During 2003-2008, 648 oil and gas extraction workers were killed on the job (onshore and offshore, combined), resulting in an annual fatality rate of 29.1 deaths per 100,000 workers, over seven times the rate for all US workers.
GAF, North America’s largest roofing manufacturer, recently announced an alliance with SLATOR™, creator of a new safety device helping contractors to make the dangerous business of working on steep roofs safer and more efficient.
Ultra-Safe Inc., Phoenix, Arizona, a leading fall protection manufacturer, is one of very few to offer products made in the USA. Now we are introducing “Alumi-Safe,” the next generation in comfortable fall protection.
Owner changed company names, still faces $153K+ in penalties
July 30, 2015
OSHA compliance officers who happened to be in the area noticed residential construction workers falls from heights up to 14 feet. The inspection resulting from that observation found even more safety violations by Transformers Construction Services Inc. and Buildtronix LLC – both owned by Leanna Richardson.
OSHA offers best practices on avoiding injuries and illness for the oil and gas industry. Even though you may be wearing protective gear to prevent slips, trips and falls, they still happen. The following guidelines should be used to either prevent slips, trips and falls or to minimize the consequences if they should happen.
OSHA inspectors who observed some employees working on a roof without fall protection opened an investigation at the site, which led to fines and citations for New Homes Construction, Inc. of Burlington, New Jersey.
New Garlock Safety Systems’ RollBack Bay Gate protects without hindering productivity on standard racking systems. The two-gate system is OSHA compliant and assures that one gate is always closed to prevent falls.
During the demolition of a building, a complaint was lodged with UK Health and Safety Executive inspectors, who visited the site and found a worker stripping slates from a fragile roof without any safety measures in place to prevent a fall, or mitigate any potential life-threatening effects as a result of such a fall.
