Fall Protection & Work at Height
4 pieces, each argued from primary sources and each handing you something you can use on Monday.
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The Floor WalkerThe green tag was true when it was hung
A scaffold tag records one competent person's judgment at handover. OSHA requires an inspection before each work shift, because the hazard is what three trades did to the scaffold since.
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The Floor WalkerThe Card Says Certified. The Machine Says Otherwise.
An operator certified on aerial lifts can still be untrained on the specific unit in front of them. Familiarization on that unit, not the wallet card, is the control that closes the gap.
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The Floor WalkerThe explosion that kills is the second one
The primary blast is rarely what kills. It lofts the dust that has settled on beams and ledges overhead, and that secondary explosion is the one that levels the building.
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The Floor WalkerLadder-last: the fall usually started with the wrong access
Most ladder injuries are not a training problem; they are a task that should never have been done from a ladder, so the durable fix is removing the ladder, not retraining the user.