Fall Protection

Sometimes industry groups do an excellent job of policing their industry when workers suffer preventable injuries. PASMA (the Prefabricated Access Suppliers' and Manufacturers' Association Ltd.), the UK industry group responsible for encouraging the “safe and proper use of mobile towers (scaffolding),” was quick to respond to the news of major and preventable injury resulting from a fall from height....More

The low-to-moderate levels of compliance with EHS regulations have hindered the growth of the fall protection market in North America, according to a new study by Frost & Sullivan. However, with regulatory bodies such as OSHA cracking down on non-compliant companies, the market for fall protection equipment soon will accelerate....More

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has approved two American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) standards addressing fall protection, the new ANSI/ASSE Z359.14-2012, Safety Requirements for Self-Retracting Devices for Personal Fall Arrest and Rescue Systems, and the revised ANSI/ASSE Z359.4-2012, Safety Requirements for Assisted-Rescue and Self-Rescue Systems, Subsystems and Components. The standards are part of the Z359 Fall Protection Code....More

OSHA cited general contractor Arberia & Associates and subs K&G Haxhari Construction (carpentry) and Mondi Construction Inc. (masonry) for a total of 21 alleged violations of workplace safety standards with $71,340 in total penalties for violations at a worksite in the Bronx....More