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Volunteer rehabbers get a visit from OSHA

April 21, 2016

A group of young people in Philadelphia working to turn both their lives and their neighborhoods around got safety training and construction training recently, through a partnership between YouthBuild Philadelphia and OSHA.

3M to host fall protection demonstrations during OSHA’s National Safety Stand-Down

Leading fall protection and safety specialists tour U.S. to educate construction workers about fall protection and dropped object prevention during 2016 National Safety Stand-Down

April 12, 2016

3M’s Capital Safety will host fall protection demonstrations throughout the U.S. May 2-6, 2016, during OSHA’s National Safety Stand-Down. Capital Safety has historically been involved in OSHA’s Stand Down and is proud to participate in this campaign to remind and educate employers and workers in the construction industry about the serious dangers of falls and dropped objects.

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Traumatic brain injuries in construction

Srinivas Konda MPH

March 23, 2016

Falling 25 feet to the ground from a roof, being struck in the head by a steel beam as it is transported across a worksite, or getting hit by a vehicle moving supplies–these are only a few examples of why the construction industry has the greatest number of both fatal and nonfatal traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) among U.S. workplaces.

Residential framing company exposes workers to dangerous falls - again

March 21, 2016

South Progress LLC apparently isn't making much progress in protecting its employees from fall hazards. OSHA inspectors, acting under the agency’s Regional Emphasis Program on Falls in Construction*, found South Progress employees doing framing work without fall protection at a residential community in Santa Rosa, Florida.

Construction worker plummets 53 stories to his death at downtown LA high-rise

March 18, 2016

A construction worker on his second day on the job fell 53 stories to his death yesterday at a downtown Los Angeles high-rise slated to be the tallest building in the West, officials said.

Lack of fall protection led to roofer's death in fall at Cincinnati work site

Employer faces $117K in fines

March 4, 2016

The life of a 53-year-old roofer who died after dropping 40 feet to the ground could have been saved if his employer had provided proper fall protection, the OSHA has found.

Fall from balcony results in $66,990 proposed OSHA fine

February 29, 2016

OSHA cited a Texas flooring company for workplace hazards after a worker required hospitalization due to workplace injuries.

Scaffold protections would prevent more than 4,000 injuries per year

February 29, 2016

When scaffolds are not upright or used properly, falls can occur. Protecting workers from scaffold related accidents would prevent many deaths and more than 4,000 injuries each year.

OSHA announces third annual National Safety Stand-Down

February 29, 2016

OSHA and other federal safety agencies announced that they have designated May 2-6, 2016, for the third annual National Safety Stand-Down. The event is a nationwide effort to remind and educate employers and workers in the construction industry of the serious dangers of falls - the cause of the highest number of industry deaths in the construction industry.

From resistance to full participation

One safety professional's experience with the Safety Stand-Down

Maddie Vaughan

February 18, 2016

I'm a Regional Safety Manager on the largest college bond project in the country, BUILD LACCD (Los Angeles community college district).We have 9 campuses throughout Los Angeles and I have responsibility for three campuses and all construction projects on those campuses.