This document outlines essential training and safety guidelines for working at heights, emphasizing the identification and control of fall hazards to prevent accidents. Key training goals include understanding fall prevention systems, suspension trauma, and proper use of personal fall protection equipment. It also stresses the importance of adhering to safety protocols like regular inspections and rescue planning to ensure worker safety at elevated work sites.

1. WORKING AT HEIGHTS
TRAINING

2. Opening & Background
TRAINING RULE
 Phone on silent mode (if there is an urgent call
take it outside)
 If you need a break or explanation don’t hesitate
to stop us
 Try to stay always focus on your safety and the
safety of your buddy.

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TRAINING GOALS
I – Identify hazards of working at heights
II – Learn about fall prevention and
personal fall arrest system
III – Know the dangers associated with
suspension trauma
IV – Learn the work at height requirements
followed on the project

4. WORKING AT HEIGHTS
TRAINING
We therefore, request that you
make yourself familiar with this
guide and apply the principles and
rules when you have to conduct a
working at heights activities.

5. WORKING AT HEIGHT
Working at height has always been a hazardous
business.
Work at height is a work in any place, including
a place at above or below ground level, where a
person could be injured if they fell from that
place.
Access and egress to a place of work can also
be work at height.

6. WORKING AT HEIGHT
Fall from heights are the most common
cause of serious injuries and death in the
construction industry.
Before commencing work at height, the
potential fall hazards in the workplace must
be identified.
Once identified the fall hazards have to be
controlled

7. To improve upon the past…
….we must care about the
future!

9. Be trained and found competent in the correct use
of fall protection equipment.

10. Several hazards may arise in working at heights,
they are but not limited to:
 Fall from different levels
 Dropped object
 Collapse structure / working platform
 Suspension trauma
 Dizziness, fatigue / psycho-physical stress
TYPICAL HAZARDS

11. FALL FROM DIFFERENT LEVELS

12. DROPPED OBJECT

13. COLLAPSE STRUCTURE / WORKING PLATFORM

14. SUSPENSION TRAUMA
Prolong Effects of Suspension Trauma

15. DIZZINESS, FATIGUE / PSYCHO-PHYSICAL STRESS

16. IMPROPER ACCESS

17. DROPPED OBJECT PREVENTION
 Don’t leave tools or materials
lying around
 Don’t throw items over the
edge
 Toeboards was provided
 Barricades must be installed
 Falling object signages must
be properly installed

18. DROPPED OBJECT PREVENTION
Hand tools must
be secured with
tool lanyard
Chin straps are
mandatory
while working
at height
Use the toolbags
to hold your tools
and keep objects
from falling

19. FALL PREVENTION
 Sides and edges must
be properly secured
Top Rail
Mid- Rail
Toe-board

20. FALL PREVENTION
 Permit is required when
removing of grating
 Opening must be
secured with hard
barricade with installed
signage

21. WHY SCAFFOLD?
The primary reason for erecting
a scaffold is to provide a safe
place of work with safe access
suitable for the work being done.
All scaffolding shall be erected
by competent personnel.
All scaffolding must be
inspected weekly by a
competent inspector and an
updated green scafftag shall be
put in place.

22. SCAFFOLD

23. SAFE WORKING AT HEIGHT
 Only trained and medically fit personnel to perform work at
height
 Perform the task at ground level if possible
 Used fall restraint systems rather than fall arrest systems
 Risk assessment , PTW and Total Safety Task Instruction
 Set up barricades and warning signs
 Ensure effective supervision at all times
 Ensure housekeeping (i.e risk of drop objects)

24. PERSONAL FALL PROTECTION
What is fall protection?
 Fall Arrest System
 Fall Restrain System

25. FALL RESTRAINT vs FALL ARREST SYSTEM
Fall Restraint System
- Prevent you from falling
- They use a body holding
device connected to a
reliable anchor, preventing
you from reaching zones
where the risk of fall exists.
- Compared to a fall arrest
system, fall restraint does not
required a rescue plan.

