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Comprehensive Fall Protection Training for Corporate Safety

This training course covers OSHA requirements, fall hazard recognition and control, fall protection systems, rescue and retrieval, and more. Improve safety, morale, productivity, and employee well-being.

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Comprehensive Fall Protection Training for Corporate Safety

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  1. FALL PROTECTION TRAINING CORPORATE SAFETY TRAINING 29 CFR 1910 & 1926 WELCOME

  2. COURSE OBJECTIVES • Establish Fall Protection’s Role in Today’s Industry. • Discuss OSHA’S requirements for Fall Protection. • Discuss Basic Skills in Fall Hazard Recognition & Control. • Discuss Fall Hazard Analysis Techniques. • Discuss Fall Protection Systems. • Discuss Hazards Associated with Fall Protection. • Discuss Rescue and Retrieval Requirements. • Provide Examples of Fall Protection Systems.

  3. BASIS FOR THIS COURSE • 150- 200 fatalities annually in the U.S. • 100,000+ work-related fall injuries annually. • Most workers who survive falls lose time from their job. • This training helps improve: • Safety • Morale • Productivity • Employee well-being

  4. APPLICABLE REGULATIONS 29CFR - SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS 1910 - INDUSTRIAL SAFETY 27 - FIXED LADDERS 66 - POWERED PLATFORMS 146 - CONFINED SPACE STANDARD

  5. APPLICABLE REGULATIONS 29CFR - SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS 1926 - CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY 500 - SCOPE OF SUBPART M 501 - DUTY TO HAVE FALL PROTECTION 502 - SYSTEM CRITERIA & PRACTICES 503 - TRAINING REQUIREMENTS

  6. APPLICABLE REGULATIONS ANSI - Z359.1 - 1992 SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR PERSONAL FALL ARREST SYSTEMS, SUBSYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS ANSI - A10.14 - 1991 REQUIREMENTS FOR SAFETY BELTS, LANYARDS AND LIFELINES FOR CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION USE

  7. APPLICABLE REGULATIONS ANSI - A14.3 - 1992 LADDER SAFETY DEVICES

  8. GENERAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS ALL EMPLOYERS MUST: • Institute safe work practices. • Review job specific fall hazards. • Conduct fall hazard assessments. • Ensure PPE is not damaged or defective. • Certify that assessments have been done. • Provide training to all required employees. • Install engineering controls where possible. • Institute administrative controls where possible. • Control hazards using fall PPE as a last resort.

  9. TRAINING REQUIREMENTS THE EMPLOYER MUST PROVIDE TRAINING: • The nature of fall hazards in the work area. • The procedures for use and operation of: • - Fall protection systems. • - Fall arrest systems. • - Guardrails systems. • - Safety net systems. • - Warning line systems. • - Safety monitoring systems. • - Control access zones.

  10. TRAINING REQUIREMENTS THE EMPLOYER MUST PROVIDE TRAINING: • The role of each employee in the safety monitoring system. • The limitations of use of fall protection equipment. • The correct procedures for handling and storage of equipment. • The role of employees in fall protection plans. • The respective OSHA Standard. • Other requirements as dictated by site-specific hazards.

  11. RETRAINING REQUIREMENTS • REQUIRED WHEN THERE IS A: • Close-call event. • Program related injury. • Change in job assignment. • New fall hazard or equipment. • New fall hazard control methods. • Failure in the fall safety procedures. • Reason to doubt employee proficiency. • Any changes rendering previous training obsolete.

  12. Reduce fatalities. Reduce injury and illness rates. Acceptance of high-turnover jobs. Workers feel better about their work. Reduce workers’ compensation costs. Elevate OSHA compliance to a higher level of awareness. FALL PROTECTION TRAINING IS IMPORTANT A GOOD FALL PROGRAM WILL HELP:

  13. DEDICATION PERSONAL INTEREST MANAGEMENT COMMITMENT PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION REQUIRES: NOTE: UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORT FROM THE WORK FORCE IS ESSENTIAL, WITHOUT IT THE PROGRAM WILL FAIL!

