Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Fall Prevention Plan
Fall Prevention Plan
Disclaimer
The details provided in this example method statement are intended as a guide only, the hazards and control
procedures listed are not a comprehensive list. Must ensure that carry out a risk assessment to determine and
control the significant hazards that will be present circumstance. All information and advice are given in good
faith. We cannot accept any responsibility for your subsequent acts or omissions. If have any doubts queries or
concerns should refer to the relevant regulations and take further professional advice.
The Landlord, its representative and its agent reserve the right to impose any additional work procedures or make
changes to the contents herein as may be required by the Authorities or as it deems fit without prior notice to the
Applicants.
The plan should be customized to address the unique conditions at individual workplaces. All workplaces
engaged in activities that require workers to work at height shall develop and implement FPP to ensure the safety
of the workers during their course of work.
The following Fall Protection Plan is a program prepared for the prevention of injuries associated with falls. A Fall
Protection Plan must be developed and evaluated on a site-by-site basis. It is recommended that builders discuss
the written Fall Protection Plan with their OSHA Area prior to going on a jobsite.
Workers must be provided with suitable personal protective equipment such as safety harness with lanyard
attached to a suitable anchor point or lifeline. Where there are no obvious anchors points such as fixed steel
railings, employers must devise alternative means such as installing brackets onto the structure or use
extendable bars equipped with an eye-lug. Workers must be trained in the proper usage of such equipment
including the need to maintain 100% tie-off. This means that at any one point in time, one of two lanyards of the
worker must be secured to the anchor point. This is particularly important when the work involves moving from
one location to another.
➢ Identifying and reducing the risks of all types of work activities that have the potential to produce
personal injury,
➢ Commitment to prevention of injury of persons from incident of falling from height and objects falling
from height.
➢ Commitment to comply with applicable legal and other requirements whilst carrying out working at height
of 2m and above.
➢ This policy shall be communicated, understood, implemented, and maintained at all levels of
organization and to all interested parties.
➢ To prevent workplace fatalities and injuries arising from working at height in our workplace premise, in
compliance to the WSH Act and other relevant regulations.
➢ To ensure our workplace premise is safe and without risks for everyone working at height in our
workplace premises.
Tong Loong Engineering Pte Ltd shall reviewed this policy annually to ensure that it remains relevant and
appropriate to the organization and will make amendment as and when necessary.
All managers and supervisors are responsible and accountable for the safety and health of our employees, sub-
contractors, and company property under their control. Managers and supervisors are responsible for ensuring
compliance to all regulations, procedures and safe work practices in all workplaces, worksites at all times.
Project Engineer
➢ Familiarize himself with the Company’s Occupational, Health and Safety Management System and
ensure its effective implementation.
➢ Review any new or changes in the processes, equipment, and materials to ensure that safety is taken
into consideration.
➢ To ensure safe work procedure and the control measures are being carried out for the activities identify
with possible falling hazards and all work related to height activities.
➢ Establish and maintain a programmed for the identification and assessment of falling hazards.
➢ To ensure training is being carried out for all work involve in work at height.
➢ Assists in the investigation of every serious or fatal accident and dangerous occurrence and recommend
preventive measures.
WAH Assessor
➢ Have successfully completed a training course acceptable to the commissioner to equip you to become
a Working at Height assessor.
➢ Implementation of the FPP in accordance with WSH Approved Code of Practice working safety at
height issued by the Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Council.
➢ Implementation of the PTW to ensure all safety measures are in place before any hazardous Work at
Height (WAH) can commence.
➢ Training requirements for Workers, Supervisors, and other WAH personnel to ensure effective conduct
and oversight of work performed at heights.
➢ Implementation of safety measures while working on roof, near fragile surfaces and by using the
industrial rope access system.
➢ To ensure all reasonably practicable measures and methods are taken to eliminate potential falling from
height.
➢ To implement emergency response procedures and to investigation all falls from height incidents.
➢ To ensure compliance with all applicable regulatory requirement.
➢ To brief all workers on the risk Assessment and Safe Work Procedures for any work at height activities.
Safety Coordinator
➢ Conduct periodic safety and health walk-through inspections of all workplace facilities.
➢ Ensure that quarterly safety training and all other specifically required training is provided for all
employees.
➢ Ensure that occupational injuries and illnesses is maintained. Post the annual summary at each work
location.
➢ Conduct accident/injury investigations and illness exposure monitoring.
➢ Establish and monitor a program for reporting and investigating “near-miss” situations.
