When you work in a large facility such as a hospital, you witness what seems to be a continuous round of construction and maintenance. Buildings get put up, renovated and taken down again. Parking lots are paved, patched and built over. Systems for plumbing, heating, ventilation and electrical service are installed and altered. All of this activity adds up to hazardous conditions for those working on construction and those doing their regular jobs. Construction can be a dangerous occupation, with many workers dying each year in falls from heights. Consider what happened to one worker when he went up on the roof of a […]