VIDEO: Preventing the No. 1 cause of construction deaths

According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), more than 800 construction workers die each year on the job — a third of which are from falls. As the No. 1 cause of on-the-job fatalities, fall deaths can be prevented with the proper oversight. The following video from OSHA discusses common fall hazards and how to protect workers in the field.