Name:
Official Stand-Down 4 Safety Kickoff
Date:
September 14, 2020
Time:
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM MDT
Event Description:
Official Stand-Down Kickoff -- Monday Sept 14th 1pm ET featuring:
- Loren Sweatt, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health,
- Scott Ketcham, Director, OSHA’s Directorate of Construction
- John Howard, M.D., NIOSH Director
- Scott Earnest, PhD, PE, CSP, NIOSH, Director, Office of Construction Safety and Health.
- Chris Trahan Cain, Executive Director, CPWR — The Center for Construction Research and Training
- Register in advance for this webinar: https://cdc.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_F6cFqLFdS0SeAZNUe1ooYA
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Falls still remain the leading cause of death among construction workers, accounting for 1 out of 3 construction fatalities – with groups like residential workers and roofers at an even higher than average risk. Thousands more suffer serious injuries because they lack the right safety equipment, the knowledge and training to prevent falls, or both. To prevent construction falls, the National Campaign to Prevent Falls in Construction was launched through the NORA Construction Sector Council in 2012 with leadership from NIOSH, OSHA, and CPWR. Each year, the National Safety Stand-Down, where employers and workers take a break to focus on preventing falls, is the cornerstone of the campaign. . This year, business leaders, labor organizations, community groups, and other construction industry stakeholders will participate in virtual or socially-distanced Stand-Down events from September 14–18.
To kick-off the week leaders from OSHA, NIOSH and CPWR will share some of the latest data trends and new fall prevention resources to use during the Stand-Down week and beyond.
Hashtags: #2020Kickoff #StandDown4Safety #StopFalls
