Work-related fatal falls continue to take a terrible toll in the workplace. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 815 workers throughout the US lost their lives in falls in 2004. In Canada, a worker dies in a fall about every three days. Yet companies everywhere continue to let workers perform their jobs without fall protection. One company that allegedly did so has been ordered to pay $63,000 following a worker fatality at a construction site. A worker who had been placing decking on a roof stepped onto some insulation and fell to the concrete below in December 2005. The Occupational Safety […]
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