A new addition to OSHA's Fatal Facts
series emphasizes employers' responsibilities to protect workers from confined space hazards while
working in sewer line manholes*. Fatal Facts describe cases where employers failed to
identify and correct hazardous working conditions before they resulted in
fatalities at their worksites. This Fatal Facts is based on a case where a
construction worker suffocated after entering a manhole. It includes references
to the new Confined Space in Construction
Standard that takes effect on August 3, 2015.
Also available is OSHA's free Job Safety and Health: It's the Law! poster* that informs
workers of their rights under the Occupational Safety and Health Act. All covered
employers are required to predominantly display the poster in their workplaces
where workers can see it. The poster can be downloaded from OSHA's workplace poster Web page in
English, Spanish, Polish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean and Nepali.
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