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Fall Protection Competent Person

John Newquist

johnanewquist@gmail.com815-354-6853

Draft 11 19 2015Leo Doppelt

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Feb 2016

A 26-year-old tower climber is expected to be in intensive care for another ten days after he fell from a guyed tower in Rosenberg, Tex. when his personal fall protection equipment failed after he slipped from a brace on a climbing face as he was descending after a day’s work on an LTE project for AT&T.

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May 2015• Versa Clamp

brackets eliminates the need for safety monitors

• Photo Tim Crumb

February 2015• Genie • Allows a user to exit the

platform and work comfortably around the outside of the platform with a 6-ft lanyard. It attaches to a 6- or 8-ft platform on all Genie telescopic and articulating boom lifts with lift heights higher than 40 ft., with the exception of the S-125HD model.

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JLG

Region 5 is seeing more non construction falls than construction falls.

Ladders27%

Roofs 21%Same Surface

20%

Othe Elevaton17%

Elevated Platform15%

Top Fall Sources Region V 2010-2014

Ladders Roofs Same Surface Othe Elevaton Elevated Platform Nonmoving Vehicle

Skylights and scaffolds not in top five now.

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Passive Fall Protection

• Clamp on guardrails used for bridge

• Congress Bridge in Chicago Jan 2015

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Travel Restraint

• 1000 lb anchorage• Cannot free fall to

lower level• ANSI Standard Z359

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Door Jams

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Horizontal Lifelines• "The worker's safety

harness was not attached at the time of the accident at the south Bibb County plant, he said.

• Sometimes there is no place to tie off. Sometimes people forget to tie off. Many times the worker is not provided a Y-lanyard to go around a horizontal lifeline system like

shown in the photo.

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Roof Safe Distance• A warning line is used 15 feet

or more from the edge;• The warning line meets or

exceeds the requirements in §1926.502(f)(2);

• No work or work-related activity is to take place in the area between the warning line and the edge;

• The employer effectively implements a work rule prohibiting the employees from going past the warning line.

https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=INTERPRETATIONS&p_id=24682

Cell Towers• No Free Climbing.• Wear fall arrest

designed for the access.

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Orthostatic Intolerance

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Suspension Trauma• The lower limbs are in a

suspended vertical position, increasing pressure on the femoral vein and nerve and exacerbating the gravitational pull on lower extremity blood flow.

• The femoral artery inside groin down leg

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Step wise ladders

• Allow to stand in a rope style ladder.

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Nov 2013

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Key Changes in Z359.1

• Section 3.2.1.4• Gate face strength

requirements have changed from 220 lbs. (1kN) (old Standard) to 3,600 lbs. (16kN) (new Standard).

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Key Changes

• Side of gate strength requirements have changed from 350 lbs. (1.55kN) (old Standard) to 3,600 lbs. (16kN) (new Standard).

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Key Changes

• Minor axis strength of non-captive eye snap hooks or carabiners must be 3,600 lbs. (16kN).

Fabric Lanyards

• Cannot be used on sharp edges

• ANSI Z359

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Travel Restraint

• 1000 lbs anchorage• Cannot free fall to

lower level• Travel restraint systems

are only permitted on a walking/working surface with a slope of between 0 and 18.4 degrees.

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March 2014

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Roof Anchorages

• Two lives saved through roofs

• One skylight• Another through a bad

roof.

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Scissor Lifts

• Workers must be trained (8 hour PALS card)

• Full guardrails needed• Inspect area for holes

that could flip the lift• Ensure proper lighting• Know wind limitations

End chain is missing

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Liftpods

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Liftpods

• Safer than a ladder. • One Person• 19-40 feet depending

on model

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Ladder Climbing Devices

• April 2014• Cell tower

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Ladder Climbing Device

• September 2014• Cell Tower

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Insects

• Wasp nest

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Wind• High winds are defined in

1926.958• High wind. A wind of such velocity

that one or more of the following hazards would be present:

• (1) The wind could blow an employee from an elevated location,

• (2) The wind could cause an employee or equipment handling material to lose control of the material, or

• (3) The wind would expose an employee to other hazards not controlled by the standard involved.

• Note to the definition of “high wind”:

• The Occupational Safety and Health Administration normally considers winds exceeding 64.4 kilometers per hour (40 miles per hour), or 48.3 kilometers per hour (30 miles per hour) if the work involves material handling, as meeting this criteria, unless the employer takes precautions to protect employees from the hazardous effects of the wind.