Articles Tagged with ''Fall Protection''

SkyGuard is the latest bolt-together, non-penetrating protection for smoke hatches and venting skylights from Garlock Safety Equipment. The free-standing design maintains waterproof integrity. Bases are galvanized for resistance to the elements and provide  rail height of 42-inches.

OSHA inspectors driving by a construction worksite on Oct. 20, 2014 observed roofers working without fall protection. During the inspection that followed, the agency found that Franco Roofing, Inc. of Yonkers was cited for similar fall hazard violations in June of 2011 and then again in July of 2012, for worksites located in Yonkers, New York, and Greenwich, Connecticut.

FallTech, a leading manufacturer of fall protection products built for workers who are exposed to falls from elevation, today announced the release of two new Rotating Elevated Self-Retracting Device (SRD) Anchors for pitched and flat surfaces.

Former Florida tree service owner John Wilkes was sentenced to 15 years in prison last month after pleading guilty to aggravated manslaughter of a child.

A relative of a badly injured teen who fell through a skylight while shoveling snow on the rooftop of a Westwood, Mass., business said it’s time for everyone to get off the roof — it’s just too dangerous, according to an article in the Boston Herald.

Hundreds of construction workers die each year and thousands more face debilitating injuries due to falls in the workplace. To bring greater attention to this problem, the National Safety Council is supporting the Occupational Safety and Health Administration on a Fall Safety Stand-Down taking place May 4-15, 2015.