection equipment (PPE) works in each type of application. They should, at a minimum, be able to provide ...

When it comes to personal protective equipment (PPE), most pieces of equipment are designed to protect a worker right out of the packaging. When a worker faces potential hand injuries, simply ...

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.

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 ...

Largely, the standards most applicable for fall protection in the U.S. have had minimal performance changes over the past 5 years. The most current is the new ANSI/ASSP Z359.14-2021 document that ...

This Monday, April 6, 206, OSHA issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to eliminate a compliance deadline to install personal fall arrest/ladder safety systems on fixed ladders over 24 feet tall (i.e.

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 ...

The purpose of the William & Mary Fall Protection Program is to minimize exposure to fall hazards and injuries resulting from falls. This program covers all aspects of fall hazard recognition, and ...