Fall Prevention vs Fall Protection: A New Safety Category
0.75 ETCP renewal credits Thursday, 10/20 Fall prevention is a new focus for safety leaders and professionals. Prevention through design, combined with new training, is helping organizations save time, money, and most importantly, lives. Every day nearly 2,000 people are injured while using a ladder, and as many as 100 of them will suffer a long-term disability. Today, one person will die in a ladder-related accident. Three of OSHA's top ten 'serious' violations in 2015 (#1, #3, #7) were related to falls. Reducing the number of ladder-related injuries is becoming tiop priority for the nation's foremost companies. This session covers how to: reduce the three most common kinds of ladder-reltated accidents and injuries; identify recent advancements in climbing equipment that will reduce risks on the job; improve workplace safety training by utilizing free live and online resoureces; and demonstrate teaching techniques that will improve safety training among coworkers. Speaker: Dave Francis, national safety director, Little Giant Ladder Systems
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