Two Groups Combine Forces to Reduce Scaffold and Aerial Lift Fall Hazards

Last month, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced the renewal of an alliance with the unified voice of the scaffold and access industry-the Scaffold and Access Industry Association (SAIA).  American and foreign small businesses, like GET, LLC, scaffold builders, erectors, and equipment CEO’s will again benefit from the two groups advocacy efforts to reduce and prevent fall hazards and issues related to frame, mast climbing and suspended scaffolds and aerial lift equipment. 

The re-birth is in line with the SAIA's mission to providing resources and programs that promote safety, training and education while advancing the interests of its 1000 member companies and 200,000 workers worldwide.  In a release from the U.S. Department of Labor,  Assistant Secretary of Occupational Safety and Health Dr. David Michaels said that worker injuries and deaths from scaffolding hazards can be prevented when employers provide training on safe set up and use of equipment.

“By renewing our alliance with SAIA we will expand our outreach to employers and workers and provide important training to protect workers in the scaffold and access industry,” said Dr. Michaels.

As part of the alliance,  OSHA and SAIA will also use injury and illness data in selected industries to help identify areas of emphasis for alliance awareness and outreach activities.

We stand with all advocates to work with local agencies to develop more effective safety standards while using scaffolding and or aerial lift equipment. By taking an active role in policing the industry, we can do much to reduce accidents which has a corresponding reduction in overall insurance costs.  In the long run it means a more efficient and profitable business.

If you have any aerial lift needs and would like to discuss potential solutions, please drop GET, LLC a line via our website at www.get-guam.com or give us a call at 671-797-0789-your authorized Terex/Genie Representative for Guam and Micronesia.