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This webinar occurred on: September 4, 2014
Fall protection has long been an area of concern for safety professionals. OSHA recently reported that fall protection violations were the most commonly cited infractions in the American workplace—in fact, three of the top ten most cited standards are related to falls. As a result, more and more safety professionals are focusing on fall prevention rather than fall protection. Prevention through design, combined with new trainings, is helping organizations save time, money, and most importantly, lives. It is time for this movement to translate to the ladder industry. Every day nearly 2,000 people are injured while using a ladder, and as many as 100 of them will suffer a long-term disability. And today, one person will die in a ladder-related accident.
Fall-related accidents while on a worksite account for one of the largest expenses to organizations. Reducing the number of ladder-related injuries is becoming top priority for the nation’s foremost companies. In this presentation, Dave Francis, National Safety Director of Little Giant Ladder Systems, will use case studies, real-life examples and the latest practical training techniques and equipment solutions to help you prevent injuries and save lives in your area of responsibility.
4 Learning Objectives:
Upon completing this education session, the participant should be able to:
- Recognize ways to reduce the three most common kinds of ladder-related
accidents and injuries.
- Identify recent advancements in climbing equipment that will reduce risks on the
job.
- Improve workplace safety training by utilizing free live and online resources.
- Demonstrate teaching techniques that will improve safety training among
coworkers.
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This webinar occurred on: September 4, 2014
Speaker:
Dave Francis, National Safety Director, Little Giant Ladder Systems
For over three decades, Dave Francis’ career has centered around ladders. He has been with Little Giant Ladder Systems from the start, starting as a manufacturing line worker and eventually heading up research & development. He holds five U.S. patents for ladder design, and as national safety director, spends most of his time traveling throughout the nation training safety professionals, construction professionals, occupational safety and health professionals on how to better prevent injuries and ensure that every employee makes it home to their family at the end of the day.
Notable publications have sought after Dave’s counsel as a recognized leader in safety training and printed his recommendations for fall prevention, fall protection, workplace safety, general safety tips and how to’s, along with other ladder related safety topics. Some of these periodicals include: Occupational Health & Safety Magazine, Facility Safety & Maintenance, Incident Prevention, Professional Safety Magazine, Builder’s Exchange Magazine, Modern Contractor Solutions, The Welding Journal, and Industrial Hygiene News.
Dave is an industry expert and thought leader in ladder safety, fall prevention and fall protection training. He has been invited to provide on-site ladder safety training to companies coast-to-coast in fields ranging from airlines to construction, cable communications to space travel, entertainment to oil refining, manufacturing to alarm systems. Companies requesting Dave’s training include the following:
ADT Security Systems - American Society of Safety Engineers - Association of Building Contractors - Association of General Contractors – Boeing – Cablevision - Chevron Phillips – Comcast - Con Edison - Cox Communications – DIRECTV – DISH – Disney - Edwards Air Force Base - EMCOR Group - Exxon Mobil - Mechanical Contractors Association – NASA – Nestle - Rio Tinto - Tate & Lyle - Time Warner - Turner Construction – Tyco - United Airlines
Duration: 1 Hour