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Fall Protection: at the risk of being repetitive

As advised in e-bulletin, training in fall protection is mandatory for all personnel who visit construction sites. Presumably your firm has undertaken training. If not, do it now! 

Were you aware of the following:

  1. Employer to ensure that all personnel who may use a fall protection system are given oral and written instruction by a competent person.
  2. Employer to ensure that person who provides training and instruction, also prepares a written training and instruction record for each worker and signs the record.
  3. The training and instruction record shall include the worker’s name and the dates on which the training took place.
  4. The employer shall make the training and instruction record for each worker available to an inspector upon request.

If you think you had it all covered……

  1. It is recommended that trained workers carry their certification cards when on construction sites.
  2. Travel-restraint systems, fall-restricting systems, fall-arrest systems, and horizontal lifeline systems must be inspected by a competent worker prior to each use.
  3. There must be a written rescue plan, prepared in advance and understood by all parties involved in any use of a fall arrest system.