The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has launched a new initiative to conduct safety investigations on weekends in across the western United States to target one of the construction industry’s most dangerous hazards — falls from elevation.
Since 2017, OSHA has investigated 10 fatalities and numerous serious construction-related fall injuries in these areas. In 2021, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that falls from elevation led to 351 of the 1,008 deaths among construction workers.