Updates

By cvoyles on Jul 23, 2012 in Updates |

Northern West Virginia Chapter of American Society of Safety Engineers featured the Campaign To Prevent Falls in Construction poster as their Safety Sign of the Month. Check out their newsletter here (PDF) and check our Training & Other Resources page for the Campaign poster and other...

By cvoyles on Jul 20, 2012 in Updates |

This week, OSHA released versions of the Campaign to Prevent Falls in Construction fact sheets in both Polish and Russian. For other Campaign materials, visit our Training & Other Resources page, or check out OSHA’s material at their Stop Falls...

By cvoyles on Jul 20, 2012 in Updates |

On the Department of Labor’s Official Blog (Work In Progress), Dr. David Michaels has written about the Campaign to Prevent Falls in Construction. From his post: Too many workers continue to plummet from a towering scaffold, a roof or precarious ladders due to a lack of supervision or provision of safeguards.  The numbers are glaring: in 2010, more than 250 workers lost their lives in falls on construction sites, while more than 10,000 were seriously injured. At the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, we have answered the call to prevent any more needless deaths with our nationwide education and outreach campaign to prevent falls in the construction industry.  It’s my firm conviction that each and every one of these falls is preventable. Read more of Dr. David Michael’s thoughts on the campaign and why it is so important at (Work In...

By cvoyles on Jul 18, 2012 in Updates |

OSHA has developed stickers to help raise awareness of the Campaign to Prevent Falls in Construction. These stickers can affixed onto equipment on a work site, to spread the word: Safety Pays. Falls Cost. Want to order these stickers for yourself? To order these or any of OSHA’s outreach materials, call OSHA’s Office of Communications at (202) 693-1999 or visit OSHA’s Publications...

By cvoyles on Jul 12, 2012 in Updates |

The European Trade Union Institute has an article up featuring the Campaign To Prevent Falls in Construction. From the article: “Our industry has lost far too many people to fatal falls,” said CPWR Executive Director Pete Stafford. “Based on national data we’ve collected over the years, we know that no matter how many construction fatalities there are in any given year, consistently one-third of the total are the result of fatal falls. Losing any worker to a preventable fall is simply unacceptable. That’s why CPWR is proud to be a part of this effort to raise awareness of this problem and, hopefully, reduce deaths and injuries from falls on the job.” The article is available in both English and...

By cvoyles on Jul 12, 2012 in Updates |

Dr. Christine Branche, principal associate director at NIOSH and director of its Office of Construction Safety and Health, and Jim Maddux, director of OSHA’s Directorate of Construction  DATE: August 16, 2012 TIME: 2:00PM EST – 1:00PM CST – 11:00AM PST Two top officials in the construction offices of NIOSH and OSHA will discuss the national Fall Prevention Campaign, share the outreach materials from all of the campaign partners, and detail the campaign’s online and social media elements that can help contractors prevent fatal falls and needless injuries in construction. For more information or to sign up, click...