Press Releases

April 26, 2012: NIOSH, OSHA and CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training Announce National Campaign to Prevent Falls  (PDF)

August 23, 2012: ASSE announces support of the National Campaign to Prevent Falls (PDF)

March 11, 2013: OSHA teams up with Montgomery County, Md. to prevent fatal falls in construction (PDF)

April 30, 2013: NIOSH, OSHA and CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training Announce Re-launch of the National Campaign to Prevent Falls (PDF)

Falls Campaign in the News

• April 30. 2013: Partners Re-Launch Construction Fall Prevention Campaign – Occupational Health & Safety Online
• April 26, 2013: Announcements: National Campaign to Prevent Falls in Construction – Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• April 26, 2013: On This Workers Memorial Day – Recognizing the Value of Safety – BCTD President’s Blog
• April 23. 2013: Preventing Construction Falls in Massachusetts – Commonwealth Conversations: Public Health
• April 1, 2013: ‘I Fell Off the Roof Today’ – Occupational Health & Safety Online
• April 2013: Avoiding Falls in Horizontal Construction – ARTBA Safety Source
• January 1, 2013: Construction Fall Fatalities Can Be Prevented - Occupational Health & Safety Online
• January 2013: From The Director’s Desk – NIOSH eNews, Volume 10, Number 9
• December 2012: OSHA’s 2012 Fall Prevention Campaign: how planning, equipment and proper training can reduce falls - Blueprints, a technical publication of ASSE’s construction practice specialty. (Reprinted with permission. Originally published in the Vol. 12 No. 1 issue of Blueprints, the Construction Practice Specialty’s technical publication. For more information on ASSE’s practice specialties, visit www.asse.org/ps.)
• December 2012: The Dangers of Heights – LifeLines, a publication of the Laborers’ Health and Safety Fund
• November 7, 2012: How do we stop construction falls? – ISHN Online
• November 1, 2012: Stop Falls, Save Lives – DOL News Brief
• November 1, 2012: Florida Case Highlights Residential Fall Protection Requirements – Occupational Health & Safety Online
• November 1, 2012: OSHA Compliance Creates Rental Opportunities – Rental Equipment Register
• November 1, 2012: OSHA Residential Construction Regulation Compliance – Occupational Health & Safety Online

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Speeches

• May 1, 2012: Remarks by the Honorable Hilda L. Solis, Building and Construction Trades Conference
• April 26, 2012: Remarks by the Honorable Hilda L. Solis, “Workers Memorial Day,” Los Angeles, California

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