Falls from heights remain among the leading causes of workplace injuries and fatalities, and fall protection violations are the most commonly cited by OSHA across all industries. Although many people ...

Pure Safety Group has unveiled two new products to complete its Series line-up of three Guardian Fall Protection safety harnesses. Pure Safety Group (PSG) has unveiled two new products to complete its ...

I was surprisingly comfortable with my legs dangling relaxed beneath me, and my arms outstretched in a posture that must have resembled a crucifixion. I had no feeling of stress and mused as to why ...

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 ...

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 ...

ST. PAUL, Minn--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Personal Safety Division at 3M is proud to announce that Suspension Trauma Safety Straps will be included on all mainline 3M™ DBI-SALA® branded harnesses as part ...

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 ...

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 335 construction workers died from job-related falls in 1995. That was the year the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) "Safety ...

A man who died in May after falling 1,000 feet from a central Iowa television tower was not attached to safety equipment to slow or stop his fall, according to the Iowa Occupational Safety and Health ...