Fall, Scaffold, Ladder, Related Hazards Add Up to $79,000 Fine for Roofer May 02, 2009 OSHA has cited a North Reading, Mass., roofing contractor for 16 alleged violations of safety and health ...

The Target Zero monthly safety focus topic at the depot for June is fall prevention and ladders.The two subjects go hand in hand, as the proper use and maintenance of a ladder is a key to avoiding ...

When it comes to wooden step ladders, OSHA suggests that employees working at heights great than 20 feet have fall protection when using a wooden step ladder. You can use magic numbers four and ...

A phase-in of the requirement of ladder safety or personal fall arrest systems for fixed ladders extending beyond 24 feet, and corresponding phase-out of the use of cages or wells for ladder fall ...

Additional fall protection is required by the regulations and all U.S. manufacturers require the use of fall protection equipment when using davit arms and tripods. If a worker is using a fixed ladder ...

A ladder, Van Bree says, is a tool. And you need to use the right tool to get the job done correctly and safely. It seems simple enough a concept, but putting that into practice has long been a ...

On Jan. 3, 2013, plaintiff Jose Octavio Castro-Sanchez, 32, a laborer, fell from a ladder on a scaffold on a worksite in Oklahoma City at the Oklahoma City Drive Time building.

A jury found a contractor and a subcontractor were not to blame for a flooring specialist’s fall from a ladder. On Nov. 15, 2011, Michael Dempsey used a 24-foot extension ladder owned by ...

TarpArmor has launched its Fall Protection System, a new line of products to promote safety of refuse employees working on top of garbage trucks. The new line includes Bi-Line Fall Restraint ...

SNOHOMISH — The owner of a Snohomish framing company is facing nearly $400,000 in fines for allegedly allowing crew members to work high above the ground without fall protection, according to ...