Items Tagged with 'fall protection'

Ironworker sustained multiple traumatic injuries in a fall from concrete forms while working at a $978-million Fermi Lab project in Illinois.

A construction worker died after falling more than 50 ft at the Gateway Tunnel site in New York City. 

Work has resumed nearly a week after a craftworker fell to his death on the Suffolk Construction-led project.

Falls from heights cause more workplace deaths than any other type of injury.

The new standards deal with both operation of the machinery and training and are slated to go into effect March 1.

The Blue Armor fall-protection harness has been updated with a post-fall relief handle to allow the wearer to shift into a more comfortable position while awaiting rescue.