Choosing the right fall protection equipment is crucial for protecting workers at-height, but it is equally important that it is correctly used. Providing fall protection equipment to employees is one ...

Upper Great Plains lineman Shayne Bender demonstrates how to use a buck hook with a self-retracting lanyard to ascend a steel lattice tower at fall protection training in Mead substation. When the ...

OSHA requires that fall protection be provided at elevations of four feet in general industry workplaces, five feet in shipyards, six feet in the construction industry and eight feet in longshoring ...

It has been said that you don’t know what you don’t know. My goal with this article is to show you something you “didn’t know you didn’t know” about fall protection for firefighters. Before you turn ...

OSHA 1910.146, the standard covering permit-required confined spaces, is a great starting point to learn more about creating a confined space program. The standard is a quick read, covering the ...

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Reddit Share on LinkedIn Share via Email Stating a “safety first” philosophy is easy enough for organizations, but it takes deeds to save lives, not just ...

Fall Protection continues to top OSHA’s list of the top 10 most frequently cited workplace standards, coming in at number one in 2023 for the 13th year in a row. OSHA 1926.501 addresses Fall ...