➢ Conduct investigations into employee inquiries, suggestions, and complaints.
➢ Maintain required safety and health documents/files.
➢ Ensure periodic inspections of all motorized vehicles.
➢ Designate an employee who shall coordinate all safety programs of the employer.
➢ Provide safety classes to each type or class of employee no less than quarterly.
➢ Shall discharge his duties as relevant in the WSH Act and WSH (Construction) Regulations 2007.
➢ Ensure that every scaffold and every component thereof shall be of sound material, good construction,
adequate strength, free from patent defects, and shall be suitable and safe for the purpose for which it is
intended.
➢ Shall ensure that the scaffold is erected, added to, altered, or dismantled in Accordance with the WSH
Act, Factories (Scaffolds) Regulations 2004, CP 14: Code of Practice for Scaffold and the CP 20: Code
of Practice for Suspended Scaffolds.
➢ Shall inspect the scaffold within the immediately preceding 7 days and after inclement weather with
record.
➢ Shall enter the results of inspections in a register containing details as required by the Chief Inspector
and the register shall keep available at the site for the inspection by an inspector.
➢ Shall ensure that the scaffold is displayed with appropriate sign as regard to safe or unsafe use of
scaffold.
➢ To ensure fall related risk assessment control measures are implemented for their activities.
➢ To stop work and rectify or notify safety Dept if any safety & health deviation is observed.
Scaffold Erector
Safety Supervisor
➢ To carry out approved safe work procedures and control measures at workplace for all working at height
activities.
➢ To inspect and maintain all workers personal fall prevention equipment by submitting weekly checklist.
➢ To carry out training to all workers on risk assessment/safe work procedure for all work related to
working at height activities with proper documentation.
➢ To facilitate the conduct of risk assessment.
➢ Investigate accidents, put up reports and recommend remedial actions.
➢ Compile all safety records and reports.
➢ Conduct all safety audits and put-up reports.
Sub-Contractor
➢ Familiarize them with the Main Contractor’s Fall Protection Plan.
➢ Take prompt corrective actions to remove any fall related unsafe work conditions.
➢ Ensure all fall protection equipment’s brought into site are in good and safe working conditions.
➢ Conduct daily toolbox, SWP to his employee to ensure that they are fully aware of their responsibilities
towards fall safety issues.
➢ Ensure good housekeeping is practiced on site.
➢ Promptly report and investigate all fall related incidents / accidents forward a copy of such investigation
report to the site Project Manager / Project Engineer.
➢ To carry out fall related risk assessment for their activities and submit work method statement and safe
work procedures to the main contractor.
➢ Brief their men/worker on the fall safety risk and hazard pertaining to them job and conduct training to
their workers.
➢ To ensure risk assessment control measures are implemented for them activities,
➢ To ensure that their employee does not oversee or supervise any work in the worksite unless the person
has received adequate fall safety training.
➢ To stop all activity and rectify or notify Safety Dept if any falling hazards are observed.
➢ Every open side or opening into or through which a person may fall is covered or guarded by an
effective barrier to prevent falls.
➢ Where covers are used for openings, are these covers securely fixed to prevent accidental
displacement?
➢ Every open side of a staircase is provided with a substantial handrail and lower rail or other effective
means and maintained.
➢ Secure handhold and foothold are provided for any person who must work at a place from which he
would be liable to fall:
(a) More than 2m; or
(b) Into any substance which is likely to cause drowning or asphyxiation.
➢ If item 1 is not practicable, other suitable means such as travel restraint systems or fall arrest systems
should be provided.
➢ Where any work at height is to be carried out, is safe means of access to and egress provided?
➢ Is there a Fall Prevention Plan (FPP) developed and implemented?
➢ Where hazardous work at height is carried out, is a permit-to-work (PTW) for hazardous work at height
available and implemented?
➢ Has risk assessment (RA) been conducted and are safe work procedures (SWP) developed for the
works?
➢ Are the hazards and risk control measures communicated to all workers?
➢ Have all workers received the necessary instruction, information, and training for them to perform work
at heights?
➢ Is there adequate supervision to ensure that safe work practices for working at heights are in place?
➢ Is the condition of the workplace suitable for implementation of a fall arrest or travel restraint system?
(i.e., sufficient height clearance for fall arrest, distance from anchorage point or static line to the edge of
opening and length of safety harness or restraint belt etc.)
➢ Is sufficient and secured anchorage provided?
➢ Is the anchorage point or lifeline being used by the workers who are working at height?
