Falls from heights

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I know, this only happens in less fortunate areas of the world, right?

Wrong!
Statistics tell a different tale...

Falls from heights remain the biggest cause of occupational fatalities in the construction industry. According to a report by the NIOSH Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation program, 42% of deaths between 1982 and 2016 in construction involved falls; 54% of workers killed had no access to a personal fall arrest system; and 20% of fatalities occurred in the victims’ first two months on the job.

Newest data by OSHA suggests that falls from heights remained the leading cause of workplace fatalities in 2017/2018.
566 out of 1623 occupational deaths in the U.S. were caused by falls, which equals roughly 35% of all death causes. Not surprisingly, fall protection was the most frequently cited violation by OSHA in 2017.

These findings paint a clear picture: The risk of falling from heights is not being managed and prioritized according to its devastating effects on workers’ well-being and safety.

Why have we not found a solution to fall prevention that is able to decrease the number of annual accidents effectively?

The chances of surviving a fall from more than 30 feet are low, but even six feet can prove deadly.

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