b"YOUR TOOLKIT FOR BUILDING EXCELLENCE2.1926.501(b)(1) Employees working on2.Safety net systems- Safety net systems are platforms 6 feetor higher with unprotecteddesigned to catch a falling worker. Safety sides or edges shall be protected by guardrailnets are intended to decrease the fall systems, safety net systems, or personal falldistance, absorb the energy of a fall, and arrest systems. reduce the likelihood or seriousness of an 3.1926.501(b)(10) Employees engaged ininjury. Specifics on Safety Net Systems can roofing activities on low-slope roofs withbe found at29 CFR 1926.502(c).unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more3.Guardrail systems Guardrail systems above lower levels shall be protected by useare barriers erected to prevent workers of a guardrail systems, safety net systems,from falling to lower levels.Specifics on or personal fall arrest systems. Guardrail Systems can be found at29 CFR 4.1926.501(b)(11) Steep roofs that are 61926.502(b).feetor higher from a lower level shall be29 CFR 1926.503, Training Requirements for Fall protected from falling by guardrail systemsProtectionwith toeboards, safety net systems orHere are the top five sub-sections OSHA is citing personal fall arrest systems. companies for under Training Requirements for 5.1926.501(b)(4) Holes- Each employee onFall Protection.walking/working surfaces shall be protected1.1926.503(a)(1)Employees who are exposed from falling through holes (includingto fall hazards must be appropriately trained skylights) more than 6 feet above loweron how to recognize and correct those levels, by personal fall arrest systems,hazards.covers, or guardrail systems erected around such holes. Additionally, employees must2.1926.503(b)(1) The written certification be protected from tripping hazards andrecord shall contain the name or other employees below must be protected fromidentity of the employee trained, the date(s) falling objects from holes. of the training, and the signature of the These five citations tell us that if your employeesperson who conducted the training or the are working at heights 6 feet or higher in thesignature of the employer.construction industry, you must have some type3.1926.503(a)(2) Employer shall ensure each of fall protection.Keep in mind that this is foremployee has been trained, as necessary, Construction.If you are in the General Industry,by a competent person. (94)Competent the height is 4 feet, the Shipyard Industry is 5 feetPerson-one who is capable of identifying and the Longshoring Industry is 8 feet. existing and predictable hazards in the OSHA suggests three types of fall protectionsurroundings or working conditions which employers can use to protect workers. are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous to employees, and who has authorization 1.Personal fall arrest systems System usedto take prompt corrective measures to to safely stop (arrest) a worker who iseliminate them.falling from a working level.Specifics on4.1926.503(c)(3) Inadequacies in an affected Fall Arrest Systems can be found at29 CFRemployee's knowledge indicate that the 1926.502(d). employee has not retained the required continued on page: 26 FRAME BUILDER - VOL5 5 / 25"