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Safety Focus of the Week: National Safety Stand-Down for Fall Protection
This coming week is the national safety stand-down for fall protection. Check out the OSHA website:
https://www.osha.gov/StopFallsStandDown/
From OSHA: Fatalities caused by falls from elevation continue to be a leading cause of death for construction employees, accounting for 350 of the 937 construction fatalities recorded in 2015 (BLS data). Those deaths were preventable. The National Fall Prevention Stand-Down raises fall hazard awareness across the country in an effort to stop fall fatalities and injuries.