For all of our American customers, please be advised that the OSHA General Industry Standard has been re-written and according to our sources, it should be in effect by October of this year. Please note the posting below: Personal Fall Protection Systems– OSHA says: “A new section would be added to subpart I that provides criteria for fall protection equipment. This new section would make the general industry standards consistent with existing construction and maritime stand

- Written by STACS President, Steve Johnson. OSHA recently undertook a nation-wide initiative focussing on fall protection. The 'Fall Protection Stand Down,' as it was called, involved holding safety talks with those employees working at height. The purpose of the project was to revisit a hazard which is responsible for killing more workers than any other construction safety hazard. STACS was invited to participate by our construction customers PJ Dick, Trumbull and Gullisek

Occupational Health and Safety Administration Department of Labor United States Government Can’t Take No More (1980) A quick paced history of occupational health and safety in the U.S. from the Industrial Revolution to the 1970s. Produced and distributed by OSHA in 1980. Then in 1981, the incoming head of OSHA Thorne Auchter recalled and destroyed most copies. A few copies were kept alive by renegade union officials who refused to return their copies. The penalty for being

NATIONAL CENSUS OF FATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES IN 2011 (PRELIMINARY RESULTS) A preliminary total of 4,609 fatal work injuries were recorded in the United States in 2011, down from a final count of 4,690 fatal work injuries in 2010, according to results from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) program conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The rate of fatal work injury for U.S. workers in 2011 was 3.5 per 100,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers, as c