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fall protection 2015
1. Subpart M, Fall Protection
โข 1926.500, Scope, application,
and definitions applicable to this
subpart
โข 1926.502, Fall protection
systems criteria and practices
โข 1926.503, Training requirements
โข Appendix
2. When Is Fall Protection Required?
๏ If workers are working over dangerous materials, they have to
wear fall protection below 6 feet
5. Scope and Application
โข Exception: inspection,
investigation, or assessment of
workplace conditions
1926.500(a)(1)
6. Scope and Application
โข Does not apply to
โข scaffolds
โข working on cranes and derricks
โข steel erection work (except for towers
and tanks) are provided in subpart R
of this part.
โข certain types of equipment used in
tunneling
โข erection of tanks and communication
and broadcast
โข construction of electric transmission
or distribution lines or equipment.
โข stairways and ladders
1926.500(a)(2)
14. Definitions
โข Deceleration Distance
โข distance between the location
of an employee's body belt or
body harness attachment point
at the moment of activation and
the location of that attachment
point after the employee comes
to a full stop.
1926.500(b)
15. Definitions
โข Free Fall
โข act of falling before a personal
fall arrest system begins to apply
force to arrest the fall
1926.500(b)
24. Definitions
โข Opening
โข gap or void 30 inches or more
high and 18 inches or more
wide, in a wall or partition,
through which employees can
fall to a lower level
1926.500(b)
25. Definitions
โข Fall Arrest System
โข consists of an anchorage,
connectors, a body belt or body
harness
1926.500(b)
26. Definitions
โข Positioning Device System
โข rigged to allow an employee to
be supported on an elevated
vertical surface and work with
both hands free while leaning.
1926.500(b)
27. Definitions
โข Rope Grab
โข deceleration device which
travels on a lifeline and
automatically, by friction,
engages the lifeline and locks so
as to arrest the fall of an
employee.
1926.500(b)
29. Definitions
โข Safety Monitoring System
โข safety system in which a
competent person is responsible
for recognizing and warning
employees of fall hazards
1926.500(b)
33. Definitions
โข Toeboard
โข low protective barrier that will
prevent the fall of materials and
equipment to lower levels and
provide protection from falls for
personnel
1926.500(b)
34. Definitions
โข Unprotected side or edge
โข means any side where there is
no wall or guardrail system at
least 39 inches high.
1926.500(b)
35. Definitions
โข Walking Working surface
โข surface, horizontal or vertical on
which an employee walks or
works
โข not include ladders, vehicles, or
trailers
1926.500(b)
36. Duty to Have Fall Protection
โข The employer shall determine if
the walking/working surfaces on
which its employees are to work
have the strength and structural
integrity to support employees
safely.
1926.501(a)(2)
37. Duty to Have Fall Protection
โข unprotected side or edge which
is 6 feet or more above a lower
level shall be protected from
falling
1926.501(b)(1)
38. Duty to Have Fall Protection
โข leading edge 6 feet or more
above lower levels shall be
protected
1926.501(b)(2)(i)
39. Duty to Have Fall Protection
โข employee in a hoist area shall be
protected from falling 6 feet or
more to lower levels
1926.501(b)(3)
40. Duty to Have Fall Protection
โข protected from falling through
holes (including skylights) more
than 6 feet above lower levels
1926.501(b)(4)(i)
41. Duty to Have Fall Protection
โข protected from tripping in or
stepping into or through holes
(including skylights) by covers
1926.501(b)(4)(ii)
42. Duty to Have Fall Protection
โข protected from objects falling
through holes
1926.501(b)(4)(iii)
43. Duty to Have Fall Protection
โข employee on the face of
formwork or reinforcing steel
shall be protected from falling 6
feet or more to lower levels
1926.501(b)(5)
44. Duty to Have Fall Protection
โข employee on ramps, runways,
and other walkways shall be
protected from falling 6 feet or
more to lower levels
1926.501(b)(6)
45. Duty to Have Fall Protection
โข employee at the edge of an
excavation 6 feet or more in
depth shall be protected from
falling when the excavations are
not readily seen because of
plant growth or other visual
barrier
1926.501(b)(7)(i)
46. Duty to Have Fall Protection
โข employee at the edge of a well,
pit, shaft, and similar excavation
6 feet or more in depth shall be
protected from falling
1926.501(b)(7)(ii)
47. Duty to Have Fall Protection
โข employee less than 6 feet above
dangerous equipment shall be
protected from falling
