Fall protection: general requirements declined from 7,188 in 2023 to 6,307 in 2024. Ladders, fall protection training and scaffolding also saw a decrease in the number of violations. Scaffolding ...

Other sections have fall protection requirements for scaffolds (including aerial lifts), cranes and derricks, steel erection, tunneling operations, electric transmission and distribution lines and ...

Trends such as "Ladders Last" and fall "protection" requirements should ... top of an extension ladder to a suitable anchor point, scaffolding crossbar, or utility pole strand before ascending ...

The final rule has a wide scope of impact, encompassing all general industry walking-working surfaces such as floors, stairways, ladders, dockboards, roofs, scaffolds, and elevated work surfaces ...

Velasquez argued that he told Castro-Sanchez not to put the ladder on the rolling scaffold. Velasquez also claimed that he provided Castro-Sanchez with required fall protection, and a 20-foot ...

Ladders are a common sight in New York City, whether on bustling construction sites, in residential buildings, or among ...

Last year, “fall protection general requirements” earned more OSHA citations than any other category. At 5,424 violations, it far outstripped No. 2 — hazard communication at 3,199 violations. It is ...