Improper Fall Protection Gear Use Claims Life of Young Construction Worker

In November 2020, a 21-year-old scaffolding laborer tragically fell nearly 50 feet to his death while working on a building project in Brooklyn, New York. The worker was wearing a fall arrest harness, but it was not properly tethered to an anchor point at the time of the incident. An OSHA investigation found that the employer, Everest Scaffolding Inc., had committed several safety violations. These included failing to provide feasible fall protection during scaffold erection, not inspecting the fall arrest system before use, and not ensuring the anchorage could support the […]