1926.501(b)(8)(i)
48. Duty to Have Fall Protection
โข employee performing overhand
bricklaying and related work 6
feet or more above lower levels,
shall be protected from fallingโ
โข employee reaching more than
10 inches below the level of the
walking/working surface on
which they are working, shall be
protected by conventional fall
protection
1926.501(b)(9)(i)
49. Duty to Have Fall Protection
โข employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope
roofs, with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or
more above lower levels shall be protected from
falling
โข Warning line system allowed
1926.501(b)(10)
50. Duty to Have Fall Protection
โข Each employee on a steep roof
with unprotected sides and
edges 6 feet or more above
lower levels shall be protected
from falling
1926.501(b)(11)
51. Duty to Have Fall Protection
โข employee engaged in the
erection of precast concrete
members who is 6 feet or more
above lower levels shall be
protected from falling
1926.501(b)(12)
52. Duty to Have Fall Protection
โข employee engaged in residential
construction activities 6 feet or
more above lower levels shall be
protected
1926.501(b)(13)
53. Duty to Have Fall Protection
โข employee working on, at, above,
or near wall openings shall be
protected from falling
โข Includes chutes
1926.501(b)(14)
54. Duty to Have Fall Protection
โข Walking/working surfaces not
otherwise addressed
1926.501(b)(15)
66. Personnel Fall Arrest Systems
โข Snaphooks not directly
engaged to webbing,
rope, wire rope
โข To each other
โข With another snaphook
to the same d-ring
โข To a horizontal lifeline
โข Incompatible shaped
1926.502(d)(6)(i)-
(vi)
67. Personnel Fall Arrest Systems
โข Horizontal lifelines maintaining a
safety factor of two
1926.502(d)(8)
68. Personnel Fall Arrest Systems
โข Lanyards and lifelines shall have
a minimum braking strength of
5,000 pounds
1926.502(d)(9)
69. Personnel Fall Arrest Systems
โข Lifelines shall protected from
being abraded
1926.502(d)(11)
70. Personnel Fall Arrest Systems
โข Self-retracting lifelines and
lanyards which limit free fall to 2
feet shall be capable of
supporting 3,000 pounds
1926.502(d)(12)
71. Personnel Fall Arrest Systems
โข Self-retracting lifelines and
lanyards which do not limit free
falls to 2 feet shall be capable of
supporting 5,000 pounds
1926.502(d)(13)
72. Personnel Fall Arrest Systems
โข Anchorages independent from
equipment suspension
anchorages
1926.502(d)(14)
73. Personnel Fall Arrest Systems
โข Anchorages 5,000 pounds or
maintain a safety factor of two
1926.502(d)(15)(i)
74. Personnel Fall Arrest Systems
โข Limit fall arrest forces to 1800
pounds with a harness
1926.502(d)(16)(ii)
75. Personnel Fall Arrest Systems
โข No free fall more than 6 feet nor
contract and lower level
1926.502(d)(16)(iii)
76. Personnel Fall Arrest Systems
โข Limit maximum deceleration
distance to 3.5 feet
1926.502(d)(16)(iv)
77. Personnel Fall Arrest Systems
โข Withstand twice the potential
impact energy of an employee
falling 6 feet or the free fall
distance permitted by the system.
1926.502(d)(16)(v)
78. Personnel Fall Arrest Systems
โข Remove when subjected to
impact loading
1926.502(d)(19)
79. Personnel Fall Arrest Systems
โข The employer shall provide for
prompt rescue
1926.502(d)(20)
82. Personnel Fall Arrest Systems
โข When use at hoist areas, rigged
to allow the movement of the
employee only so far as the edge
of the walking/working surface.
1926.502(d)(24)
84. Warning Line Systems
โข Flags 6 feet away when mechanical
equipment not used
โข Access path from ladder formed
from two warning lines
1926.502(f)(1)(i)&(iii)
85. Warning Line Systems
โข When mechanical equipment is
used
โข Flags 6 feet when using parallel
โข Flags 10 feet when perpendicular
1926.502(f)(1)(ii)
87. Safety Monitoring System
โข Roofing only
โข On the same level
โข Close to communicate
โข No other responsibility
1926.502(h)(1)(iii)-
(v)
Flags too close
88. Covers
โข Support twice the weight
โข Secured
โข Colored coded, or use โHole,
โCoverโ
1926.502(i)(1)-(4)
90. Fall Protection Plan
โข Prepared by qualified person
โข Copy at the jobsite
โข Document why and where
conventional fall protection
cannot be used
โข Names of employees allowed in
the controlled access zone
1926.502(k)(1)-(6)
91. Fall Protection Training
โข Employer shall provide a training
program for each employee who
might be exposed to fall hazards.
โข The program shall enable each
employee to recognize the
hazards of falling and shall train
each employee in the
procedures to be followed in
order to minimize these hazards.
1926.503(a)(1)