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July 30, 2019 by Chris Van OostenTen Safety Tips You Must Follow When Working at Heights
Working at heights is inherently risky, and precautions must be taken to avoid injury. General industry standards require workers to be provided safety measures when they are working at least four feet above a lower level. Here are ten essential tips to ensure that workers working at heights are safe: One. Create a safety […]
What Are the Most Common Injuries from Falling Tools?
Injuries from falling objects are one of the most common hazards encountered in construction. They are also one of the easiest to avoid. Falling objects can range from small tools to larger items such as steel beams. Unfortunately, most contractors tend to belittle the dangers caused by falling objects, believing that a small object could […]
How Tool Tethering Products Keep Your Workers Safe
Dropped objects do not just pose a hazard to workers and other people on the ground, but also those working at height. Workers can fall when a tool drops and they reach out to catch it. Dropped objects can also result in financial losses. These can be due to damage caused by the falling object […]
Why It is Important to Secure Your Tools When Working at Heights
Many workers – and the contractors who employ them – seem to take for granted the importance of ensuring that tools and equipment are securely fastened when they are working at height. After all, how much damage could a tool do when it falls? But, depending on the height from which it falls, even a […]
The Physics behind the Real Danger of Falling Tools
Based on reports by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, one person gets injured by a falling object in their workplace every ten minutes. That’s about 50 thousand reported cases every year. These incidents are most common in workplaces where work at height is done. In work at height areas, the most common objects that fall […]
4 Reasons Why You Need an Effective Tool Tethering Policy
Tool tethering policy is a set of safety rules that you apply in work at height areas. This is where you require all workers, including yourself, to use tool tethering devices when working at height. Tool tethering is securing or attaching handheld tools to workers or specific anchor points around the workplace. It involves the […]