Unistrut Fall Protection provides engineered fall protection systems to protect workers and keep your company compliant with the required safety standards. Our capabilities include: rooftop, overhead and vertical fall protection systems.
What are the 4 types of fall protection?
All active fall protection for the construction industry falls into four basic categories: fall arrest, positioning, suspension, and retrieval. OSHA provides standards for each category of fall protection.Aug 8, 2019
What equipment is required for fall protection?
As a general matter, each worker on a walking or working surface 6 feet or more above a lower level must be protected from falling by a guardrail system, a safety net system, or a personal fall arrest system.
What are the two types of fall protection?
Two basic types of fall protection are travel restraint and fall arrest. Both involve wearing a full-body harness. A travel restraint system keeps you from getting too close to an unprotected edge.
What are the 3 types of fall protection?
Generally, fall protection can be provided through the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems. OSHA refers to these systems as conventional fall protection. Other systems and methods of fall protection may be used when performing certain activities.
What are types of fall protection?
There are four generally accepted categories of fall protection: fall elimination, fall prevention, fall arrest and administrative controls. According to the US Department of Labor, falls account for 8% of all work-related trauma injuries leading to death.
What are fall protection devices?
A personal fall arrest system is used to stop or arrest a worker while they are in mid-fall so they do not hit the ground. A typical fall arrest system includes a body harness, anchorage, and connector. The means of connection may include a lanyard, deceleration device, lifeline, or a suitable combination of these.
What is the fall protection rule?
OSHA requires that fall protection be provided at elevations of four feet in general industry workplaces, five feet in shipyards, six feet in the construction industry and eight feet in longshoring operations.
What is the OSHA fall protection standard?
For general industry, OSHA requires fall protection beginning at a height of four feet. In construction, fall protection is required above six feet. Protection must also be provided any time an employee must work above hazardous equipment or machinery, regardless of the distance.Nov 27, 2019