OSHA has cited Jaime Martinez Hernandez – a residential framing contractor based in Phenix City, Alabama – for exposing employees to fall and struck-by hazards at two Alabama worksites. The contractor faces $240,880 in penalties. The agency conducted the inspections in conjunction with the agenc...
OSHA Shares Guidance on Fall PreventionDRAFFEN, LEAHBuilder: The Magazine of the National Association of Home Builders
Train' protocol.]]>The article offers information on a campaign launched by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) concerning the three simple steps on how to prevent fall accidents in the construction sector which include planning, providing the right protective equipment, ...
OSHA 500 Fall Protection
Prevention Subpart M - Fall Protection • 1926.500 Scope, application, and definitions • 1926.501 Duty to have fall protection. • 1926.502 Fall protection systems criteria and practices. • 1926.503 Training requirements. DANGER FALL
It is found that on-site prevention measures, safety education and training, research and development on safety, and scaffold/working platform redesign are the most effective preventive measures to mitigate fatal falls on-site. This paper's findings could help raise safety awareness about fall-...
Some building stair codes (CA/OSHA Title 8 Section 1626) leave readers a little confused between the definition of handrail (green arrow) and guardrail, by adding a third term, stair rail (red arrow in our photo).A stair rail is basically a guard rail along an open stairway. A stair ...
OSHA Launches Fall Prevention Campaign.The article reports on the launch of the fall prevention campaign by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).EBSCO_bspSafety Compliance Letter
2014 OSHA Initiatives: Temporary Workers, Combustible Dust, Silica and Fall PreventionClark, Jeffrey
The article focuses on the worker's safety awareness campaign titled "Safety pays. Falls costs," organized by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).EBSCO_AspSafety & Health...