Falls from heights cause more workplace deaths than any other type of injury.

The new standards deal with both operation of the machinery and training and are slated to go into effect March 1.

The Blue Armor fall-protection harness has been updated with a post-fall relief handle to allow the wearer to shift into a more comfortable position while awaiting rescue.

Users can assemble a safety system that either saves or dooms a worker.

Jesse Ely, a union ironworker, can thank a net designed to catch falling debris for saving his life after a harrowing fall from the edge of a Seattle high-rise building.