Every winter, no matter what the industry is or how the work conditions are, slips, trips and falls consistently remains the top cause of workplace injuries and accidents. These are injuries and ...

Responding is Kevin Kelpe, brand manager, Diversified Fall Protection, Westlake, OH. In 2017, OSHA made sweeping updates to its standards on walking-working surfaces in general industry and personal ...

Workplaces have undergone significant transformations in the 21st century. But you wouldn’t know if you looked at the violations the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issues. In ...

Once again, four of the top 10 OSHA violations are directly related to falls, including scaffolding, ladders and fall protection training.

Denver — Fall Protection – General Requirements is OSHA’s most frequently cited standard for the 15th consecutive fiscal year, the agency announced Tuesday during the 2025 NSC Safety Congress & Expo.

ITASCA, IL — WERNER®, a manufacturer of ladders, climbing equipment and fall protection systems, announced its participation in OSHA’s National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction, ...

FallTech has launched FT-Xpert, a fall protection training program aimed at providing targeted, role-specific instruction for today’s workforce. The program addresses shortcomings of traditional ...

Since its creation in 1971, OSHA has made a huge difference in worker safety but not directly. OSHA doesn’t come on site and show people how to work safely. So, what does OSHA do? Among other things, ...

This course covers the OSHA Fall Protection Standard for construction and an overview of fall protection methods. Course topics include principles of fall protection, components and limitations of ...