Dive Brief:
- Collecting information can yield lessons that individual accounts cannot. Associated General Contractors is using that approach to try to understand what happened in 806 fatal falls at construction sites in 2012, the last year for which the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has complete totals.
- AGC is asking its members' construction companies and local chapters to complete a survey on its fall-prevention website so it can parse the information for common themes and details that would help companies better protect workers.
Dive Insight:
Last week, OSHA's "Stand Down" week put the spotlight squarely on worker safety at construction sites, with a focus on work site falls. 279 construction workers died from falls in 2012, according to OSHA, and is the violation most often cited by OSHA field inspectors.
