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TRAINING TOPIC :

FALL PROTECTION AND


PREVENTION
Falls in Construction
Falls are the leading cause of
deaths in the construction
industry.
Most fatalities occur when
employees fall from open-sided
floors and through floor openings.
Falls from as little as 1.2 to 1.8
meters can cause serious lost-
time accidents and sometimes
death.

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Working at Height means:

• Working on temporary or permanent


structures that are greater than 1.8 meters
above the ground or floor level

What is Fall Protection

Procedure, equipment, plans, work method


put in place to protect people working at
height from falling.
• Guard rails
• Hole covers
• Warning lines
• Lifelines
• Harness 3
Hazards when Working at Heights
Working at a significant
elevation above the
ground or floor level can
result in:
• a person falling to the
ground, or

• dropping an object which


could strike another
worker 4
Causes of Falling from Height
• Engineering factors –
missing guardrails and safety
harnesses, unreliable or unstable
scaffoldings, floors, ladders;
• Process factors – mistakes in
method statement or operation
procedures;
• Psychological factors –
fear, coordination impairment,
careless moves, unsafe behavior;
• Weather factors – strong
wind, extremely hot or cold
temperature, rain, snow, fog, ice.
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Fall Protection & Prevention
Systems:
Fall Prevention
• Ladders • Access platforms
• Railing • Guards
• Hole Cover
• Handrails
Fall Protection (PFAS)
• Safety Harness with Double lanyards
• Retractable lanyard
• Rope Grab
• Safety nets 6
SCAFFOLDING/TEMPORARY
PLATFORM
• All temporary platform are to
be equipped with standard
guardrails system and a solid
decking free from openings
• Personnel traveling or working
on incomplete structure shall
wear and secure their lanyards
to an anchorage point capable
of supporting 2,500kg
• Every temporary platform shall
be provided with a safe of
access/egress

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TEMPORARY HOLE COVER

To make hole safe it can


be covered by steel plates
or wooden planks to get
suitable strength and
support.

The fixed support must not


be easily removable.

A TRIP HAZARD sign


board must be posted
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GUARDRAIL SYSTEMS
• Top rail must be 1.1 meters above
the walking/working platform
• Midrails must be installed in
between top rail and the working
level
• Top rail must be capable of
withstanding without failure a
force of at least 91kg
• If the top rail is wire rope, it must
be flagged with high visibility
material at intervals
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LADDERS
• Temporary ladders shall
extend at least 1 meters or 3
rungs above the landing
platform and be properly
secured
• Ladder extending above 3.7m
must be equipped with a
retractable lifeline
• Personnel using these ladder
must secure their retractable
lifeline to the harness
• Personnel using a ladder not
yet secured at the top must
have another person to hold
the ladder at the bottom 10
PERSONAL FALL ARREST SYSTEM
(PFAS)
Full Body Harness with Two lanyard

Used during works performed on an


unprotected work location at
elevations higher than 1.8 meters
above the ground

Lanyard must be secured to a


suitable anchorage point that is
capable of supporting an impact load of
2,500Kg

Prior to use, make sure that fall


protection equipment is in good
operating condition 11
RETRACTABLE LANYARD / ROPE
GRAB
"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 12
during fall arrest.
RETRACTABLE LANYARD / ROPE
GRAB

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LIFELINES
Lifelines shall be secured above the
point of operation to an anchorage
or structural
member capable of supporting a
minimum dead weight of 2,500 Kg.

Lifelines shall be used only for


employee safeguarding. Any lifeline
actually subjected to in-service
loading, as distinguished from static
load testing, shall be immediately
removed from service and shall not
be used again for employee
safeguarding
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SCAFFOLDING SHOULD BE USED WHEN
WORK WILL BE PERFORMED AT ELEVATED
LOCATIONS IN THE FOLLOWING SITUATIONS:

• when there is no
permanent access to
the workplace;
• when work cannot be
done safely from a
portable ladder;
• when work cannot be
done from a
mechanical lift or work
basket;
• when the job is such
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that it is safer to do it
from scaffolding
PERSONNEL SHALL NOT WORK AT
HEIGHT:

• When feeling fatigue or


dizziness
• If fall protection
equipment is defective
or damaged
• During high winds
(speed of approximately
32 km/s or greater)
• If scaffolds are covered
with ice or snow 16
• When visibility is poor
WHEN WORKING AT HEIGHT

• Understand the potential hazards


of the task to be performed
• Review how you will raise or lower
any tools or equipment
• Ensure required PPE is in good
condition, and make sure you
understand how to properly use it
• Always use the 3-point climbing
method
• Watch out for the safety of others
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REMEMBER!!!!

If you are
connected –
you are
protected!

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