MSA Safety Incorporated Puts The Spotlight On Construction Safety To Support OSHA’s National Safety Stand-Down Week

According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), falls continue to be the leading cause of fatalities in the construction industry.

To help combat this sobering, but preventable statistic, globally renowned safety equipment manufacturer - MSA Safety Incorporated has announced that it will conduct free fall protection training sessions, from May 6 to May 10, 2019, during OSHA’s annual National Safety Stand-Down Week.

Fall protection training

As part of this week-long safety blitz – now in its sixth year – MSA Safety Incorporated will provide free, OSHA-compliant fall protection training demonstrations at construction jobsites across the U.S.A, utilizing the company’s fleet of mobile training vehicles.

MSA Safety Incorporated’s 50-person team of fall protection and confined space safety experts will highlight basic fall protection principles and necessary personal protective products, through demos and hands-on training.

Covered topics include ANSI/OSHA standards compliance

Covered topics will include ANSI/OSHA standards compliance, components of a fall-arrest system

Covered topics will include ANSI/OSHA standards compliance, components of a fall-arrest system, equipment inspection and confined space entry and exit.

Over the past three years, MSA Safety Incorporated has trained more than 30,000 workers on how to best check, inspect and use their life-saving fall protection equipment. However, to ensure even more workers have the opportunity to learn about proper safety protocols, the company will be expanding its training efforts beyond the approximately 200 work sites that they’ll be visiting in person this week.

Importance of proper fall protection training

In addition to conducting jobsite training, MSA Safety Incorporated will be raising awareness of the importance of proper fall protection training across the company’s digital properties. Employers and workers not able to participate in an on-site demo can follow the company on social media to learn more about the dangers of falls and how to prevent them.

Eleni Lucido, the Vice President and General Manager of MSA Safety Incorporated’s business in the U.S. and Canada, said “OSHA’s National Safety Stand-Down is a simple and focused way to remind workers and their employers of the risks of working at heights – and the steps they can take to mitigate those risks in order to return safely home each and every day.”

Providing training for fall protection safety

Eleni Lucido adds, “As a safety company dedicated to seeing to that ‘men and women may work in safety’, MSA is committed to helping prevent workplace falls through proper training and the design of innovative products that will continue to raise the bar in fall protection safety.”