Eliminating Fall Hazards
Eliminating a fall hazard is the most effective fall-protection strategy. Ways to eliminate fall hazards and reduce exposure to them include the following:
- perform construction work on the ground before lifting or tilting it to an elevated position;
- install permanent stairs early in the project so that workers don't need to use ladders between floors;
Eliminating a fall hazard is the most effective fall-protection strategy.
- use tool extensions to perform work from the ground;
- identify fall hazards that you can't eliminate. If you can't eliminate fall hazards, you need to prevent falls or control them so that workers who may fall are not injured;
- install covers, guardrails, handrails, perimeter safety cables, and personal fall-restraint systems; and
- use fall-arrest systems, positioning-device systems, and safety-net systems. Use these fall-protection systems only when you can't eliminate fall hazards or prevent falls from occurring.
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