Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Fall Protection
Fall Protection
Fall Protection
Elimination
Prevention
Use of Control Equipment
Example:
Use of radio communication for
signaling instead of employees hanging
over the edge giving signals.
• Purpose:
▪ Stop the fall
▪ Distribute the impact energy
experienced during the fall arrest
▪ Guardrails
▪ Railings
▪ Ladders
▪ Scaffoldings
▪ Ductworks/Pipe Vents
▪ Conduit/Plumbing
▪ C-Clamps
▪ Roof stacks, vents, fans
Be careful not to
tie off to an anchor in
such a way that if you
fall, you’ll swing into an
obstruction.
A swing fall can
be as harmful as falling
to the ground.