Fall Protection Guide

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Fall Hazards Protection Guide
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Truth About Fall Hazards

• Each year, more than 200,000 people disable due
  to fall hazards about 11,000 people die onsite.
• Falls are leading cause of traumatic occupational
  death accounting for 35 of total deaths in
  construction industry.
• Canadian businesses suffer total loss of 1000
  each year, due to fall hazards.
• Fall protection equipment require a
  pre-inspection every time its being used.

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What are Fall Hazards ?
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Hazard..?

• Unconscious Falls

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Hazard..?

• Construction Worksites

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Hazard..?

• Incomplete Fall Harness

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Factors Involving Fall Hazards

• Unstable Working Surface
• Misuse of Fall Protection Equipment
• Lack of Information
• Unconscious Slip on Wet Surfaces
• Sucked by Some Falling Object

Scaffolds..
Towers..
Buildings..
Ladders..
Lifts..
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Planning To Prevent Falls?

• Determine Safety Level of Fall Hazard Surfaces
• Conduct a Fall Hazard Assessment
• Select Appropriate type of Fall Protection System
• Cross Check the Equipment/ Inspection
• Fall Protection Monitoring

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What is Fall Protection?
Basically, the fall protection is defined as the
different methods used to minimize injury due to
falls from heights. It is the backup system
planned for a worker who could loose balance at
height. For thousands of years man has used
ropes and various knots to secure objects against
the gravity forces.
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Types of Fall Protection System

• Passive Fall Protection System
• Active Fall Protection System

Passive Fall Protection System
Active Fall Protection System
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Passive Fall Protection System

• Guard Rails
• Nets
• Covers
• Aerial Lifts

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Active Fall Protection System

• Positioning Device system
• Personal Fall Arrest System
• Personal Fall Restraint System

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Providing Fall Protection Training
In North America, Fall harness safety training
and certifications to prevent falls from heights
in industrial and construction places are covered
by design training standards issued by ANSI
(American National Standards Institute) in the
United States and by CSA (Canadian Standards
Association) in the Canada.
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Professional Fall Protection

• Hazard Control
• Fall Protection Plans
• Rescue and Escape Planning
• Self-Rescue
• Communication

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Fall Protection Training
Participants in a fall protection training learn
about the different varieties of equipment
required to make up a fall protection, also the
regulations regarding when and where fall
protection systems are required. When there is a
change in workplace, protection equipment or
working conditions, training must be conducted
over workers.
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OSSA Fall Protection Certification

• Review of legislation as per OSSA standards
• Identification of Fall Hazards and active
  monitoring
• Proper controlling of Fall Hazards
• Identifying anchor points types and their proper
  set-up
• Different connectors and way to use them
• Pre inspections of Protection Equipment
• Emergency response procedures

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