Module 1

FALLS

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 What You Will Learn

►Important facts about falls

►Important terms relating to falls
►OSHA regulations relating to falls

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 What You Will Learn—continued
►How to identify practices that
protect you from falls
►How to find hazards at work that
could cause falls
►How to identify behaviors at work
that could cause falls
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 Find the Fall-Related Hazards

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 Did You Know?

►Falls from above are the leading

cause of death for construction
workers.
►Falls from above cause 1/3 of all
deaths in construction.

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 Did You Know?

►Falls from buildings create the

most deaths.

►Next are falls from

scaffolds.

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 Did You Know?
►In all deaths from falls, the employee
was not using fall protection, or was
using it incorrectly.
►A person doesn’t have to fall far to
get hurt.

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 Terms

Ladder
Scaffold

Fall Protection

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 Rolling Scaffold

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 Suspended Scaffold

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 Frame Scaffold

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 Competent Person
A competent person identifies
hazards relating to scaffolds and
takes prompt action to eliminate
the hazards. A competent person
must oversee the construction
and use of scaffolds.

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 Quiz Question #1

TRUE OR FALSE?
If a lifeline is used, it must be secured
above the point of operation, and the
anchorage it is secured to must be
capable of supporting a dead weight of
5,400 pounds.
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 Quiz Question #1
TRUE
OSHA 29 CFR 1926.104(b)
Lifelines shall be secured above the
point of operation to an anchorage or
structural member capable of
supporting a minimum dead weight of
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 Quiz Question #2

TRUE OR FALSE?

It is okay to use a front-end loader to

support a scaffold as long as the brake
on the front-end loader is firmly set.

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 Quiz Question #2
FALSE
OSHA 29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(iv)
Front-end loaders can not be
used to support a scaffold unless
they are specifically designed for
that purpose.
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 Quiz Question #3

TRUE OR FALSE?

It is acceptable to access a scaffold by

climbing on the scaffold’s crossbraces.

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 Quiz Question #3
FALSE
OSHA 29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1)
Crossbraces must not be used as a
means of access onto a scaffold.

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 Quiz Question #4

TRUE OR FALSE?

Guardrails do not have to be used if

the platform a person is working on
is large enough.

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 Quiz Question #4
FALSE
OSHA 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1)
Employees working at a height of
six feet or more must be protected
by a guardrail.

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 Quiz Question #5

TRUE OR FALSE?
If a ladder is not long enough to reach
the point where work needs to be
done, it is acceptable to fasten two
ladders together to provide a longer
ladder to reach.
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 Quiz Question #5
FALSE
OSHA 29 CFR 1926.1053(a)(7)
Ladders shall not be tied or
fastened together to provide longer
sections unless they are specifically
designed for that purpose.
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 What are Your Best Practices?

When you work on a scaffold

When you work on a ladder

With fall protection

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 Two Types of Hazard

► Those that exist in the working

conditions.
► Those that are caused by a person’s
behavior and lack of attention to
safety.

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 The Worksite Analysis

1. Identify your work space.

2. Look for hazards.

3. Use a checklist to identify hazards.

4. Discuss problems and corrections

with supervisor.
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 Fall-Related Hazards—Case #1

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 Fall-Related Hazards—Case #2

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Photo courtesy of Associated General Contractors of America
 Concerns at Your Worksite

Give examples of how a worker’s

behavior could create a fall hazard.

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