When must employers provide Fall Protection? The
6-foot rule
. Subpart M requires the use of fall protection when construction workers are working at heights of 6 feet or greater above a lower level.
When must an employer ensure that a fall protection system is used?
Section 140 of Alberta’s Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Code requires employers to prepare a fall protection plan when work-at-height situations meet both of the following requirements: (1)
a worker may fall 3 metres or more
, and (2) the worker is not protected by guardrails.
What equipment is required for fall protection?
Make sure the fall-arresting system consists of the required components, including
full body harness
, self-retracting lanyard, energy absorbing lanyard or lanyard and energy absorber, and appropriate anchor point or horizontal life line.
How do you use fall protection equipment?
- Choose the harness. …
- Train your employees. …
- Inspect the device. …
- Put it on correctly. …
- Ensure a snug fit.
- Take care of loose ends. …
- Choose and attach the lanyard. …
- Anchor the lanyard.
What is fall protection system?
A personal fall protection system is
an assembly of components intended to protect the user against falls from a height
, constituted of: a body holding device – a full body harness, sitting harness, work positioning belt, rescue harness, rescue loop; and.
What is the best system to use for fall protection?
Guardrails
should be your first choice when it comes to preventing falls. They provide workers with the best protection because, when erected properly, they actually eliminate the fall hazard. With guardrails in place, workers can’t fall because there is no open edge.
At what height must fall protection be used?
OSHA requires that fall protection be provided at elevations of
four feet in general industry workplaces
, five feet in shipyards, six feet in the construction industry and eight feet in longshoring operations.
What are the 2 major types of fall protection harness buckles?
- Tongue buckle;
- Pass-through buckle; and.
- Quick Connect (QC) buckle.
What are the four types of fall protection?
All active fall protection for the construction industry falls into four basic categories:
fall arrest, positioning, suspension, and retrieval
. OSHA provides standards for each category of fall protection.
What are the different types of fall protection?
There are two major types of fall arrest:
general (nets) and personal (lifelines)
. The fall arrest system only comes into service when or if a fall occurs. According to OSHA standards, only retractable lifelines, or full-body harnesses with shock-absorbing lanyards are accepted as personal fall arrest systems.
What are two most important things to know for calculating fall clearance?
Anchor position, lanyard length, deceleration distance, height of the suspended worker, and safety factor
are good starting points when attempting to properly calculate fall distance clearance and PPE requirements, but remember there may be additional variables that need to be considered The type of PPE, position of …
Who is responsible for completing an evaluation of the equipment required for fall protection?
What are
Employers
‘ Responsibilities to provide Fall Protection? Initially, employers must assess the workplace to determine if walking or working surfaces have the necessary strength and structural integrity to safely support the workers.
What can be used to protect workers from falling objects?
Use
toe boards, screens on guardrails or scaffolds
to prevent falling objects. Use debris nets, catch platforms or canopies to catch or deflect falling objects.
What is the maximum free fall distance?
OSHA requires that potential free fall distances will never exceed
6 feet (1.8 m)
when using personal fall protection. So, careful consideration must be given to the way that a fall arrest system is selected and rigged so that a 6-foot fall distance is not exceeded.
What are the 3 types of falls?
- Physiological (anticipated). Most in-hospital falls belong to this category. …
- Physiological (unanticipated). …
- Accidental.
What is primary fall protection?
An individual’s own body and balance,
the ability to stand, walk, and not fall
is typically the primary layer of protection. If the primary fails (e.g. due to a trip, slip, etc.) the guardrails, the secondary layer of protection, would prevent a fall to a lower level.