➢ Are workers instructed on the proper method to wear and use the safety harness or restraint belt, as well
as attach it to the lifeline or anchorage point?
➢ Are the anchorage and anchorage line of the travel restraint system or fall arrest system inspected by a
competent person before use by the workers?
➢ Is every ladder and stepladder used of good construction, sound material and adequate strength for the
purpose for which it is used?
➢ Where a ladder is used for access or as a working place, are adequate handholds provided to a height
of at least one metre above the place of landing of the highest rung to be reached by the feet of any
person on the ladder?
➢ Does the ladder or stepladder have level and firm footing?
➢ Is the ladder or stepladder secured so as to prevent undue swaying?
Control Measure/Method
Control measures adopted shall be according to the hierarchy of control beginning with elimination, Substitution
engineering control, and administrative control like safe work procedure and permit to work system and lastly
personal protective equipment.
Use of the Ladder, mobile elevated work platform like scissor lift and boom lift to access to high working places.
Proper design of working platform with guard rail and mid rail for mobile scaffold.
Mobile tower scaffold to be erected by qualified erectors, supervised with scaffold supervisor. Those more than 4
meters in height scaffold must be carried out by approved scaffold contractor.
When working at height 2m or more, with no access to mobile elevated work platform or scaffold, the last resort is
using the ladder. The ladder is used for light work (e.g., install cover panel, bracing, angle bar, tighten bolt & nuts)
and for short duration (preferable least than 30 minutes per location).
Step’s platform is preferred to be used. In event, there is space constraint and then alternate type of ladder can
be considered.
Ladders are probably the most used and misused pieces of work equipment within a workplace, without
completing without all necessary check on a ladder before its use can be fatal, work should only be carried out
from a ladder when the job is of short duration and can be carried out safety. Below outline what to do and what
not to do whilst using the ladder.
Do Ensure That
➢ Before you use a ladder, you have considered if the work can be carried out by a safe method.
➢ All ladders are inspected before and after use, especially rungs, treads, and stiles. Do not use any ladder if
it is defective, obtain a replacement.
➢ The ladder is significantly strong and long enough for it intended use.
➢ There are at least three rungs extending beyond a roofs edge.
➢ The ladder is secured at the top, wherever practicable.
➢ The ladder is positioned so that the base wont slip outwards.
➢ The base of the ladder s placed on a firm, level, and dry surface.
➢ If the ladder needs to be placed on grass, that is has a large board place underneath it to prevent it from
slipping.
➢ The bottom of the ladder is secured by stabilisers or ties, to a stable, fixed object.
➢ If this is not possible, that there is another person around to “foot’’ the ladder.
➢ When is use, the ladder rests against a solid surface?
➢ You always keep your body always facing the ladder with your feet in the
Middle of the ladder rungs.
➢ When climbing up or down, use both hands on the stiles.
➢ When working from a ladder you should always have 3 points of contact, i.e. Both feet and at least one
hand.
➢ You should use a shoulder bag, belt holster or belt hooks for carrying tools up and down the ladder.
➢ If the ladder has been loaned, that it has been checked on return as safe for Further use.
➢ If using a ladder over a doorway always ensure that the door is looked, or egress Prevented and
appropriately singed to warn of men at work.
Each personnel who are involved in work at height operation must be trained and to adhere to this plan.
This plan is established in the best knowledge from the team. In the event where this plan has not address on any
special scenario found on site, it must be bought out to the attention of the site manager and together, decide
upon the safest method of fall protection, with record documented, before proceeding.
This plan cannot be administered, implemented, monitored, and enforced by one individual or total reliance on
the site workplace safety and health team alone.
It is the responsibility of respective site managers to spearhead this Fall Prevention Plan, through education,
regular monitoring, and enforcement. The site engineers, supervisors, coordinators and workplace safety and
health personnel are also responsible to correct any unsafe acts or conditions immediately.
All personnel from this project have the responsibility to understand and adhere to the procedures of this plan and
to follow the instructions of their immediate supervisors. It is also their responsibility to bring to management’s
attention on any unsafe or hazardous conditions that may cause injury to either themselves or any other
stakeholder.
Two types of fall protection equipment are used in power generation, transmission, and distribution work
positioning and fall arrest equipment. Fall arrest equipment comes in many forms. For power generation,
transmission, and distribution work, workers commonly use a body harness with a shock-absorbing lanyard.
A fall protection plan is required whenever a worker is working at height. Government regulations require
written plans be available to all workers. The plan must be available at the work site before work where there is a
potential for a fall.
