As temperatures drop and daylight hours shrink, construction sites face increased fall hazards, making proper planning, equipment, and safety culture more critical than ever. Each Fall, construction ...

This course covers the identification, evaluation, prevention and control of fall hazards in the construction industry. The course focuses on falls to a lower level rather than falls to the same level ...

Fall hazards are one of the most serious and persistent risks in the construction industry, especially in roofing and other construction work at elevation. Whether workers are installing shingles, ...

Federal workplace safety inspectors have once again discovered Illinois-based Maestro Construction Inc. is exposing employees to deadly fall hazards. Despite being cited seven times since 2020, the ...

Providing worker safety on the job site can be a difficult task, due to the constant changes and activity occurring on the average job site. However, the importance of protecting construction workers ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ)– The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division (Oregon OSHA) announced Wednesday it has fined a Bend construction company $103,438 for repeatedly violating a requirement to ...

OSHA has made several changes in the past year, and contractors who don’t review them risk falling behind before the semester even starts. One of the most important is the requirement that personal ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WENTZVILLE, Mo. – A Missouri-based ...

An Appleton roofing contractor faces a $262,000 penalty after federal inspectors claim it failed repeatedly to protect employees atop a residential roof from fatal fall hazards in September 2024.