Like all accidents, falls from height are caused by the existence of certain hazardous conditions and / or in the commission of negligence or unsafe acts. In both cases the operator can do much for preventing, observing safety standards, not committing and correcting unsafe acts or unsafe conditions realizing its existence s immediate supervisor, but mostly using personal protective equipment to be delivered to all work with potential risk of falling from a height.
The manager, chief of work or shop, you must provide the necessary instructions for the installation and use of PPE. You must be sure that they understood and respected. It must also be examined by competent persons, equipment and installation in all its parts, before each startup. Respect the rules relating to the nature of the equipment used. Do not modify the equipment or installation.
Use continuously throughout the working time and indicate any defect to the preson responsible for this material. Never forget that the team is individual, and in any case, the degenerative joint element used together by several people. Do not ever use again, if it has been inspected and repaired, a team has suffered from a fall.
When fall arrest equipment should be used? In general, all work at height with potential danger of falling, and where there are no means of collective protection to ensure operator safety, wear safety belt or harness or other fall arrest device.
In the vicinity of an excavation of a pit or a gallery with dangerous slope, or where collective protection against falls have been temporarily withdrawn. To work on roofs or demolition, in forms or in higher plants. To grease or repair cranes, and working on scaffolds. To work within confined spaces (tanks, reservoirs, etc.) Should be used as a safety harness rope handle a partner from the outside, so that you can come to the rescue in case of emergency.
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