Under Federal law, all individuals are presumed legally competent until a judicial hearing determines otherwise. Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), however, the competency criteria of a designated employee must first be evaluated by his/her employer.

Casual safety commentary is easily deflected, while any attempt to educate is repulsed.

Until a rescue team arrives, you remain alone and solely in charge of your life.

Analyzing some basic criteria can put decisions about fall protection in perspective.

The HitchClip system addresses several safety concerns on steep-slope roofs.

ELSA can help eliminate language barriers, increasing safety and boosting efficiency on the jobsite.

Ladder hazards certainly arrived with the first prehistoric ladder constructed from a dead tree trunk leading up to a cave dwelling.

With OSHA's new guidelines for fall protection, new safety methods need to be implemented.

Like getting your child’s cold, changes inevitably happen. When it comes to changes in how the OSHA standards are implemented, what we choose to do about them may not be quite as important as how we plan to go about changing our mindset.

 I recently toured three large scaffold rental yards.