According to Osha, falls are the most common cause of fatal injuries to the workplace. Image: Maxim Ibragimov/Shutterstock.com
By: Fedweek StaffIn federal buildings, the GSA is “not effectively identified and dissolved under its control and does not consistently meet the requirements to protect itself from such dangers, according to a general report by the General Inspector.
“Together, these shortcomings increase the risk of injury or death in connection with fall injuries or death employees of GSA, tenant agencies and operating and maintenance companies if they” visit or work “on the roofs of the more than 1,600 buildings that have GSA”.
In a report on earlier findings of roof safety defects and a hotline complaint, the IG found that according to Osha Stürzen, the most common cause of fatal injuries in the workplace are and that more than a tenth of such falls contain falls from the increase. Both the OSHA and the GSA have standards that can protect themselves against falls such as requirements for guardrails, regular inspections and the responsible for the training.
The report, however, states that the GSA public building service does not offer an appropriate supervision of the O&M contractors' security plans, lack sufficient autumn protection systems and protective equipment and does not ensure that PBS Facility Manager receives security training. “
“We have also found that PBS -risk management surveys do not effectively identify and identify in good time to solve roof waste risk”, according to the result that the contractors “prevent” maintenance of critical building equipment “such as air supply fans. In addition, the PBS did not carry out the roof waste protection ratings for roof replacement projects and did not always issue adequate signage in its buildings in order to warn of the risk of the roof.
The GSA agreed with recommendations that deal with these problems, and added: “We recognize the challenges that PBS is faced with when maintaining its aging building stock and that it has to prioritize the project financing accordingly. If PBS cannot make any improvements in order to remedy a lack of falls, it should be preliminary control persons to protect against falling and monitoring the performance of the performance of the performance of the performance Appearances that look effective to ensure.
The report is the latest in a number of warnings from the IG to security risks in federal buildings – in many cases in connection with the postponed maintenance – from air and water quality to fire risks and falling objects. One of them, from 2024, at a behind security, health and fire risks, comprised falls of roofs as one of the security risks. The IG also attracted attention to roof waste dangers in 2020 via solar modules and “green” roofs on federal buildings.
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