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Training Package on Workplace Risk Assessment and Management for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

This ILO document is a training package aimed at owners and managers of small to medium-sized enterprises to help them improve risk assessment and man...

St. Louis Audit of Fall Risks, July 2011 Revision

This comprehensive audit tool for fall risks was revised in 2011. It covers the greatest fall risks during each stage of construction and specifically...

Oregon FACE Toolbox Talk: Fall from Scaffold

This OR-FACE Toolbox talk is about a 22-year-old drywall installer from another company who was killed when he fell from a 7-foot scaffold. The victim...

NIOSH Construction Safety and Health Initiatives

This presentation by Matt Gillen, Deputy Director of NIOSH's Office of Construction Safety and Health provides an excellent overview of the agency's e...

Investigation of the June 10, 2009 Mast Climbing Platform Collapse in Austin, Texas

On June 10, 2009, three construction employees were killed when a mast climbing platform collapsed at a condominium project under construction in Aus...

Research to Practice: Mast Climber Scaffolds

Mast climbing scaffolding (mast climbers) are power-driven work platforms that climb a vertical mast or tower to reach higher and carry greater loads...

Product Inspection Advisory Notice from FallTech

All hooks on all FallTech Lanyards, Rebar Chain Assemblies, Harness/Lanyard Combos and Roofer’s Kits with manufacturing dates of 01/01/2012 through...

Chevron's Dropped Object Prevention Program

This 2010 program called DROPS was established by Chevron to prevent injuries to workers and damage to offshore oil rigs from objects dropped from ele...

CPWR & NIOSH Fall Prevention Radio Broadcast

Interview with Dr. Christine Branche, Principal Associate Director of NIOSH and Director, Office of Construction Safety and Health, CDC and Pete Staff...

Focus Four Toolbox Talks, Module 2 – Struck-by, Talk #2 – Struck by falling objects

A toolbox talk on preventing being struck by falling objects. Includes questions to ask, an incident to discuss with images, and a place to record que...