Training Matters: Guidelines for Safety and Productivity
Part 1: OSHA Standard Requires Annual Hazmat Training
Part 2: Lockout-Tagout Training Reduces Injury Risk
Part 3: Electrical Training Prevents Fire, Shock and Electrocution
Part 4: How To Safeguard Workers From Falls
Part 5: Identifying Confined Spaces Minimizes Potential Hazards
Part 6: Managers Need to Raise Asbestos Awareness
Part 7: Safety-Training Issues Require Written Compliance
Part 8: Training Areas Include Ergonomics and IAQ
How To Safeguard Workers From Falls
By Jeffery C. Camplin, - November 2008 - Maintenance & Operations
Maintenance managers have a number of options for protecting workers from falls. They include conventional systems, such as guardrails, safety nets, and personal fall-protection systems, fall-arrest systems, positioning systems, and travel-restraint systems. Proper training and the use of safe work practices can increase the effectiveness of this equipment.
Managers should include training requirements for walking and work-surface hazards, such as slips, trips, and falls, as well as for fall-protection procedures, personal protective equipment, proper use of ladders and scaffolding, and safe operation of powered platforms and personnel lifts.
