Vestil CC-30-MC - Manual (Page 54)

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14. FALL PROTECTION AND OSHA
The following three pages refer to OSHA Regulations (Standards – 29 CFR)
Part 1926 Safety and Health Regulations for Construction
Subpart M - Fall Protection
1926.500 to 1926.503
WARNING
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NO FALL PROTECTION FALL PROTECTION IN PLACE
WRONG RIGHT
• A person can easily fall from a building if the floor edge they are working
near does not offer fall protection safeguards.
• A fall from a height of 6 ft. (1.8 meters) is enough to cause serious injury
or death.
• Use a personal fall arrest system (example: body harness and lanyard)
when working near a floor edge that does not offer proper fall protection.
• OSHA requires that fall protection barriers be at least 42” high, plus or
minus 3” (107 cm, plus or minus 8 cm). Guardrail systems, parapet
walls, and window sills may be acceptable fall protection barriers
provided they meet OSHA’s height and strength criteria.
• Read and understand the OSHA fall protection regulations (a few of the
regulations are provided on the next two pages).