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30th Jul 10
Shannon
On July 26, 2010 the Canadian Safety Reporter posted an article on how British Columbia’s workers’ compensation board is getting the message out to young and new workers about the hazards of ladders at a residential construction worksite with a new online game. It is an interactive game called “Ladder Challenge” that shows the correct procedure for using a ladder to safely reach the roof.
Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that in the US “falls from elevation hazards are present at most every jobsite, and many workers are exposed to these hazards daily.” And that “based on data from the NIOSH National Traumatic Occupational Fatalities (NTOF) Surveillance System, falls from elevations were the fourth leading cause of workplace death from 1980 through 1994. The 8,102 deaths due to falls from elevations accounted for 10% of all occupational fatalities during this period and an average of 540 deaths per year.”
To try your hand at the new WorkSafeBC game please visit http://www.ladderchallenge.com
