Changes in the legislation in states like California have made dependence upon solar energy, not only more appealing, but a requirement.  California is specifically pushing hard for rooftop solar installations.  Rooftop solar installations mean exposure to fall hazards.  Fall hazards...

"It was just a freak accident."

"There was no way we could have seen that coming!

If you haven’t heard something like this, spend a little time doing incident investigation in an occupational setting.  Trust me, it won’t take long.  Statements like these perpetuate the belief that accidents...

One of the most overlooked areas of a fall protection plan is the rescue section. For many professionals, this is due to heavy emphasis put on protection and prevention rather than rescue and retrieval.

From a young age we learn that 911 is THE ANSWER when any accident happens. In fall...

Certainly, cold weather poses hazards to anybody working outdoors, but the higher you go, the more intense the conditions can get.  Workers on the ground are facing different hazards than workers on the roof of an office building, who are facing different hazards than construction workers on...

In this economic climate, saving money is of utmost importance. However, when it comes to safety

This is a tightrope...

Back when we launched the site we put together a comprehensive chart on the differences between different types of fall protection.  Those difference are classically labeled as fall prevention (or passive fall protection), fall restraint, and fall arrest (or active fall protection).  Click on...

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) checklists are used by safety managers and supervisors to help identify tasks that require PPE, ensure staff are using the right equipment and reduce accidents or fatalities. Controlling a hazard at its source is the best way to protect employees. Starting...

Forklifts, excavators, aerial lifts, dump trucks  – many of us work around these machines on a daily basis, whether it be as an order picker in a warehouse, a flagger on a construction site, or an inspector.  After a while, if we’re not careful, the equipment could begin to blend into...

A new fitting released by Kee Safety will now make it easier to construct parapet railings on the edge of the roof. This fitting is deigned to attach to the top of the parapet. From there the railing hangs over the edge on the inside of the building. The railing is then constructed at an...

Video can be such a pain! Especially when it catches you ignoring a safety regulation. Unfortunately we all know that the "It won't happen to me!" mindset keeps many people from practicing the proper safety procedures. Perhaps on the statistical levels, people often do dangerous things...

Great news – you get to install a guardrail system to keep people safe. This guardrail should perform for many years, especially if a highly durable and maintenance free system like KeeGuard has been selected.

However, how do you keep your crew safe during the installation?

Working...

Inspecting your harness is critical to ensuring that you are safe while working at heights. Tomcat, a staging lighting and support system company, has released a video that covers four basic inspection steps to go over before wearing your harness.

Sometimes it's obvious: you're about to work on a scaffold, at the edge of a roof, or on a piece of equipment fifteen feet high and you know instinctively that guard rails are needed.

Other times, it's not so simple. Not because safety railing wouldn't be an intuitive solution, but...

Seems like a simple question with a simple answer, doesn't it? However, many times, our actions seem to...

Sometimes you can have the best program on paper, but it doesn’t seem to be translating well to real-world implementation.  Maybe your workforce is telling you they like the program, but every time you observe them, they’re breaking the rules.  Maybe your supervisory personnel seem...

The Daily Commercial News and Construction Record has written a great article that addresses fall arrest suspension trauma.

The article deals with several issues concerning suspension trauma.  It starts by describing the basic problem with fall arrest, and that is that stopping the fall is only...

Toeboard is an important part of the OSHA safety railing regulation. See one of our past blog posts to learn more about when toeboard is required on your railing. This safety railing, installed around an access point at the Ellenville Flood Protection Project, used integrated toeboard...

A safety professional may read the title of this article and feel it’s child’s play. How could somebody not know how to look for risk? That same safety professional may even be tempted to use a phrase that I cannot stand: common sense. I once heard a speaker explain that common...

OSHA regulations can be tricky. There are regulations that apply to specific industries and others that apply to any type of workplace that meets certain criteria. Since the wording of some regulations is vague or imprecise, there are often interpretations of the regulations and exceptions to...

Putting railing around water presents itself with a number of particular challenges. 

When implementing a new safety procedure or system, do you ever consider where it came from and why it has been tasked? Maybe if the task is assigned to the EHS person, those questions are a given.

But let’s say it’s assigned to someone in another...