Theatre Safety Blog: The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration unveiled a new bilingual English-Spanish booklet, "Falling Off Ladders Can Kill: Use Them Safely." The short guide, part of OSHA's national campaign to prevent fatal falls — the leading cause of death in construction — provides clear, easy-to-follow information about ladder hazards and how to use ladders safely, featuring illustrations and plain language writing.
3 comments:
I feel like I'm back in 30 Hour OSHA!! I always find it amazing the stupid things that people will do. To be fair, I have done my fair share of standing on the top of a ladder. To also be fair, I didn't have two taller ladders and a scissor lift sitting immediately to my left like the gentleman in the picture. OSHA is trying hard to make people more aware of the dangers of the unsafe things people do every day. Hopefully this new campaign has an impact! Also, I hope Jim works this picture into his lectures. It's too good not to!
I am amazed at those pictures. People certainly do stupid things but that stupid? OSHA often has a reputation for being "over safe" for example when I worked at a vet clinic they recommended gloves, a respirator, eye protection, and an apron to change cat litter. In some cases I think OSHA is spot on but when they have crazy requirements/recommendations like that it makes the others seem silly. I think OSHA needs to work on a balance between too safe and not enough.
Osha is a great organization that does a great job of helping people like me and many of us in this industry realize what stupid things we tend to do to get a job done faster. Having worked as a set medic, I have had to deal both OSHA and workers comp quite a few times due to grips and technicians on set not following proper practice or using common sense. Including an electrician who didn't want to take 10 minutes to go around a set with a scissor lift but instead tried to fit on the top of a small hill and ended up sliding down the hill rolling the scissor lift. I think the ladder safety campaign is a great idea that does need to be enforced with people more because it is a topic of practice if not actively supervised against people will continue considerably hazardous practices.
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