Did you know that 2015 marked the highest number of construction site deaths since 2008? Approximately 4,836 workers were killed on the job. Fatal falls, slips, and trips were the second highest type of workplace death (second only to roadway incidents.) https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cfoi.pdf Stub-EASE was invented to eliminate these types of fatal falls due to trips […]
- November 15, 2015
- Jeff K.
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Employers are required to protect employees exposed to implements, such as vertical rebar and metallic conduit, especially when there is a material means to reduce or eliminate the hazard.
Think It Couldn’t Happen To You?
OSHA has begun writing citations for conduit stub-up impalement hazards under the General Duty clause. Focused inspections for trips, falls and impalements from conduit stub-ups will continue in accordance to OSHA in the construction industry. Click the link below for a copy of one such citation a Chicago area electrical contractor recieved on August 10, 2015.