Navigation 5th Annual National Safety Stand-Down Construction Fall Prevention Campaign
Falls from an elevated position continue to the leading cause of death for construction employees. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, around 37% (370 out of 991) of construction fatalities recorded in 2016 were caused by a fall. The overarching goal of the National Safety Stand-Down campaign is to raise fall hazard awareness across the country in an effort to eliminate fall fatalities and injuries.
Even though falls are the leading cause of construction fatalities, those falls are preventable. The use of hazard elimination, proper planning, training, and use of proper fall protection equipment can decrease and even eliminate these alarming statistics.
The term “safety stand-down” is used to describe an event when normal work is paused and so the entire work site can focus on a specific work safety issue.
