Items Tagged with 'Fall prevention'

Cold weather brings hazards that you may not be aware of.

Washington — How can Prevention through Design practices reduce or eliminate some of the construction industry’s most common hazards? A new toolkit from NIOSH is intended as a guide.

A follow-up – eight years later – to one of our most popular articles.

A recent survey of wheelchair or motorized scooter users reveals that almost all of them had fallen at least once in the past year.

Would a self-retracting lifeline or a shock-absorbing lanyard be the best choice for my workers’ personal fall arrest system?

Silver Spring, MD — Nearly 1,100 construction workers died in 2022, according to a recent data bulletin published by CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training.

Watertown, SD — “How am I going to use this rope? What am I protecting against? What characteristics does it need to have?”

How can facilities proactively address and mitigate common workplace hazards?

Portland, OR — Responding to the 19 fatal falls involving construction workers in the state since 2018, the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences has issued a hazard alert.

How can employers transform fall detection for workers using AI?