ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- The Target Zero monthly safety focus topic at the depot for June is fall prevention and ladders. The two subjects go hand in hand, as the proper use and maintenance of ...

Fall protection measures prevent a worker’s ... personal fall arrest system, or ladder safety system: November 19, 2018 Installing personal fall arrest or ladder safety systems on new fixed ...

That could be a guardrail, a personal fall protection system or safety netting; regardless, some form of fall protection must be used above those height thresholds. Regarding ladders, one of the most ...

Ladders are a common sight in New York City, whether on bustling construction sites, in residential buildings, or among ...

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration ... the company failed to provide fall protection or train employees on how to use it, improperly used ladders and failed to train workers ...

said in a statement that the new program “aligns all of OSHA’s fall protection resources to combat one of the most preventable and significant causes of workplace fatalities.” In its ...

All this being said, consider that some OSHA violations just don’t seem to go away. Last year, fall protection held the No. 1 slot for the twelfth year in a row. There were over 5,250 citations, about ...