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This course covers the following information:

Fall Protection in Industrial and Construction Environments: Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls

  • How appropriate footwear can reduce your risk of slips, trips and falls
  • The types of surfaces that tend to be slippery
  • How materials that accumulate on walking surfaces can increase slip, trip and fall hazards
  • How good housekeeping and maintenance practices can reduce these hazards
  • How careless behavior and unsafe practices can lead to falls.

Fall Protection in Industrial and Construction Environments: Edges, Openings and Guarding

  • The fall hazards that exist around "edges" and "openings"
  • How "guarding" can protect against falls in these areas
  • How the different parts of a standard railing help to reduce fall hazards.

Fall Protection in Industrial and Construction Environments: Using Portable and Fixed Ladders

  • How to inspect portable and fixed ladders to make sure they are safe to climb
  • The equipment and safe work practices you should use when setting up, climbing and working on portable ladders
  • How ladder safety devices and personal fall protection systems help to keep you safe.

Fall Protection in Industrial and Construction Environments: Working Safely on Scaffolding

  • The fall hazards that are associated with setting up and working on scaffolding
  • The OSHA regulations that have been established to prevent scaffolding accidents
  • The different types of fall protection that can help keep you safe on a scaffold
  • The safe work practices that you should follow whenever you are working with scaffolding.

Fall Protection in Industrial and Construction Environments: Personal Fall Protection

  • Why you should wear personal fall protection in some work situations
  • The basic parts of a personal fall arrest system (PFA)
  • How a PFA can prevent falls or stop them if they do occur
  • The OSHA requirements for safe anchorages for PFAs.