{"id":4859,"date":"2015-09-21T14:00:37","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T18:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/regulatory.blog\/?p=4859"},"modified":"2015-09-21T14:00:37","modified_gmt":"2015-09-21T18:00:37","slug":"osha-newspapers-and-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecompliancecenter.com\/ca\/help-center\/articles\/osha-newspapers-and-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"OSHA, Newspapers, and Pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before the age of television, cell phones and the internet, news was conveyed via newspapers. In 1911, Arthur Brisbane, a reporter and editor in New York City, used the expression \u201cuse a picture. It\u2019s worth a thousand words.\u201d\u00a0Today, that phrase has been adjusted and is more commonly known as \u201ca picture is worth a thousand words.\u201d<\/p>\n

Keep this quote in mind for the next few seconds. Close to my home is a gas station that sustained some damage from a recent summer storm. The awning over the gas tanks had collapsed and was being replaced. As my husband and I drove past the station, I took the following picture.<\/p>\n

\"Fall<\/p>\n

Now my husband and I both work in the safety field, so you can imagine the conversation we had after seeing this. The comment that struck me most was \u201cI\u2019d rather terminate a person for working at elevation without fall protection than have to tell their family that they died.\u201d\u00a0Think about that statement. It is powerful, honest and true.<\/p>\n

For the past few years one of the top ten OSHA violations is in the area of Fall Protection. In 2014, it was the number one violation.\u00a0Per OSHA 1926.501, Employers must design the workplace in such a way as to keep Employees from falling. Falling can be from overhead platforms, elevated work stations or even into holes.\u00a0 In fact, the regulation outlines the specific heights at which fall protection must<\/u><\/strong> be provided. Those elevations at which some form of fall protection be used includes the following:<\/p>\n