With recent focus upon fall protection, violations, and injury or death resulting from negligence with regard to taking appropriate safety measures and implementing a fall protection program, here are some quick links you can follow to your provincial or territorial regulations for fall protection. A fairly new website focusing upon fall protection, with a geographic … Continue reading
from Occupational Safety & Health Reporter™ By Bruce Rolfsen Problems related to employees falling off scaffolds, roofs, ladders, and other high places were the top violations cited in fiscal 2011, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Federal OSHA inspectors discovered about 17,200 violations of OSHA standards protecting workers from falls, the agency data requested … Continue reading