What’s at Stake?

Workplace falls cause a significant number of lost workdays, injury, suffering and even death. In Canada, an average of 100 workers suffer fall injuries each day, leading to 60 deaths and over 40,000 work days lost each year.  In the US, falls are consistently at or near the top of causes of worker deaths in the construction industry.

What’s the Danger?

A “vertical fall” is typically something that occurs between two different levels (i.e. falling from a roof to the ground) compared to a “horizontal fall” which occurs on the level upon which a person is standing or moving (i.e. […]