Objectives A personal fall arrest system (PFAS) is an effective way to keep workers safe around fall hazards. Before each use, each of its many components must be carefully inspected individually to ensure the whole system...
Falls remain the leading cause of death in the construction industry. Despite OSHA’s ongoing campaign to raise awareness about fall prevention, many employers still fail to plan appropriately for individual jobs and provide...
For as long as I can remember, fall protection has been in the top 10 of OSHA’s most-cited safety violations. More times than not it has been in the top five. No matter how many national stand-downs OSHA or individual...
Each year, we continue to see that fall protection is one of OSHA’s top 10 cited violations. Why is that? Is it because there is limited guidance on what is required? Is there limited availability of the equipment necessary...
Keeping workers safe has taken on new meaning since the pandemic began. While traditional hazard protection requirements remain, the need for infection control added a new level of complexity. Contractors have adjusted work...
For the tenth year in a row, fall protection is the by far the most commonly cited violation by OSHA in its top ten most cited violations. This past year, OSHA wrote 5,424 citations related to fall protection. (Fall...
In February 2021, OSHA announced its preliminary top 10 most frequently cited workplace safety standards for 2020. Reviewing these citations can help electrical contractors identify and prioritize areas for improving safety...
Originally postponed from August, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s seventh annual Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction event took place Sept. 14-18. The fall prevention stand-down is a national...
Wind power continues to gain momentum throughout the United States, with turbines springing up from coast to coast and even offshore. Even as the opportunities working with wind turbines become more prevalent and more...
Last week, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced the details of its Sixth Annual National Fall Prevention Safety Stand-Down. The event, scheduled for the week of May 6–10, is designed to focus...
From May 8 to May 12, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will hold its fourth annual National Safety Stand-Down, a program started in 2013 to “raise fall hazard awareness across the country in an effort...
