Tag: fall hazards

Roadbuilding

ARTBA receives grants to provide safety training to construction workers

The American Road and Transportation Builders Associations recently received a federal grant to train workers in the transportation construction industry about fall and work zone hazards. ARTBA said in a press release the organization received the Susan Harwood Training Grant through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to expand on ARTBA’s Transportation Development Program’s “Roadway Safety Program.” […]

September 7, 2015

Safety

OSHA announces Sept. 3rd fall hazards safety stand-down on jobsites in 4 Midwestern states

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced a safety stand-down on the morning of September 3rd for construction sites throughout the states of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska Beginning at 11 a.m., the stand down will address the hazards of falls, which are the leading cause of death in construction. In its announcment, OSHA […]

August 30, 2013

Safety

Safety Watch

Up in the air Construction falls are all too common – and all too deadly. The accident: A construction crew was removing screws from metal sheets on the roof of a building scheduled to be dismantled. A portion of the roof gave way, causing a worker standing on that section to fall through to ground […]

July 31, 2010