No matter what industry you work in, the importance of workplace safety has likely been drilled into your head since day one. You must use the proper equipment, receive the right training, and always ...

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 ...

When it comes to personal protective equipment (PPE), most pieces of equipment are designed to protect a worker right out of the packaging. When a worker faces potential hand injuries, simply ...

In the event of a fall, these harnesses help users achieve a gravity override position to relieve pressure on their femoral arteries while they await rescue. Werner has added a patented Relief Handle ...

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 ...

Use these areas of a fall protection safety program to make intelligent decisions about fall protection based on risk analysis and not guesswork. This summer, OSHA launched a week-long campaign called ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...