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Fall Protection for Towers

This OSHA PowerPoint reviews OSHA's inspection policy for enforcing CPL 2-1.36 for hoisting employees on a hoist line to their work stations on commun...

Walkthrough Ergonomic Checklist for Evaluating Slip/Fall Potential in Lead Abatement Tasks

Report on a study designed to develop a tool to determine the ergonomic risk factors of cumulative trauma disorders (CTDs) and slips/ fall potential a...

Accident Report No. 31 - Fatal Facts

OSHA handout showing how a pipelayer working in an unshored trench was killed when a cave-in buried him up to the waist....

Bridge and Lead Removal & General Site Safety

A comprehensive program on maintaining safety when removing lead from bridges, including information on training, regulations and setting up of a safe...

Fatal Facts Accident Report No. 11

Describes a fatal electrocution and discusses ways that it could have been prevented....

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...

Fall Arrest or Save Evaluation Reports (FASE Reports)

This report was part of a CPWR-funded small study that looked at successful fall arrests during residential construction. Each event is examined in gr...

OSHA Fatal Facts: Fall From a Telecommunications Tower

This OSHA FatalFact relates an incident when a worker was climbing down a 400-foot telecommunications tower and lost his footing. The ladder safety sy...

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Ensure that ladders are set up on a stable base. Always face the ladder and maintain 3 points of contact when climbing....

Massachusetts FACE Report: Laborer Fatally Injured after Falling from a Home under Construction

On January 14 , 2016 a 22-year-old male laborer/carpenter employed by a residential contractor was fatally injured after falling from a single family...