by Barry Maxwell, MS | May 3, 2022 |
by Barry Maxwell, MSSafety Services Manager Fatalities caused by falls from elevation is the second leading cause of unintentional injury-related death for workers, with over 600 workers dying annually and almost 50,000 injured each year due to falls from elevation. ...
by Barry Maxwell, MS | Mar 1, 2022
by Barry Maxwell, MSSafety Services Manager March is National Ladder Safety Month, which began in 2017. The Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that more than 500,000 people are treated (over 1,300 per...
by Barry Maxwell, MS | Mar 7, 2017 |
Why do we need yet another special “awareness” month, especially for something as simple as a ladder? The CDC reports that approximately 20% of general industry worker fall injuries and 81% of construction worker fall injuries treated in US emergency departments...
by Barry Maxwell, MS | Apr 14, 2015 |
The have been several fatal construction scaffolding incidents reported recently in the news. Unfortunately, this is far too common. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) reports an average of 55 fatalities occur from...
by Barry Maxwell, MS | Feb 17, 2015 |
Every year OSHA publishes the Top 10 most cited violations. And every year those citations are almost identical. As usual, the 2014 list didn’t change much from 2013. In fact, the same 10 standards made up the top 10 in 2013, with the order being only slightly...
