Focus Areas
- Fall protection implementation strategies (Z359)
- Hazard identification and system design
- Program performance and benchmarking
- Real-world failure modes and prevention strategies
- Emerging fall protection technologies and adoption
- Practical execution across industries and environments
Why SBUGs Are Different
Most groups talk about safety. SBUGs generate intelligence that improves it.
- Applied, not theoretical: Grounded in real operational environments
- Field-driven intelligence: Insights based on execution, not opinion
- Bidirectional influence: Practice informs standards and standards improve practice
- Outcome-focused: Designed to reduce variability and improve SIF prevention performance
How It Works
A Continuous Loop Between Field, Insight and Standards
- Field Input
Members bring real fall protection challenges from their operations.
- Collaborative Review
Facilitated sessions with SMEs and peer practitioners to test and compare approaches.
- Intelligence Generation
Patterns, failures, and successful practices are identified and synthesized into usable insight.
Output to the Field
Actionable tools, guidance, and standards feedback are developed and shared.
Led By a Nationally Recognized Expert
Kevin Denis is a nationally recognized fall protection expert with more than 30 years of industry experience. As owner and principal consultant of Work-at-Height, LLC and Technical Service Representative for Werner Co. Fall Protection, he has conducted hundreds of fall hazard assessments, trained thousands of workers and serves as an expert witness in fall-related cases nationwide. Kevin is vice-chair of the ANSI Z359 Fall Protection Committee and chairs the Z359.2 subcommittee, contributing to widely adopted safety practices across multiple high-risk industries.
What You Gain
Participation provides both practical resources and usable field intelligence.
Access & Resources
- Four expert-led virtual sessions per year
- Private peer discussion forum
- Implementation playbooks and decision tools
- Standards-to-execution crosswalks
- Case studies and field-tested practices
Operational Benefits
- More consistent implementation of Z359 standards with reduced variability in controls and practices
- Field intelligence on what works, what fails, and why, accelerating identification of effective risk reduction strategies
- Benchmarking insights across programs, controls, and performance outcomes
- Direct influence on standards development and implementation resources
- Early insight into emerging fall protection technologies and real-world performance
Who Should Join
Designed for professionals responsible for fall protection performance, including:
- EHS and safety leaders
- Construction and industrial safety professionals
- Safety engineers and consultants
- Risk, compliance and operational excellence teams
- Equipment manufacturers and solution providers
Join the Fall Protection SBUG
Be part of a practitioner-driven network improving how fall protection is implemented in real-world environments
Join as an Individual Practitioner