A personal fall arrest system is one option of protection that OSHA requires for workers on construction sites who
are exposed to vertical drops. Attachment Location. Body Harness. Vertical Lifeline/Lanyard. Articulation man lifts
provided with a restraint system and full body harness to an anchor point. Guardrails with toe boards.
Personal fall arrest systems
Anchor points
A path is the black line that appears when you draw a line in Adobe Illustrator. A path is made up of a series
of points called “anchor points” and line segments between these points. The anchor points on the either end of a
path have “control handles” and these can be used to control the direction of the curved path.
Anchor points are a vital part of a fall protection system. Fall protection anchor points are usually installed on the
roof and are used to connect lanyards, lifelines and other forms of tie-off which prevent a worker from falling. Roof
anchors can be as simple as a D-ring connection or as complex as a complete lifeline system. Both permanent
and temporary fall protection anchors are available.
Safety harnesses provide comfort and confidence, and directly affects the user's productivity, as well as gives
them flexibility to do what needs to be done on the site. The latest in full body harness protection have earned a
reputation as top full body harnesses for maximum comfort, freedom of movement and ease-of-use.
Retractable Lanyard
A Retractable Lifeline works a lot like a seat belt. Pull it out slowly, and it will follow you. If you run, you'll end up
on your ass. These self retracting lifelines come in various sizes, lengths, material. Use a web retractable for
concrete, and steel retractable for welding.
The manual rope grab is basically a metal hand trigger. When you hold the rope grab down, you can move freely
up and down the rope. Once you let go, the rope grab latches to the rope and will no longer move up and down.
This way you won't fall any further. If you do fall, do not grab onto the rope grab, and pull the trigger! You'll just
keep sliding down the rope, which is not good. This would be one of reasons you would want to tie that knot in the
end of your lifeline.
Restraint systems typically include a full body harness and a lanyard or restraint line used to restrain the user
from reaching a hazard (leading edge roof work). This type of system is used where no vertical free fall is
possible. Work positioning systems typically include a full body harness and lanyard to position or support the
user at the work position.
Rescue systems typically include a full body harness, and a connecting subsystem, such as a lanyard, that is
used to retrieve a victim in a rescue application.
If mechanical equipment is not being used, the warning line must be erected no less than 6 feet from the roof
edge. Employees who are not performing roofing work in the designated work area must remain outside the work
area between the roof edge and the warning line. Points of access, material-handling areas, storage areas and
hoisting must be connected to the work area by an access path formed by two warning lines. When these areas
are not in use, a warning line must be placed across the path at the point where the path intersects the warning
line erected around the work area, or the path must be offset in a manner that a person cannot walk directly into
the work area.
All warning lines must be flagged with high-visibility material at no more than 6-feet intervals. Warning lines must
be rigged and supported so the lowest point (including sag) is no less than 34 inches from the walking/working
surface and the highest point is no more than 39 inches from the walking/working surface. After being rigged with
warning lines, stanchions shall be capable of resisting (without tipping over) a force of at least 16 pounds applied
horizontally against the stanchion, 30 inches above the walking/working surface perpendicular to the warning line
and in the direction of the floor, roof or platform edge. The rope, wire or chain serving as the warning line must
have a minimum tensile strength of 500 pounds and, after being attached to the stanchions, must support
(without breaking) the load applied to the stanchions.
Safety monitoring of a clinical trial is conducted by an independent physician with relevant expertise. This is
accomplished by review of adverse event, immediately after they occur, with timely follow-up through resolution.
A fall protection plan is required whenever a worker is working at height. Government regulations require
written plans be available to all workers. The plan must be available at the work site before work where there is a
potential for a fall.
Appropriate FPP will be determined by the task to be performed. Fall protection training is an important part of a
worker's overall safety training. Identifying fall hazards and deciding how best to protect workers is the first step in
reducing or eliminating fall hazards. Occupational fatalities caused by falls remain a serious public health
problem.
The following criteria will be utilized to maintain all equipment in good working condition.
Tie-off Adaptors/Anchorages
➢ Inspect for integrity and attachment to solid surface.
➢ Annual inspection of all tie-off and anchorages by a competent person with documentation.
➢ All tie-offs and anchorages will be destroyed and replaced after a fall.
Guardrails
Guardrail should be inspected at least every 12 months. There are many reasons why guardrails may not be
compliant and may not provide the collective protection they were intended to provide. The weather can have a
big impact on the stability of guardrail systems, i.e., excessive high winds and snow may cause the rails to move
and become detached at points. Foliage can also cause guardrail to become unstable.
