Roofers with more safety gear in place are actually more likely to engage in riskier behaviors, making the workers less safe overall, Caroline Delbert writes in Popular Mechanics. Fatal work-related falls increased 26% between 2011 and 2016, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
A team of civil engineering researchers at Virginia Tech and Clemson University suspected that roofers are experiencing a false sense of security while working with robust safety gear, according to Popular Mechanics.
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