OSHA publishes a revised compliance directive for communication tower construction that removes the restriction on raising employees on the hoist line to workstations below 200 feet. The Occupational ...

Due to “an alarming increase” in deaths and injuries involving communication-tower workers, OSHA has updated a 2002 directive covering inspection of hoist systems used to move workers to and from ...

OSHA is particularly keen to reduce worker exposures to electrical shock, electrocution, falls from elevation, and being struck by moving equipment through the latest alliance renewal. Continued ...

The National Association of Tower Erectors has acknowledged and applauded the release of a new directive from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration concerning the use of hoists to move ...

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Mention the word “crane,” and most people think of the massive construction cranes used to erect skyscrapers. Electricians don’t operate these big cranes, but on some jobs an electrician might operate ...

During the five-year agreement, the alliance will address preventing worker exposures to electrical shock, electrocution, falls from elevation and being struck-by moving equipment. The Occupational ...