Articles Tagged with ''fall prevention''

The theme for this year’s International Society for Fall Protection (ISFP) symposium – which immediately follows Safety 2013 – is “Don’t Play the Odds.” Organizers promise that it will challenge the complacency that is often related to fall hazard risk.

The death toll from the Bangladesh factory building collapse rises, a U.N. report on occupational rates surprises, and OSHA chief Dr. David Michaels puts occupational health and safety into perspective in a speech on a solemn occasion. Here are the week’s top OEHS-related stories as featured on ISHN.com:

OSHA has cited roofing contractor KG Framing and Construction LLC with 12 safety violations, including one willful and three repeat, for failing to provide roofers with protection from falls at a commercial shopping site in Maryland Heights.