Safety Pays, Falls Cost: Cincinnati area construction workers to attend OSHA Fall Safety Stand-Down events, learn safe practices | Occupational Safety and Health Administration

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Region 5 News Release: 14-1024-CHI
June 2, 2014
Contact: Scott Allen Rhonda Burke
Phone: 312-353-6976
Email: allen.scott@dol.gov burke.rhonda@dol.gov

Safety Pays, Falls Cost: Cincinnati area construction workers
to attend OSHA Fall Safety Stand-Down events, learn safe practices

CINCINNATI – Falls are the leading cause of death in the construction industry, and they accounted for 12 percent of all occupational injuries in 2012. In an effort to prevent these injuries and fatalities through education and outreach, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration launches the 2014 Fall Safety Stand-Down, which will be held from June 2-6. An estimated 1 million workers and 25,000 businesses, including construction industry leaders, will halt their work for one hour during that week to discuss the importance of recognizing fall hazards and implementing fall safety measures.

Several safety stand-down events will be a part of this nationwide effort in the Cincinnati area. Allied Construction Industries in partnership with the Cincinnati Area OSHA Office and the city's largest contractors will conduct mobile training including live demonstrations of fall arrest equipment in action at four of the job sites.

Thomas E. Perez. United States Secretary of Labor

Secretary of Labor Perez announcing Stand-Down

"Falls account for more than a third of all deaths in the construction industry," said Dr. David Michaels, assistant secretary of labor for occupational safety and health. "One fall can cost an employer their business and a worker their life. Every person participating in these events is showing their commitment to preventing a senseless loss of life and livelihood."

The stand-down is part of OSHA's ongoing Fall Prevention Campaign, which was started in 2012 and was developed in partnership with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and NIOSH's National Occupational Research Agenda program.

WHEN: Tuesday, June 3, 2014
8 a.m. EDT
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WHO: Mike Marksberry, Messer Construction
Dale Henderson, OSHA Cincinnati Area Office