Introduction
Fall hazards produce approx. 34% of construction deaths each year. Your organization may be one or two employees, or there may be hundreds or thousands locally or on the other side of the world. Because legal remedies vary greatly, we will discuss only United States litigation and incidents. Even then, federal and state statutes have some peculiarities which make each case unique. For example, West Virginia cases require a fall protection standard or regulation or recognized practice to bring a negligence lawsuit, and the general duty clause is not recognized; Pennsylvania cases however do not require this specificity.
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2012. American Society of Safety Engineers
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