  14. TRAINING SAFETY COMMITTEE FALL HAZARD ANALYSIS FALL HAZARD PREVENTION AND CONTROL KEY PROGRAM ELEMENTS KEY PROGRAM ELEMENTS INCLUDE:

  15. TRAINING Job-specific fall hazard training. Training for facility engineers. Annual awareness training. Training for: - Affected employees. - Managers. - Supervisors. - Maintenance personnel. KEY PROGRAM ELEMENTS(Continued)

  16. FALL HAZARD ANALYSIS Systematic site analysis. Departmental surveys. Job hazard analysis. KEY PROGRAM ELEMENTS(Continued) • SAFETY COMMITTEE • Written program. • Employee involvement. • Top management commitment. • Regular program activity, review and evaluation.

  17. FALL HAZARD PREVENTION AND CONTROL Engineering controls. Administrative controls. Optimization of work practices. Fall ppe reduction as a last resort. KEY PROGRAM ELEMENTS(Continued)

  18. CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING: THE SUPERVISOR’S ROLE • 1. Do (or get involved in) the fall hazard analysis. • 2. Obtain assistance (if needed) from experts in the field of concern. • 3. Complete the paperwork (work orders, policy changes, • etc.) to make corrective actions. • 4. Attend the same training as your workers. • 5. Follow-up on the actions you took.

  19. WRITTEN PROGRAMS MUST BE: Developed Implemented Controlled Periodically reviewed WRITTEN PROGRAM

  20. Include fall hazard topics during regular meetings. Document committee meetings. Encourage employee involvement in the process. Employee complaints, suggestions, or concerns can be brought to the attention of management. The committee should analyze statistical data concerning fall hazards, and make recommendations to management for corrective action. Follow-up is critical. SAFETY COMMITTEE COMMITTEES SHOULD:

  21. Fall hazard analysis assessments. Job hazard analysis assessments. Employee surveys. Review of results of facility evaluations. Analysis of trends in fall injury rates. Up-to-date records of logs of fall hazard improvements tried or implemented. Before and after surveys/evaluations of job/worksite fall protection changes. PROGRAM REVIEW & EVALUATION EVALUATION TECHNIQUES INCLUDE:

  22. ENGINEERING CONTROLS FIRST CHOICE •  Work Station Design  Facility Modification •  Process Modification  Mechanical Assists •  ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS SECOND CHOICE •  Training Programs  Job Rotation/Enlargement •  Facility Signage  Policy and Procedures •  PERSONNEL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT LAST CHOICE •  Body Harnesses/Belts  Head Protection •  Eye Protection  Non-Slip Shoes INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE CONTROLS

  23. WORKSITE ANALYSIS IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR MAIN PARTS: WORKSITE ANALYSIS 1. Gathering information from available sources. 2. Conducting baseline screening surveys to determine which areas or jobs need a closer analysis. 3. Performing fall and job hazard analyses to identify fall hazards. 4. After implementing control measures, conducting periodic surveys and follow-up to evaluate changes.

  24. HIGH RISK TYPES OF WORK • TYPES OF WORK: • Roofers. • Bridge work. • Ladder work. • Iron workers. • Tree trimming. • Scaffolding work. • Window cleaning. • Construction framing. • Construction painters. • Work from overhead cranes.

  25. HIGH RISK TYPES OF WORK Continued WHAT OTHER TYPES OF FALL HAZARD WORK CAN YOU THINK OF?

  26. FALL HAZARD DEFINITIONS Continued COMPETENT PERSON: A person who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings or working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous to employees, and who has authorization to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate them. 29 CFR 1926.32 QUALIFIED PERSON: A person approved or assigned by the employer to perform a specific type of duty or duties or to be at a specific location or locations at the jobsite. 29 CFR 1926.32

  27. FALL HAZARD DEFINITIONS FALL PREVENTION: The prevention of a fall through the use of physical restraints: • Hand rails* • Guard rails* • Toe boards* • Floor covers* • Ladder cages* *Covered under a separate set of standards.

