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HSE-BMS-014 Fall Protection and Prevention
HSE-BMS-014 Fall Protection and Prevention
Prevention
Falls in Construction
Falls are the leading cause of
deaths in the construction
industry.
Most fatalities occur when
employees fall from open-sided
floors and through floor openings.
Falls from as little as 1.2 to 1.8
meters can cause serious lost-
time accidents and sometimes
death.
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Working at Height means:
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Fall Protection & Prevention
Systems:
Fall Prevention
• Ladders • Access platforms
• Railing • Guards
• Hole Cover
• Handrails
Fall Protection (PFAS)
• Safety Harness with Double lanyards
• Retractable lanyard
• Rope Grab
• Safety nets
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Scaffolding/Temporary Platform
All temporary platform are to
be equipped with standard
guardrails system and a
solid decking free from
openings
Personnel traveling or
working on incomplete
structure shall wear and
secure their lanyards to an
anchorage point capable of
supporting 2,500kg
Every temporary platform
shall be provided with a safe
of access/egress
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Temporary Hole Cover
To make hole safe it can
be covered by steel plates
or wooden planks to get
suitable strength and
support.
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Guardrail Systems
Top rail must be 1.1 meters
above the walking/working
platform
Midrails must be installed in
between top rail and the
working level
Top rail must be capable of
withstanding without failure a
force of at least 91kg
If the top rail is wire rope, it
must be flagged with high
visibility material at intervals
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Ladders
Temporary ladders shall extend at
least 1 meters or 3 rungs above
the landing platform and be
properly secured
Ladder extending above 3.7m
must be equipped with a
retractable lifeline
Personnel using these ladder
must secure their retractable
lifeline to the harness
Personnel using a ladder not yet
secured at the top must have
another person to hold the ladder
at the bottom
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Personal Fall Arrest System (PFAS)
Full Body Harness with Two lanyard
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Retractable Lanyard / Rope Grab
"Deceleration device" - Any
mechanism, such as a rope
grab, rip-stitch lanyard,
specially-woven lanyard,
tearing or deforming lanyards,
automatic self-retracting
lifelines/lanyards, etc., which
serves to dissipate a
substantial amount of energy
during a fall arrest, or
otherwise limit the energy
imposed on an employee
during fall arrest.
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Retractable Lanyard / Rope Grab
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Lifelines
Lifelines shall be secured above the
point of operation to an anchorage
or structural
member capable of supporting a
minimum dead weight of 2,500 Kg.
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Scaffolding should be used when work will be
performed at elevated locations in the following
situations:
when there is no
permanent access to
the workplace;
when work cannot be
done safely from a
portable ladder;
when work cannot be
done from a mechanical
lift or work basket;
when the job is such
that it is safer to do it
from scaffolding
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Personnel shall not work at height:
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REMEMBER!!!!
If you are
connected –
you are
protected!
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