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Fall Protection
Scaffold Safety
Ladder Safety
Bi-Weekly Safety Meeting
September 3, 2015
Fall Protection
Identify fall hazards in the workplace
Know the types of protective systems
Use fall protection equipment
Prevent being struck by falling objects
• Falls are among the most common causes of serious work-related
injuries and deaths.
• Although falls from heights are rare, the results are often serious. To
protect yourself:
Are there tasks that you do that may create a fall
hazard in your workplace?
• This is not the place to plan
how to prevent a fall.
• Working from heights and the
use of fall protection must be
addressed on the project JSA
prior to the start of work.
Types of Fall Protection • Guardrail Systems
• Safety Nets
• Personal Fall-Arrest
– Anchor, connector,
body harness, lifelines,
lanyards, deceleration
devices
• Safety Monitoring Systems
• Positioning Devices
– Lineman’s belts
• Personal Fall Protection
Systems
– Ladder safety device
• Warning Line Systems
• Covers
Protecting Workers from Falls
Fall protection, as outlined in Mangan’s
Fall Protection Program, is to be worn
on any scaffold work over ____ feet.
Any employee doing elevated work
over 6 feet from a permanent structure
or platform must evaluate the specific
work activity to determine whether or
not fall protection (harness) would
mitigate the potential for injury.
Protecting Workers from Falls
• Personal fall arrest systems must be selected and rigged to ensure
that potential free fall distances will never exceed 6 ft (1.8 m) as
required by OSHA.
• Total fall distance is the sum of free fall distance and deceleration
distance.
• It is prudent to allow for an additional safety factor of 3 ft (1 m) below
the fallen worker’s feet.
– When fall clearance is under 18.5 ft (5.6m), an alternative solution such
as a shorter lanyard length, or a different connecting device such as a
self-retracting lanyard or fall limiter, is needed to reduce the total fall
distance.
– When fall clearance is over 18.5 ft (5.6m) there is sufficient total fall
distance available and the 6 ft lanyard is acceptable to use. Note that
energy absorbing lanyards can expand up to 3.5 ft (1.1m). Consult
manufacturer’s instructions.
Protecting Workers from Falls When using a 6-foot lanyard, the illustration below shows a typical calculation of total
estimated fall distance.
*
* Cal OSHA regulations allow for a 2’ free fall.
Body Harnesses – Fit / Use • Should fit properly and snugly
• The back ‘D’ Ring should be between the
shoulder blades (up high).
• When using a tie-off adapter, make sure that
the web is facing up (the label should also be
on the outside) before securing it.
• Inspect a tie-off adapter as you would your
harnesses.
• Safety lanyards must be attached to a secure
structure at all times.
• One hundred percent tie off using the lanyards
is required when using fall protection
equipment.
Fall Protection Training Fall protection training for Mangan employees (regardless of any
previous training received elsewhere) consists of:
1. Fall Protection Awareness training (this meeting/training)
2. OSHA Fall Protection Training (online via Syntrio)
3. Practice donning the harness with a competent
employee
Please contact the Safety Department for additional information on
becoming trained.
Rescue After a Fall • Plan for rescue before the job
• Ensure the rescue can be done safely and quickly
• Know the emergency phone number
Scaffold
Safety
What Is A Scaffold?
Three basic types:
• Supported scaffolds
• Suspended scaffolds
• Aerial Lifts
An elevated, temporary work platform
Scaffold Hazards
• Falls from elevation
• Contact with overhead power lines and other electrical equipment
• Bad planking/Scaffold collapse
Employees working on scaffolds can be exposed to the following
hazards:
Scaffold Hazards
• Most of our clients use System Scaffolds.
• These scaffolds are built with access to sturdy tie off
points at the joints (see below) or the guard rails.
Scaffold Tags
Employees can only work on a
‘green tag’ scaffold without a
harness as long as it is under
the 6’ height requirements for
Fall Protection.
