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To help companies protect their workers against fall-related accidents and stay compliant with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), safety industry publisher MANCOMM has developed The Complete OSHA Guide to Fall Protection (Product No. 36B-001). Like many MANCOMM reference works, this 140+ page, 8-1/2″ x 11″ volume is enhanced with RegLogic®, a colorful, graphical approach that makes reading and understanding regulations easier than ever.

This comprehensive guide provides pertinent fall-protection OSHA regulations from:
· Part 1910: General Industry
· Part 1915: Shipyard Employment
· Part 1917: Marine Terminals
· Part 1918: Longshoring
· Part 1926: Construction
· OSHA Letters of Interpretation

“This guide will do much to help companies protect their workers from fall related accidents,” says Benjamin Mangan, president and founder of MANCOMM. “When OSHA revealed the 10 most-violated OSHA standards, based on citations issued from October 1, 2004, through August 30, 2005, the third most cited standard was fall protection (with 5,504 violations). America’s workplaces need more fall protection education, and so we’ve created The Complete OSHA Guide to Fall Protection. There’s no other safety book like it.”

Can fall protection training save lives? The following case report from NIOSH, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, shows how a lack of safety awareness can lead to dire consequences.

While working inside a 172-foot-high concrete silo, a 27-year-old cement finisher lost his balance and fell from the scaffolding. His fall protection equipment, a safety lanyard, caught him—but then it snapped and he fell to his death, 160 feet below. When the lanyard was examined, burn damage was discovered at the point where it had snapped. This damage probably occurred during welding or burning operations from a previous job. Apparently, time had not been taken to examine the fall protection equipment.

“People often say ‘knowledge is power,’” Mangan says, “but there’s more to it than that. When it comes to fall protection, ‘knowledge is survival.’”

The guide is now available for $36.95. For more information, call (800) MANCOMM.