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PPE: FALL PROTECTION
Ensuring Facility Safety with Fall Protection and PPE
Beyond fall protection systems, you can enhance the safety of your workers by using various forms of PPE.
BY DAVID IVEY
Falls from heights remain among the leading causes of workplace injuries and fatalities, and fall protection violations are the most commonly cited by OSHA across all industries. Although many people think of fall protection
as belonging to the realm of construction, there are many occasions inside our facilities in which fall protection is required.
According to OSHA’s fall protection standards, workers are required to be tied off anywhere they are working more than four feet off the ground. This scenario occurs frequently in many types of facilities in the general industry during everyday activities such as building maintenance, equipment servicing or loading and unloading. It also may occur more often in your facility
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