True fall stories: changing old behaviors!

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Bill Hayes, President and CEO of Safway, leads a company with 35,000 employees, 30,000 of them are at risk from falls. Hayes shares the story of an employee death that took place on a scaffold. The death served as a wakeup call for the company to do more. Subsequently, they discovered Safety Stand-Downs. Hayes finds Stand-Downs benefit not only new workers on the job, but also experienced workers who are caught in a pattern of doing things without the best safety behaviors. Large to small construction companies can improve safety on the job site hosting and attending Safety Stand-Downs.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Electricity Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Protective Clothing Safety
• Keywords:
  Behavior Construction Industry Employees Exposure Levels Falls Fatalities Occupational Hazards Occupational Safety And Health Administration OSHA Preventive Measures Risk Factors Safety Equipment Safety Programs Scaffolds Work Environment Workers

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• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Video
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Maryland ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OD - Office of the Director ; DSI - Division of Science Integration
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  4:15 minutes
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20063218
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2021 Aug; :4:15 minutes
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181916/cdc_181916_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 749.93 KB ]