Question: We are looking to install a temporary horizontal lifeline system in our theatre. It is outdoors so we are would prefer the line to be galvanized aircraft cable instead of synthetic rope.
OSHA inspectors who witnessed workers exposed to fall hazards at several commercial roofing projects began an investigation that resulted in a half dozen safety violations and $121,660 in fines against the contractor.
OSHA has recently cited Buford, Ga.-based Maga Construction Inc. with 12 serious violations for exposing workers to fall hazards and other safety violations at a San Antonio work site.
In 2010, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that fatal work injuries involving falls decreased 2 percent in 2010 (from 645 in 2009 to 635 in 2010).
Diversified Fall Protection announces the addition of an improved loading dock rolling safety gate to their full line of fall protection products and services.
A new study by researchers at Johns Hopkins Medical Institution found that people with mild hearing loss were more likely to have a history of falling than those with no hearing loss.
The American Society of Safety Engineers said it supports OSHA's rescission of the interim Fall Protection Compliance Guidelines for Residential Construction.
OSHA has cited Landmark Services Cooperative, a Wisconsin grain cooperative, with one willful safety violation for failing to protect workers from falls while they were loading grain products into rail cars at its Evansville facility.
