Since its creation in 1971, OSHA has made a huge difference in worker safety but not directly. OSHA doesn’t come on site and show people how to work safely. So, what does OSHA do? Among other things, ...

Annual fall protection inspections help building owners identify compliance gaps, meet OSHA requirements, and ensure rooftop ...

Historically, fall harnesses were not known for their comfort or fit. For example, the best-in-class gear until the mid-20th century was a simple body belt. The problem, however, was that the body ...

Workplaces have undergone significant transformations in the 21st century. But you wouldn’t know if you looked at the violations the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issues. In ...

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 ...

OSHA recently revealed its annual ranking of the most frequent safety violations. The data offers a glimpse of the state of workplace safety in America, but it can't tell us the whole picture. Philip ...

The residential construction firm T. Scott Dillman Enterprises has been cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for failing to provide roof and scaffolding fall protection for its ...

The Dept. of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is undertaking a nationwide effort to prevent falls in construction and all other industries. Falls are responsible for more worksite ...

BLOOMINGTON, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Capital Safety, a global leader in fall protection for construction and other high-risk fields, today announced the kick-off of a national, 10-day fall protection ...

Since 2015, OSHA has been compiling a list of the top 10 cited safety violations. And over the past three years the list hasn't changed much. In fact, eight of the safety violations on the 2018 list ...

The past few years have seen organizations across all industries experience the rapid evolution of workplace safety practices. This evolution has caused organizations to focus more on workplace safety ...

An appellate court has rejected a National Roofing Contractors Association challenge to an Occupational Safety and Health Administration's directive on fall protection in residential construction. The ...