The Hierarchy encourages the pursuit of more effective methods of fall protection before resorting to less effective ones.

Here are some recent prominent changes in OSHA’s fall protection regulations you should know. 1. Walking-Working Surfaces and Fall Protection Systems Since fall protection has historically been ...

said in a statement that the new program “aligns all of OSHA’s fall protection resources to combat one of the most preventable and significant causes of workplace fatalities.” In its ...

Third, OSHA’s rule frequently uses option-enhancing performance-based language, as is evident from the range of fall protection systems from which employers may choose. Fall protection measures ...

At the height of the construction boom, the residential building community explained to OSHA that it needed more "compliance flexibility" than the Fall Protection Standard (1926.500) permitted.

Fall protection is a critical aspect of ensuring worker safety. Unfortunately, despite the best efforts to implement rigorous safety protocols and provide high-quality fall protection equipment ...

Effective January 17, 2017, the final rule updating OSHA’s general industry Walking-Working Surfaces standards permits certain work near the edge of low-slope roofs without fall protection ...

All this being said, consider that some OSHA violations just don’t seem to go away. Last year, fall protection held the No. 1 slot for the twelfth year in a row. There were over 5,250 citations, about ...

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 ...

In fact, eight of the safety violations on the 2018 list were on the 2017 list. Fall protection, which tops the list, came in with just over 2,700 more citations than the number two safety ...

The Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health could lose its authority to regulate construction work if it does not strengthen its fall protection rules. In a March 19 letter, OSHA ...