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Start preparing for new OSHA fall protection requirements now
In an effort to curb the startling statistic that 40 workers are killed in the U.S. every year as a result of falls from residential roofs, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) has set a deadline for implementation of new fall safety requirements for June 16, 2011. The directive will require any residential builder, coast to coast, engaged in construction projects more than ...
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Connexion Announces Their 2nd Annual Safety Training Event and Tool & Safety Product Expo
Connexion announced their 2nd Annual Safety Training Event and Tool and Safety Product Expo. The event, scheduled to take place on September 28th, 2017 at Connexion’s headquarters in Buffalo Grove, IL, is aimed at providing safety directors and electrical workers the required knowledge and training they need towards achieving OSHA compliant hazard avoidance and risk mitigation. “We ...
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The true cost to Glasgow businesses of slips, trips and falls in the workplace
Glasgow businesses lost at least 1,344 working days in 2008/09 as a result of slips, trips and falls in the workplace. According to figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), there were five fatalities and 1,405 major injuries as a result of slips, trips and falls in Scottish workplaces in 2008/08, with a further 2,742 workers taking more than three days off. The cost to British ...
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Employees urged to take care when working at height
The Health and Safety Authority has today issued a warning to workers to take appropriate precautions when working at a height. The warning comes as the Authority revealed that there have been 7 workers killed as a result of a fall so far this year, with 5 of these occurring in the construction industry. Last year there were 15 construction related deaths in total, with 3 of these as a result ...
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Top 10 Most Cited OSHA Workplace Safety Violations for the 2018 Fiscal Year
In late October, Patrick Kapust, Deputy Director of the Directorate of Enforcement Programs (DEP) at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), disclosed the agency’s preliminary top 10 list of the most-cited safety and health standards for fiscal year 2018. The information was compiled from tens of thousands of workplace inspections conducted by federal OSHA employees and do ...
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