Once a company determines the need for a fall protection system, there are four options to evaluate: eliminate, prevent, restrain, and arrest. Falls regularly top the list of workplace dangers each ...

ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- Fall protection can be defined as a system or means to prevent or reduce the severity of injuries from a fall. Often, when we think of fall protection, we think of someone ...

What is the first thing that you think about when you see the words “fall protection?” Do you think of a harness? Guard rails? Or perhaps you think of OSHA violations and worker’s compensation cases.

Falls are among the most common causes of serious work-related injuries and deaths. Worker safety is imperative, and developing and implementing a fall protection program not only prevents injuries, ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The fall protection equipment market is expected to grow by USD 974.1 million, progressing at a CAGR of almost 6% during the forecast period. Click & Get Free Sample Report in ...

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 ...

From the left, Travis Profitt, ORNL electrical utilities planner; Andrew Bush, ORNL safety services division; and Tony Boyd, instructor from the Institute for Safety in Powerline Construction, oversee ...

Despite special emphasis programs from OSHA and increasingly sophisticated fall protection equipment, falls from heights remain a serious occupational safety challenge. In 2006, the Bureau of Labor ...

In a bid to address one of the most pressing safety concerns in construction, Construction Week Middle East recently hosted an exclusive webinar in collaboration with safety experts from MSA Safety.