If your focus is on avoiding OSHA citations, then avoiding citations is what you’ll do. You’ll figure out what you can get by with, but you won’t necessarily prevent John from falling and breaking his ...

Falls from portable ladders (step, straight, combination and extension) are one of the leading causes of workplace injuries and fatalities. Appropriate precautions can reduce the risk significantly.

Understanding ways to stay compliant and safe on a ladder is crucial to the safety of the employees using them. Ladders can be a very helpful tool on construction sites, but if not used properly, they ...

If you open 29CFR 1926 and turn to Subpart X, you will see it starts with 1926.1050. This provides the scope, application, and definitions that apply to stairways and ladders. If your employees are ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s second annual “National Safety Stand-Down” to prevent falls in the construction industry has just concluded. The 2015 initiative, which began May 4 ...

Contractors, take note: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is currently stepping up its vigilance with new regulations and a new national safety campaign to prevent jobsite falls ...

Falls by workers, whether from elevated heights or from the same level, are among the leading causes of work-related injuries and deaths in U.S. workplaces. For this reason, coupled with advances in ...

New training videos, inspection technology, and distributor resources support safer climbing practices in March and year-round.