Since May 4, millions of workers and thousands of employers have paused to focus on preventing falls in the workplace. As National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction wraps up, businesses from around the country and across the globe have participated in this year’s record-setting campaign.
On May 11, Casa de Maryland's Shady Grove center trained workers on scaffold and ladder safety using roof buckets, scaffolds, and ladders for demonstration. Similar talks took place at the other CASA centers located in Hyattsville, Md.
The Nevada OSHA Safety Consultation Training Section and the Nellis Air Force Base Ground Safety unit in Las Vegas provided fall protection safety training to more than 150 participants during an hour-long stand-down event at the military installation.
On Tuesday, May 5, 2015, Youth Build Boston, Madison Park High School and the New England Regional Council of Carpenters Training Fund held a two-hour fall safety stand-down that consisted of hands on demonstrations at the construction site of a single family home being built in Roxbury, Mass.
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In Hindon, India, 1,300 workers gathered to discuss falls on a Boeing site which is constructing several facilities for the U.S. government. The team continues to have an excellent safety record with more than 8 million man hours without a lost time incident.
On the island of Diego Garcia, San Juan Construction is working on multiple projects at a U.S. Navy Support Facility. As part of the stand-down training, exercises are being conducted on fall protection, PPE, ladder safety and head safety, among other topics.
The Canadian Government's Labour Program is participating in the stand-down by developing hazard alert info sheet on falls from heights and promoting the stand-down on their social media outlets.
For a complete list of stand-down events in the U.S. and throughout the world, visit OSHA's National Stand-Down for Safety page. After hosting or participating in a stand-down, OSHA reminds employers and workers to visit the OSHA Stand-Down webpage or the National Safety Council webpage to print an official Certificate of Participation signed by the Secretary of Labor to recognize your business' commitment to workplace safety.
