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Werner “rolls-out” new heavy-duty podium ladders with casters

Innovative ladder style now available with casters; enhanced mobility provides improved productivity and comfort

May 20, 2015

Werner, the trusted leader in the manufacturing of professional and consumer ladders, announces the introduction of Podium ladders with casters. The Podium is a new style of ladder that allows the user to work facing any direction and is now available with factory installed casters. With the addition of casters, the Podium ladder is easier to move around the jobsite to further improve productivity.

A “clear and present danger” spotted on a Rhode Island rooftop

Contractor has a history of similar violations

May 19, 2015

A pair of OSHA inspectors had just finished a workplace inspection and were heading back to their Providence, Rhode Island office when they caught sight of a dangerous situation at another site.

National Safety Stand-Down observed around the world

May 11, 2015

As it enters its second week, OSHA’s effort to prevent falls in the construction industry is causing work stoppages around the globe.

OSHA: PPE may have prevented roofer's death

Fatal fall shows need for ongoing Safety Stand-down

May 8, 2015

A 30-year-old roofer's life was tragically cut short in November 2014 after a fall caused severe head trauma. The man was found unresponsive below a 32-foot extension ladder he was using to renovate a roof at a two-story building at Missouri's Whiteman Air Force Base.

Still time to participate in National Fall Safety Stand-Down

OSHA, NIOSH, NORA, CPWR partner to spread the fall prevention message

May 6, 2015

With this year’s National Fall Safety Stand-Down – which began on Monday – OSHA is hoping to reach even more than the million+ workers who heard the word in the 2014 event, by way of the more than 5,000 construction industry employers who got involved.

Are you standing down?

May 4, 2015

If you are in the construction industry, there is still time for you to participate in OSHA’s National Fall Prevention Stand-Down, which runs today through May 15th.

Capital Safety offers fall protection demonstrations during OSHA’s National Safety Stand-Down

The Every Worker, Every Time Initiative works in collaboration with OSHA’s two-week campaign to prevent hazardous falls among construction workers

May 4, 2015

Capital Safety, a global leader in fall protection for construction and other high-risk fields, today announced the kick-off of a national, 10-day fall protection and training program, Every Worker, Every Time, which is devoted to fulfilling the company’s mission: To bring every worker at height home safely, every workday.

Tower workers' deaths could have been prevented with personal safety gear

Scaffold collapses during commercial painting job

May 4, 2015

Florjan Nilaj and Gazmend Vukaj left their Michigan homes and traveled 260 miles south to Oxford, Ohio for a commercial painting job, never thinking that Oct. 24, 2014, might be the last day of their lives.

Capital Safety acquires Python Safety, Inc.

Acquisition joins global leader in fall protection with leading manufacturer of drop prevention for tools, equipment

May 1, 2015

Capital Safety™, a global leader in fall protection and home of the DBI-SALA® and PROTECTA® brands, today announced that it has acquired Python Safety, Inc., a Woodstock, Georgia-based company that is a leading provider of dropped object prevention solutions for tools and equipment.

CPWR chief calls for construction industry to join Safety Stand-Down

April 30, 2015

On the heels of Workers Memorial Day, Center for Construction Research and Training (CPWR) Executive Director Pete Stafford said; “Just as we owe a debt we can never repay to the men and women who died defending our nation and our freedom, we owe a similar debt to those who died while laboring to create the prosperity we enjoy as Americans.”