  28. FALL HAZARD DEFINITIONS Continued FALL PROTECTION: The prevention of injury through the use of planned, active protective systems: • Roof Systems • Rescue Systems • Retrieval Systems • Restraint Systems • Fall Arrest Systems • Suspension Systems • Ladder Safety Systems

  29. FALL HAZARD DEFINITIONS Continued FREEFALL DISTANCE: 29 CFR 1926.500 The vertical displacement of the fall arrest attachment point on the employee's body belt or body harness between onset of the fall and just before the system begins to apply force to arrest the fall. This distance excludes deceleration distance, and lifeline/lanyard elongation, but includes any deceleration device slide distance or self-retracting lifeline/lanyard extension before they operate and fall arrest forces occur.

  30. FALL HAZARD DEFINITIONS Continued 29 CFR 1926.500 "Anchorage" - A secure point of attachment for lifelines, lanyards or deceleration devices. "Body belt (safety belt)" - A strap with means both for securing it about the waist and for attaching it to a lanyard, lifeline, or deceleration device. "Body harness" - Straps which may be secured about the employee in a manner that will distribute the fall arrest forces over at least the thighs, pelvis, waist, chest and shoulders with means for attaching it to other components of a personal fall arrest system.

  31. FALL HAZARD DEFINITIONS Continued 29 CFR 1926.500 "Buckle" means any device for holding the body belt or body harness closed around the employee's body. "Connector" means a device which is used to couple (connect) parts of the personal fall arrest system and positioning device systems together. It may be an independent component of the system, such as a carabiner, or it may be an integral component of part of the system (such as a buckle or dee-ring sewn into a body belt or body harness, or a snap-hook spliced or sewn to a lanyard or self-retracting lanyard).

  32. FALL HAZARD DEFINITIONS Continued 29 CFR 1926.500 "Controlled access zone (CAZ)" - An area in which certain work (e.g., overhand bricklaying) may take place without the use of guardrail systems, personal fall arrest systems, or safety net systems and access to the zone is controlled. "Dangerous equipment" - Equipment (such as pickling or galvanizing tanks, degreasing units, machinery, electrical equipment, and other units) which, as a result of form or function, may be hazardous to employees who fall onto or into such equipment.

  33. FALL HAZARD DEFINITIONS Continued 29 CFR 1926.500 "Deceleration device" - Any mechanism, such as a rope grab, rip-stitch lanyard, specially-woven lanyard, tearing or deforming lanyards, automatic self-retracting lifelines/lanyards, etc., which serves to dissipate a substantial amount of energy during a fall arrest, or otherwise limit the energy imposed on an employee during fall arrest.

  34. FALL HAZARD DEFINITIONS Continued 29 CFR 1926.500 "Personal fall arrest system" - A system used to arrest an employee in a fall from a working level. It consists of an anchorage, connectors, a body belt or body harness and may include a lanyard, deceleration device, lifeline, or suitable combinations of these. As of January 1, 1998, the use of a body belt for fall arrest is prohibited.

  35. FALL HAZARD DEFINITIONS Continued 29 CFR 1926.500 ACCELERATION: An airborne body will accelerate at 32 feet/second during a free fall. If the free fall distance can be reduced the injury can be reduced. 2

  36. FALL HAZARD DEFINITIONS Continued 29 CFR 1926.500 FREEFALL DISTANCE: The distance the person falls to the moment the system begins to apply force to arrest the fall. 18 FEET

  37. FALL HAZARD DEFINITIONS Continued DECELERATION DISTANCE: 29 CFR 1926.500 The additional vertical distance a falling employee travels, excluding lifeline elongation and free fall distance, before stopping, from the point at which the deceleration device begins to operate. Measured as the distance between the location of an employee's belt or harness attachment point at the moment of activation of the deceleration device during a fall, and the location of that attachment point after the employee comes to a stop.

  38. Free Fall Distance Deceleration Distance + = Total Fall Distance FALL HAZARD DEFINITIONS Continued TOTAL FALL DISTANCE

  39. SHOCK ABSORB FALL HAZARD DEFINITIONS Continued LANYARD: 29 CFR 1926.500 A flexible line of rope, wire rope, or strap which generally has a connector at each end for connecting the body belt or body harness to a deceleration device, lifeline, or anchorage.

