ANSI Z359.7-2011 took effect on Oct. 3, 2012. It applies to all products within the Z359 Fall Protection Code.
The online database offers a list of options for occupational hazards on construction sites.
This is key: Once the right risk assessment data is collected, it should be used to implement a long-term fall protection abatement program.
Once a company determines the need for a fall protection system, there are four options to evaluate: eliminate, prevent, restrain, and arrest.
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The June 8-11 event in Orlando will be here before you know it, and it follows a highly successful conference in another prime destination, Las Vegas.
Still a major issue facing the health and safety industry, fall protection is a focus of many companies as ASSE.
The company was investigated under an OSHA emphasis program focusing on the primary metal industry.
Two took place in Tennessee and the Chicago area this week, focused on preventing caught in/between accidents and falls.
ASSE's Safety 2013 conference includes more than 250 sessions and one of the best safety and health exhibit halls of the year.
Experts discussed the differences between U.S. and international standards and the recent move to make some components strong enough to withstand much larger fall forces.
Several educational sessions and expo products are aimed at the booming oil & gas market.
The alliance will offer guidance on a variety of hazards to workers in four states.
OSHA fined an Illinois industrial cleaning company after a worker was killed falling from his ladder.
It addresses the various hazards encountered in group homes, such as infectious diseases, slips and falls, and patient lifting injuries.
Collis Roofing Inc. received four citations related to the company's alleged lack of fall protection.
Buildings Commissioner Robert LiMandri announced the numbers while kicking off the Department of Buildings' ninth annual Construction Safety Week with the 2013 Build Safe/Live Safe Conference.
OSHA, NIOSH, and CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training collaborate on this campaign with the National Occupational Research Agenda Construction Sector Council.
For the first time, the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries data for 2011 include data on fatal injuries involving contractors.
MMWR published an analysis of the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries data for 2003-2010, which tabulated 128 deaths in offshore and on-shore operations.