fall protection scaffold safety ladder safety

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?