It is recommended to have Guardrail Edge Protection visually inspected every 12 months. This ensures that the
system still meets the manufacturer’s commendations and shows you have taken all the necessary steps to
provide the highest possible safety for anybody working at Height.
Height safe, install, inspect, and certify the following types of guardrail edge protection systems:
➢ Fixed
➢ Freestanding
➢ Parapet
➢ Collapsible
➢ Rivet fix
➢ Rail fixed to metal deck roofs
➢ Permanent Systems - Annual structural inspection will be completed by a competent person with
future frequency of inspection defined based on conditions/controls present.
Height safe Systems will tag the guardrail and provide you with a certificate of inspection for your records and
contact you’re a month prior to your next inspection due date. This will guarantee your system always remains
safe and fit for use. Should you require any repairs, Height safe Systems will provide you with a report explaining
any urgent repairs or recommendations which may help improve your system and your safety.
All the trainings will be carried out in phases to help the person who carries out any work at height to:
➢ Be aware of the risk involved.
➢ Understand and implement the control measures.
➢ Be acquainted with fall protection; and
➢ Respond to emergency where applicable.
All training will be documented and a list the personnel been trained will be tabulated onto the recorded.
An emergency rescue team comprising of first aiders, emergency responders or rescuers should be appointed
and adequately trained to carry out rescue operation. Emergency drills and exercises must be conducted at least
once in every six months.
Emergency contact numbers of relevant authorities (e.g., SCDF, PUB, MOM, Police) and contact numbers of
project management, safety personnel and first aiders should be made easily available Sufficient and suitable
first-aid facilities.
An emergency management plan is a course of action developed to mitigate the damage of potential events that
could endanger an organization's ability to function. Such a plan should include measures that provide for the
safety of personnel and, if possible, property and facilities.
All possible emergencies, consequences, required actions, written procedures, and the resources available.
Detailed lists of personnel including their home telephone numbers, their duties and responsibilities should be
conducted at least once a year review plan from lesson learnt
Nearest Hospital
Ng Teng Fong General Hospital
1 Jurong East Street 21, Singapore 609606
Suspension Trauma
➢ Effect on the Blood circulation system due to suspended for too long.
➢ Blood is pulled into the legs by gravity, reducing the flow to the heart.
➢ Unable to maintain supply to the brain, heartbeats increase faster and breathing becomes faster.
➢ Eventually hear slows and becomes unconscious.
Important
➢ When hanging in a fall harness, the leg straps support the body's weight. During this time, the
leg straps of the fall protection harness crush the femoral arteries on the inside of the legs,
cutting off blood circulation. This results in nausea, unconsciousness, and a drop in blood
pressure and heart rate.
➢ Blood supply to the brain falls below critical level.
➢ Death can occur within 20minutes or insufficient blood circulation to the legs that might lead to
amputation.
Rescue Plan
➢ The site supervisor (or alternate foreperson) takes control of the situation.
➢ The site supervisor sounds the emergency alarm—two long blasts from a horn. All workers in
the immediate vicinity of the incident stop working. The site supervisor quickly evaluates the
situation and identifies any further hazards that could arise.
➢ The site supervisor or their designate goes to get help if workers are close by. If no one is close
enough, the site supervisor calls for help.
➢ Attend first aid if you are competence
➢ The site supervisor calls SCDF to notify local police, fire, and ambulance if required.
➢ The site supervisor (or a worker assigned to the task) isolates the accident zone and its
perimeter to limit further exposure.
➢ The site supervisor (or a worker assigned to the task) moves all non-affected personnel to a
safe zone or directs them to remain where they are.
➢ The site supervisor sends a designated worker to the site gate to meet the response team
(police, medical, fire, etc.) and ensure that they have a safe access path to the accident scene.
➢ The site supervisor assembles the emergency rescue team at the accident site as quickly as
possible to determine the best rescue procedure for the situation.
After Rescue
➢ If an individual is unconscious. Do not lay him down immediately.
➢ Sudden increase in blood flow to the heart can seriously affect the heart.
➢ Suggested that patient gradually goes from kneeling, sitting to lying over 30 min periods.
➢ First-aid kit.
➢ Three lanyards equipped with shock absorbers.
➢ One full-body harness.
➢ Tag line always attached to the basket.
➢ Descent controller rescue device in good working condition.
➢ Secondary safety line to tie the basket above the headache ball of the crane.