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Dropped Objects

• Stop Drops - Part 1: Dropped objects when working at height | Toolbox

• Stop Drops - Part 2: Dropped objects from fixed items and structures | Toolbox

• Stop Drops - Part 3: Dropped objects from lifting activities | Toolbox

• Entering the exclusion zone: dropped object near miss | Toolbox

• Unsecured eyebolt-retaining nut backs off, allowing sheave to drop to rig floor | Toolbox

• Dropped object: Lay tower adjuster leg pin falls to deck | Toolbox

Working at Height / Fall from Height

• Working at height | Toolbox

• Fatal fall from height after crossing safety barrier | Toolbox

• Lump hammer head detaches at height and falls 82 feet | Toolbox

• Fall from height into ballast tank | Toolbox

• Fall from height: Radar antenna hits engineer during testing | Toolbox

• Unidentified falling from height hazard results in injury | Toolbox

Conveyor / Machine Guarding

• Worker dies after clothing gets caught in equipment | Toolbox

• Beltsman killed after being drawn in between the return pully and conveyor belt | Toolbox

• Clothing caught on equipment | Toolbox

• Fall Protection June 2020 - Safety Alert | Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)

• Fall Protection June 2020 Safety Alert

• June 19, 2020 Fatality - Final Report | Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)

• MNM Serious Accident Alert - Surface - Conveyor | Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)

Standards and Best Practices

Construction Worker Safety Guide

In America alone, seven million construction workers go to work each day. Even though the job is much safer than it used to be, there are still many risks inherent in being a construction worker. That's why we created an in-depth guide on construction worker safety, including safety regulations, safety tips for employers and employees, and more. View it here: Construction Worker Safety Guide.

Dropped Objects & Fall Prevention

• Recommended Practice Rev 02 | DROPSOnline

• ANSI/ISEA 121-2018 - International Safety Equipment Association

• Dropped Object Prevention Resources - International Safety Equipment Association

• Standard for Dropped Objects | Occupational Health & Safety

• 1926.501 - Duty to have fall protection. | Occupational Safety and Health Administration

• 1910.28 - Duty to have fall protection and falling object protection. | Occupational Safety and Health Administration

• 1910.29 - Fall protection systems and falling object protection-criteria and practices. | Occupational Safety and Health Administration

• Fall Protection in Construction | OSHA

Conveyor / Machine Guarding

• 1910.212 - General requirements for all machines. | Occupational Safety and Health Administration

• MSHA Regulations on Conveyor Systems | Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)

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