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Workplace falls continue to be a serious safety concern for employers.

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.

The main hazards associated with working at height are people falling and objects falling onto people below. These may occur as a result of inadequate edge protection, or from objects in storage being poorly secured.

Only three days after an employee of Kolek Woodshop Inc. of Creighton, Pa., was electrocuted in September 2014 on a roofing job in Tarentum, his employer sent another worker to finish the job -- amid the same hazards.

Werner today announced a new addition to their innovative line of Podium Ladders. The PDFS103 Fiberglass Podium Ladder is now available through select retailers nationwide. The introduction of Werner’s latest Podium product joins a growing family of Podium ladders, a new style of ladder that features an extra-large standing platform, allowing the user to face any direction while working.

Working at height remains one of the biggest causes of fatalities and major injuries. Common cases include falls from ladders and through fragile surfaces. “Work at height” means work in any place where, if there were no precautions in place, a person could fall a distance liable to cause personal injury (for example a fall through a fragile roof).