2/2/17
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s final rule on Walking-Working Surfaces aims to reduce work-related injuries resulting from slips, trips, and falls. It incorporates advances in technology, industry best practices, and national consensus standards to provide effective and cost-efficient worker protection. The final rule provides employers greater flexibility in choosing a fall protection system to protect workers. It revised and added new provisions that address rope descent systems, ladder safety, and worker training. OSHA also aligned, as much as possible, the general industry fall protection requirements with those for construction to ease compliance for employers who work in both sectors.