Learning how to minimize the risk of potentially dangerous or fatal fall hazards allows organizations to take a proactive approach to worker safety. In November 2007, the American National Standards ...

With linemen no longer able to free-climb, electric utilities nationwide have invested in new fall protection equipment for wood poles, modified work practices, and designed and retrofitted towers to ...

Falls remain one of OSHA’s most frequently cited violations — and with good reason. They continue to be the leading cause of serious injuries and fatalities in construction and facility maintenance.

These systems are designed to stop a fall — not to prevent it. Most of the requirements here apply to the equipment itself. The employer needs to ensure that equipment purchased for personal fall ...

Fall protection equipment is not one-size-fits-all, nor is it one-product-fits-all-applications. In the construction industry, for example, equipment may need to change when anchorage points change as ...