  40. SAFELINE SELF-RETRACTING LANYARD FALL HAZARD DEFINITIONS Continued SELF-RETRACTING LANYARD: A deceleration device which contains a drum wound line which may be slowly extracted from, or retracted onto, the drum under slight tension during normal employee movement, and which, after onset of a fall, automatically locks the drum and arrests the fall. 29 CFR 1910.66

  41. FALL HAZARD DEFINITIONS Continued ARRESTING FORCE: 29 CFR 1926.502 The amount of force that a worker would be subjected to from the fall protection system arresting the fall. Belts and harnesses must meet the following criteria: • Limit maximum arresting force on an employee to 900 pounds (4 kN) when used with a body belt.. • Limit maximum arresting force on an employee to 1,800 pounds (8 kN) when used with a body harness.

  42. FALL HAZARD DEFINITIONS Continued 29 CFR 1926.502 Anchorages to which personal fall arrest equipment is attached must be capable of supporting at least 5,000 pounds (22.2 kN) per employee attached, or must be designed, installed, and used as part of a complete personal fall arrest system which maintains a safety factor of at least two, under the supervision of a qualified person.

  43. Standard D-Ring FALL HAZARD DEFINITIONS Continued CONNECTING MEANS: 29 CFR 1926.502 A device which is used to couple (connect) parts of the personal fall arrest system and positioning device systems together. It may be an independent component of the system, such as a carabiner, or it may be an integral component of part of the system (such as a buckle or dee-ring sewn into a body belt or body harness, or a snap-hook spliced or sewn to a lanyard or self-retracting lanyard).

  44. Standard D-Ring FALL HAZARD DEFINITIONS Continued 29 CFR 1926.502 Dee-rings and snaphooks have a minimum tensile strength of 5,000 pounds (22.2 kN). Dee-rings and snaphooks are proof-tested to a minimum tensile load of 3,600 pounds (16 kN) without cracking, breaking, or taking permanent deformation.

  45. FALL HAZARD DEFINITIONS Continued FALL ARRESTER: A device, which travels on a lifeline, and will automatically engage the lifeline and lock to arrest a fall of an individual. A fall arrester usually employs the principle of internal locking, cantilever locking, or both. A “Rope Grab” is an example of a fall arrester.

  46. FALL HAZARD DEFINITIONS Continued LIFELINES: A lifeline is a component consisting of a flexible line for connection to an anchorage or anchorage connector at one end (vertical lifeline), or for connection to anchorages at both ends (horizontal lifeline) and which serves as a means for connecting other components of a personal fall arrest system to the anchorage.

  47. FALL HAZARD DEFINITIONS Continued LIFELINES: • Cannot be made of natural fiber rope. • Must be protected against damage by cuts or abrasions. • When vertical lifelines are used, each employee must be • provided a separate lifeline. • Lanyards and vertical lifelines must have a minimum breaking • strength of 5000 pounds (22.2kN). • Self-retracting lifelines and lanyards which do not limit free • fall distance to two feet (0.61m) or less, (ripstitch lanyards, • and tearing and deforming lanyards) must be capable of • sustaining a minimum tensile load of 5000 pounds (22.2kN) • applied to the device when the lifeline or lanyard is in the full • extended position.

  48. FALL HAZARD DEFINITIONS FALL HAZARD DEFINITIONS Continued Continued SNAPHOOKS: Must be sized to be compatible with the member to which they are connected to prevent unintentional disengagement of the snaphook by depression of the snaphook keeper by the connected member, or shall be a locking type snaphook designed and used to prevent disengagement of the snaphook by the contact of the snaphook keeper by the connected member. As of January 1, 1998, only locking type snaphooks shall be used. 1926.502

  49. HOOKNOSE GATE LOCK HINGE HOOKBODY RELEASE EYE FALL HAZARD DEFINITIONS FALL HAZARD DEFINITIONS Continued Continued DOUBLE-LOCKING SNAPHOOKS:

  50. ELEMENTS OF A FALL • THREE ELEMENTS TO A FALL: • Free Fall Distance • Body Weight • Shock Absorption

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