Falls to a lower level are the leading cause of construction worker deaths in Massachusetts, and yet, falls can be prevented. Massachusetts is proud to join the National Campaign to Prevent Falls in Construction in launching its own state-based initiative. Read more.
- Safety Pays, Falls Cost: Falls in construction can be prevented
- Fatal Falls Among Massachusetts Construction Workers, 2007-2011
- Falls: The Leading Killer on Construction Sites file size 1MB
- Ladder Safety for Residential Construction Contractors (PDF) file size 1MB
- Segurança no uso das escadas de mão Para empreiteiros da construção residencial (Portuguese) file size 1MB
- Seguridad en las Escaleras Portátiles: Para contratistas de construcción residencial (Spanish) file size 1MB
- Sekirite nan sevi ak nechel: Pou met chantye ki travay nan konstriksyon kay (Haitian Creole) (PDF)
- Segurança no uso das escadas de mão Para empreiteiros da construção residencial (Portuguese)
- Scaffold Safety for Residential Construction Contractors (PDF)
- PFAS Safety: Personal Fall Arrest Systems for Residential Construction Contractors file size 1MB
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This information is provided by the Occupational Health Surveillance Program within the Department of Public Health.