work at height

Update training on OSHA’s new fall protection rules

Focus on walking surfaces and fixed ladders

September 26, 2018

Experienced employers — from industrial safety managers to construction supervisors -- keep a close eye on measures for worker fall protection. Failures in this category have led OSHA’s annual list of top 10 most-cited violations for most of the past decade.

Petzl America showcases extensive ANSI-compliant product line at the 2018 Safety+ National Symposium

August 13, 2018

Petzl, the leader in solution-based hands-free lighting and work-at-height equipment, will debut a robust line of ANSI-compliant fall protection products at the 2018 Safety+ National Symposium presented by the Volunteer Protection Programs Participants’ Association (VPPPA) and the Tennessee Safety and Health Conference (TSHC).

Petzl RopeTrip 2018 unites rope access community for 4th International Challenge and Symposium

North American team takes home first ever victory

June 28, 2018

Showcasing its leadership in rope-access and work-at-height, Petzl concluded the 2018 RopeTrip International Challenge and Symposium in Germany on June 9, crowning its first ever winning team from North America. Every two years, the Petzl RopeTrip brings together leading professionals in the rope-access community for an event that showcases best practices, cutting-edge technique and industry camaraderie through friendly competition and educational seminars.

Coming this year, a new standard to prevent dropped objects

Nate Bohmbach

May 14, 2018

It’s hard to fathom that in this day and age of real-time data, education and technology, worker fatalities in the U.S. have actually increased (up 7 percent in 2016 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics).

OS+H Asia 2018 online exhibitor registration open

October 13, 2017

Online exhibitor registration for the 11th edition of OS+H Asia, The Occupational Safety + Health Exhibition for Asia, is now open at www.osha-singapore.com. Organized by Messe Düsseldorf Asia, the event will take place from August 22 - 24, 2018 in Singapore. Messe Düsseldorf Asia is the subsidiary of Messe Düsseldorf in Germany, renowned for A + A - the world’s leading international trade fair for the occupatonal safety and health sector.

Risk solutions for work at heights & dropped objects

Why allow anything to fall?

Travis Betcher Raymond Mann, QSSP

July 18, 2017

For decades, leading causes of death on construction sites have been “Falls” and “Struck by Object” according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). In 2015, OSHA recorded 364 deaths from falls (38.8 percent of the total construction deaths) and 90 from being struck by objects (9.6 percent of the total construction deaths).

It’s important to be hands-free when climbing to at-heights work

April 1, 2017

Those who work with their hands usually have something in their hands. So they need a way to carry their stuff – tools, equipment, lunch and hydration – to and fro on their job site. While this isn’t typically a problem for travel on smooth surfaces, not all walking/work surfaces are smooth, level, uniform or horizontal.

Construction safety Q&A

All about falls, silica, cranes, overlooked training, confined spaces & best practices

Don Garvey, CIH, CSP

March 1, 2017

Questions about falls, silica, cranes, overlooked training, confined spaces & best practices answered in this article.

Miller Vi-Go™ Ladder Climbing Safety Systems from Honeywell

November 1, 2016

The systems are available in easy-to-install kits or as a build your own option.

ANSI requirements for self-retracting fall protection

Marty Sharp

October 1, 2016

I was probably eight to ten years of age when I first learned that gem of wisdom: Let the buyer beware. I look around today and I don’t see much evidence that buyers are aware of that truth.