Focus Four: Fall Hazard Recognition

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1. Slide 1

   Is This a Fall Hazard?

   • Photos in this presentation are from the OSHA Region 4 National Photo Archive and OSHA Region 5.
2. Slide 2

   YES

   • Workers could fall while climbing on the shoring structure to set it up and remove it.
   • Ladders and lifts must be provided.
3. Slide 3

   Any Fall Hazard Here?

4. Slide 4

   YES

   • Workers are exposed to a fall hazard greater than
   • 6 feet, while working near stairwell opening.
   • Workers must be protected from falls over 6 feet.
5. Slide 5

   Is This a Fall Hazard?

6. Slide 6

   YES

   • Unprotected open-sided floors 6 feet or more above ground level.
   • Guardrail systems, safety net systems or personal fall arrest systems are required.
7. Slide 7

   Any Fall Hazard Here?

8. Slide 8

   YES

   • Workers are installing a new metal roof without fall protection.
   • NOTE: Remember that ladders must extend 3 feet above the landing area.
9. Slide 9

   Is This a Fall Hazard?

10. Slide 10

    YES

    • The photo shows a mid-rail and toeboard are missing on an open-sided floor of a building.
    • This could expose workers to a 12 foot fall.
    • Toeboards are required to protect workers below from falling objects.
11. Slide 11

    Can You Identify the Fall Hazard?

12. Slide 12

    YES

    • Lack of fall protection for workers on fabricated frame scaffolds.
    • Planks appear to be overloaded and there is no safe access for workers.
    • The workers are exposed to a 35-foot fall hazard from a scaffold while stacking blocks prior to overhand bricklaying operations.
13. Slide 13

    Can You Identify the Fall Hazard?

14. Slide 14

    YES

    • Ladder to work platform is not of sufficient length.
    • It must extend 3 feet above the working surface.
15. Slide 15

    Is This a Fall Hazard?

16. Slide 16

    YES

    • Worker is working off of the top of a step ladder.
    • The top of a stepladder shall not be used as a step.
17. Slide 17

    Can You Identify the Fall Hazards?

18. Slide 18

    YES

    • A worker is working from a carpenters' scaffold that has no guardrail, extends too far beyond either end, and is not wide enough.
    • The worker inside of the window is not provided with fall protection as there is no standard guardrail for the window.
    • The worker also does not have proper access to the scaffold.
    • The worker working below is exposed to the struck-by hazards of tools and equipment falling from the employees working above.
    • NOTE: A competent person must supervise as scaffolds are erected, moved and taken apart.
19. Slide 19

    Any Fall Hazard Here?

20. Slide 20

    YES

    • Workers working on balcony of structure exposed to fall hazard due to unprotected side/edge.
21. Slide 21

    Is This a Fall Hazard?

22. Slide 22

    YES

    • Worker working on an 8:12 pitch roof with only the lifeline tied to his waist as fall protection.
    • Employer must provide full body harnesses.
23. Slide 23

    Is This a Fall Hazard?

24. Slide 24

    YES

    • Scaffold was not erected with guardrails in areas where workers were working at heights greater than
    • 10 feet.