The Company will take all necessary steps to eliminate, prevent, and control fall hazards. Workers may die or be injured if scaffold equipment, ladders, and fall protection systems are defective or misused. Recent investigations by OSHA suggest that fatal falls occur as a result of defective scaffold equipment, improper installation or operation, improper training of workers, or a failure to use appropriate personal fall protection equipment.
Falls are a leading cause of traumatic occupational death.
Personal fall protection equipment was used in several of these incidents, but it was used improperly in each case. In several incidents, workers fell out of their improperly fastened safety belt or in the other incidents, excessively long lanyards broke or separated after victims fell 30 feet. Comply with the current and proposed OSHA regulations for working with scaffolds. Assure that design and construction of scaffolds conform with OSHA requirements. Inspect all scaffolds, scaffold components, and personal fall protection equipment before each use.