OSHA News Release
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Region 5
Region 5 News Release: 14-1005-CHI
June 3, 2014
Contact: Scott Allen Rhonda Burke
Phone: 312-353-6976
Email: allen.scott@dol.gov burke.rhonda@dol.gov
Safety Pays, Falls Cost: Lakeshore Technical College hosts OSHA Fall Safety
Stand-Down event at Cleveland, Wis., campus
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. – 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.
Lakeshore Technical College will be a part of this nationwide effort on Thursday, June 5 beginning at 10 a.m. CDT. The college will host the stand-down event during their Safety on the Lakeshore Conference hosted by the Sheboygan County Chamber Safety Council. The stand-down is being coordinated through the Appleton Area OSHA office.
"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.
WHO: Robert Bonack, OSHA Area Director, Appleton, Wis.
Lisa Hartman, Event Manager, Sheboygan County Chamber
Jill Hennessey, Training Director, Lakeshore Technical College
WHAT: Fall Safety Stand-Down
WHERE: Lakeshore Technical College
1290 North Ave.
Cleveland, Wis.
WHEN: Thursday, June 5, 2014
10 a.m. CDT
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For more information the Safety on the Lakeshore conference, see: http://business.sheboygan.org/events/details/safety-on-the-lakeshore-conference-2014-6842
Press interested in attending these events should contact
Scott Allen or Rhonda Burke using the contact information provided above along with Lisa Hartman
920-395-8702, and Jill Hennessey, 920-693-1212
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