For three years now, OSHA, NIOSH (the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) and CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training have cooperated to build a nationwide Campaign to Prevent Construction Falls. Working with stakeholders in the building industry, labor and the occupational safety and health community, we have brought our message to construction sites and community centers, to billboards and the sides of buses.
This year our efforts reached a scale not seen before, with a nationwide Safety Stand-Down organized the first week of June. Construction firms across the nation halted work briefly to focus on fall prevention with toolbox talks, equipment checks and safety demonstrations.