Danger! Do not use scaffold (A
‘no tag’ scaffold is considered a
red tag scaffold).
Not all scaffolds will have the
harness wording, but Mangan
adheres to the procedure for
harness use on all ‘yellow
tagged’ scaffolds.
Scaffolds should have a tag, and the colors/descriptions will vary
from site to site – always be informed and check the tag before you
get on to ensure the scaffold has been inspected by a competent
person during that shift.
Falling Object Protection
Wear hardhats
The area below a scaffold should be
barricaded to forbid entry into that area
Panels or screens must be used if
material is stacked higher than the
toeboard
A canopy or net should be in place
below the scaffold that will contain or
deflect falling objects
Falling Tape Measure Kills Man at Jersey City
Construction Site
• 11/3/2014: A man in his 50s died after being hit in the head by a
tape measure that fell 50 stories from a construction site in Jersey
City
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/04/nyregion/falling-tape-measure-kills-man-at-
jersey-city-construction-site.html?_r=0
Flash Report – Near Miss
January 23, 2015:
• At a refinery, a Mangan employee was climbing a ladder to reach a
platform approximately 15’ above grade to take measurements with
a tape measure for field verification.
• On the way down – about halfway to grade – the tape measure fell
out of the employee’s pocket to the ground. Fortunately, no one
was below when this occurred.
• As a follow-up step to this incident, Mangan now provides tape
measure cases & lanyards (see next slide).
Falling Object Protection • Mangan utilizes lanyard systems to secure tape measures while
working at heights.
• If you need a lanyard for tape measures or other equipment,
please contact the safety department for further information.
General Ladder Requirements
DO: • Keep the area around the top
and bottom of a ladder clear
• Ensure rungs, cleats, and steps are level and uniformly spaced
• Ensure rungs are spaced 10 to 14 inches apart
• Keep ladders free from slipping hazards
DON’T: • Tie ladders together to make
longer sections, unless designed for such use
• Use single rail ladders
• Load ladders beyond the maximum load for which they were built, nor beyond the manufacturer’s rated capacity
When using a portable ladder
for access to an upper landing
surface, the side rails must
extend at least 3 feet above
the upper landing surface
Ladder Rail Extension
3 feet
• Ladder safety device or
• Self-retracting lifelines with rest
platforms every 150 feet or less or
• Cage or well, and multiple ladder
sections, each section not exceeding 50
feet
OSHA §1926.1053(a)(19)
A fixed ladder 24 feet or longer should be
equipped with one of the following:
Tall Fixed Ladder Requirements
• If using ladders where the employee or the ladder could
contact exposed energized electrical equipment, the ladders
must have nonconductive siderails such as wood or fiberglass.
• Do not use the top step of a stepladder as a step!
• When climbing the ladder:
1. Face the ladder
2. Maintain 3 points of contact
3. Do not carry any object or load that could cause you to
lose your balance (or that you could drop)
Additional Ladder Safety…
OSHA §1926.1053(b)(12,13, 20-22)
MSP-220, Employee Safety &
Security Guidelines
Lone Worker Rule
Any Mangan employee engaged in any inherently hazardous
activity must be within sight and/or hearing distance of another
Mangan employee who is familiar with the job being performed, its
potential hazard and the emergency procedures to follow in the
event of an accident.
What’s Lone Work? Some situations where the lone worker rule applies are listed on
Mangan’s JSA Standard form:
• Exposure to live voltage
• Work involving use of personal fall protection (harness)
• Work in remote areas of the unit/refinery/pipeline/building
• Driving (traveling) in remote areas to remote sites
If any of these situations apply during project work, another person
is required to be one or more of the following, as applicable:
• Within ear shot
• Within eye shot
• A telephone buddy
Resources
• MSP-221, Scaffold Use
• MSP-224, Fall Protection
• MSP-226, Construction Safety Manual
• MSP-220, Employee Safety & Security Guidelines
Policies are located on the Mangan Google Site:
SAFETY – RESOURCE CENTER
Questions?