Please review the following information and links from Pete Stafford, Executive Director of CPWR, regarding new training videos based on true stories of fatal construction incidents.

 

NIOSH Fatality Reports Brought to Life 

 

FACE Reports - a product of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - are an often overlooked treasure. Every NIOSH Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) report provides exacting details of the conditions and series of events that led to a deadly incident and concludes with "recommendations for preventing similar deaths."  

 

That's why CPWR used information collected by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to create three short training videos, each based on the true story of a fatal construction incident. 

• "Look Up and Live" vividly illustrates how an aluminum ladder plus power lines can be a deadly combination.
• "No New Year" tells the tragic story of a New Year's Eve trench collapse.
• "A Simple Task" describes how a worker washing windows during final clean-up of a new condominium fell from a ladder. 
• The videos are posted on the new CPWR YouTube channel.
•  Each posting has text with links to the appropriate Toolbox Talk, handout, and even the original NIOSH FACE Report, making for a complete training package.

 

Let's recommit ourselves to using (and sharing) information and materials that can make U.S. construction sites safer for those doing the work.

  

Pete Stafford

Executive Director