It has been said that you don’t know what you don’t know. My goal with this article is to show you something you “didn’t know you didn’t know” about fall protection for firefighters. Before you turn ...

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 335 construction workers died from job-related falls in 1995. That was the year the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) "Safety ...

Upper Great Plains lineman Shayne Bender demonstrates how to use a buck hook with a self-retracting lanyard to ascend a steel lattice tower at fall protection training in Mead substation. When the ...

Fall Protection Equipment Market · GlobeNewswire Inc. Dublin, March 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Fall Protection Equipment Market Report by Product Type (Harness, Lanyard, Self-Retracting ...

What is the first thing that you think about when you see the words “fall protection?” Do you think of a harness? Guard rails? Or perhaps you think of OSHA violations and worker’s compensation cases.

Despite alarming statistics that indicate falls from height remain the number one cause of death in the construction industry—accounting for more than 36 percent of all work-related deaths in 2013, ...

Dublin, March 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Fall Protection Equipment Market Report by Product Type (Harness, Lanyard, Self-Retracting Lifeline, Belt, Rope, Others), End Use Industry (Construction ...

OSHA requires that fall protection be provided at elevations of four feet in general industry workplaces, five feet in shipyards, six feet in the construction industry and eight feet in longshoring ...