26. FALL RESTRAINT vs FALL ARREST SYSTEM
Fall Arrest System
- Protect you after you fall;
- They stop the fall before you
hit the surface.
- These system use a body
holding device connected to
a reliable anchor;
- They arrest and restrict a fall
preventing you from colliding
with the ground or structure;
- You are required to have a
rescue plan in place.

27. PERSONAL FALL PROTECTION
Anyone accessing an elevation equal or above 2 meters
must be wearing a full body harness
When near the edge (protected or not) 100% hook-up is
required
Full body harness
+
Two lanyards
(used according
to manufacturers
recommendation)

28. LANYARDS
Example of Twin Tail Lanyard
Single absorber with
twin lanyards
Example of Double Lanyard
Single absorber
with twin lanyards
Understanding how to clip
these lanyard properly is a
potentially life critical decision
for the wearer.
Note:
Proper use of these lanyards requires training
beyond the content of this slide.

29. IMPROPER USE OF TWIN TAIL LANYARD
Never back hook the spare
lanyard onto your self
IT CAN BE FATAL
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30. CORRECT USE OF TWIN TAIL LANYARD
….instead of back hooking the
spare lanyard to yourself……
 Connect the spare lanyard
directly to the other anchor
point, or
 Connect both hooks to the same
anchor point.

31. FULL BODY HARNESS
The lanyard must be kept up in
front.
The loose lanyard creates
entanglement risk.
Do not walk and drag the line and
hook behind you on the floor, you
might damage it.

32. SHOCK ABSORBER
In a free fall they help by
absorbing or lessening the
impact, having the power of
reducing trauma suffered to the
body.
Connect the shock absorber to
D-Ring located on upper back
between the shoulder.
Make sure that the self locking
hook is secured.

33. ANCHORAGE SELECTION
Select an anchor point with strong enough to withstand
the impact / forces involved in arresting a fall
Where there is the potential for a fall, the anchor point
must comply with the three following factors:
1. Minimum breaking force of about 15kN (approx.
1500kg)
2. As high as possible, above the harness rear ‘D’ ring.
3. Anchor points are to be as centrally located as
possible, no more than 15 degrees vertically from your
position.

34. ANCHORAGE SELECTION

35. ANCHORAGE SELECTION

36. CORRECT ANCHORING POINT
• Directly above D-ring to avoid swinging
• At least shoulder height and overhead if possible – reduces fall
distance.
• Life lines must be installed, inspected and certified by
competent personnel before use
Scaffold tubes Life line

37. INADEQUATE ANCHORING POINTS

38. INSPECTION OF FULL BODY HARNESS
 Inspect before each use
 Inspect assembly for sever
wear, cuts, burns, frayed edges,
abrasion, UV damage , failed
stitching or metal fittings
damage
 If harness is used in fall, get a
new one
 Damage harness and lanyard
must be replace with new one

39. SUSPENSION TRAUMA
 Suspension Trauma is a potential hazard for all
people working at heights in a harness
 It can result in unconsciousness, followed by death
in less than 30 minutes (could been even within 10-
15)
 Avoid suspension trauma by alternatively raising
one leg and then the other to assist with improving
the blood circulation from the lower limbs.
 The JOB HAZARD ANALYSIS MUST include a
rescue plan IF a person falls.
 Ensure rescue equipment is immediately available
and that rescue methods are practiced regularly

40. RESCUE
 Emergency services to be
contacted immediately
 Must come rapidly to minimize
the dangers of suspension
trauma
 If possible and conscious, self
rescue is most desirable
 Time is of the essence

41. RESCUE
 Rescue plan is mandatory in
the JHA
 Training on the Height Rescue
 Training on suspension trauma

42. EXAMPLE OF RESCUE EQUIPMENT
Mobile elevated platform or
crane with man basket

43. Any Question?

44. NO JOB IS SO URGENT THAT WE
CANNOT TAKE THE TIME TO DO
IT SAFELY.