During a May 4, 2015, OSHA Safety Stand-down event at a Minneapolis construction site, Andy Smoka, safety consultant principal at Minnesota OSHA, happened to notice an individual working at elevated heights on Doran’s construction site nearby. Upon closer inspection, Smoka noticed the employee was using the proper fall protection and doing everything exactly right to prevent falls. Smoka then placed a phone call to the site superintendent for Doran Companies to recognize their safety efforts and inform them about the current National Safety Stand-down campaign to prevent falls in construction. The folks at Doran were excited about the idea to conduct a safety stand-down event at their site to reiterate the importance of fall safety for their company and subcontractors. Read about their May 13th event...
Read MoreAn article from Finance & Commerce writes up a Stand-Down event in Minneapolis, MN: Safety expert Trevor Taylor quizzed the workers in rapid-fire fashion. “The first thing you need to do before you wear a full body harness before you go to work in the morning is do what? Inspect it,” Taylor said. “And what do we look for? Cuts, tears, burns, frays. If you can’t read the label, the harness isn’t any good.” In other words, the harness is too old. Did you hold an event for the National Safety Stand-Down? Let us know at falls@cpwr.com — we’d love to hear from...
Read MoreIn this video, John LeBlanc talks about what happened when a worker died from a fall on a LeBlanc job site, how it effected him, and how safety became a priority. Watch the video to learn...
Read MoreThe article details OSHA and its partner’s efforts to prevent falls in construction through the National Safety Stand-Down.
Read MoreThe International Safety Equipment Association has made available a guide for personal fall protection in English and Spanish. Both are now available on our Other Materials page, and the Spanish version has joined our En Español...
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