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Versatile Systems Curbing Fines, Fatalities & Injuries
OSHA’S Public Enemy Number One: Fall Protection Versatile Systems Curbing Fines, Fatalities, & Injuries Burbank, CA, USA, February 6, 2012 - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s 2011 year-end review of the “Most Cited Violations” ranked lack of...
Safety Communities: A First Step
This month Versatile Systems, Inc. joined the Online Safety Community (OSC), and the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE)! We are very excited to be welcomed into these communities of proactive safety conscious people and companies, eager to lend our expertise...
Safety Communities Part Deux
In case you haven’t heard of the OSC, Online Safety Community, I’ll provide you with all the information you need to know. First off, the OSC was created by Ansell Healthcare as a means of utilizing the best feature of the internet, its ability to bring people...
National Safety Council Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls
Hello Readers, The National Safety Council is currently promoting education to prevent slips, trips and falls this June. It is a fact that the majority of worker fatalities are over the age of 55 (a concern if we push back the legal retirement age to receive social...
8 Easy Steps to Proper Post-Use Harness Care
The sun sets behind the distant horizon as you saunter from the site where eight hours of sweat were spent in the name of hard work. You unbuckle the harness that presided over you all day and upon pulling your last arm free you do what? Throw it in the...
Fall Restraint Vs. Fall Arrest: How to Decide Which System Is Best for You
When it comes to falling, no one likes to think about the worst-case scenarios. But in many cases, doing so could be the very thing that saves your life. The truth is that falls are the leading cause of death on construction sites, accounting for roughly a third of...
Engineer or Not to Engineer?
It seems as though the biggest question businesses have when seeking help from a fall protection company is how on earth could this be that expensive? How could a piece of cable and some rigging cost this much? What exactly am I paying for here? Most well respected...