John Corriveau is a fall protection & confined space specialist who began working with his father, mother and brothers at Wardco Safety in 1978. John has over 35 years’ experience working with safety equipment and engineered systems. He has been providing all levels of fall protection training since 1993 both in the U.S. and abroad. John is an active member of the Z359 Committee and has spent the last couple of years working on the updated standards for fall protection. You can reach John at (262) 790-1155, john@lighthousesafety.com; visit us at www.lighthousesafety.com.
The latest 2012-13 ANSI Z359 Fall Protection Standards for General Industry and the 2012 ANSI A10.32 guidelines for Fall Protection in the Construction Industry are great tools to assist companies with updating their fall protection programs
Since the initial release of OSHA 1926.500 Fall Protection Guidelines for the Construction Industry in 1998, fatal falls have increased every year except 2003.