Fall Protection in Industrial and Construction Environments

Anywhere that employees walk or work, whether they're on a shop floor or office carpeting, a scaffold, a catwalk, a fixed ladder or flight of stairs, employees can fall. Workplace falls cause almost 20% of all disabling occupational injuries, and thousands of fatalities every year. But they don't have to happen. Employees with the right training can avoid these hazards. Topics include: Preventing slips, trips and falls. Edges, openings and "guarding". Using portable and fixed ladders. Working safely on scaffolding. Personal fall protection. and more.   1910 SubPart D - Walking-Working Surfaces; 1910.27, Fixed ladders; 1910.28 Safety requirements for scaffolding; 1910.29 Manually propelled mobile ladder stands and scaffolds (towers).; 1910.30 - Other working surfaces.