Fall Protection: As Simple as A-B-C

Details

• Personal Author:
  Eiter B ; Hrica, Jonathan ; Kocher L ; Nasarwanji, Mahiyar F. ; Pollard J
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  This infographic on fall protection helps mine workers identify three essential components of a fall arrest system: anchor, body harness, and connecting device. The body text details these steps and components, and the top and bottom banners provide data from the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) to support how important the proper use of fall arrest systems is to safety. Mine personnel commonly having the need to use fall protection at work, depending on their job duties, and this infographic is designed to give them critical tips that will be easy to remember and easy to implement. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidental Falls
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Construction Industry
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
  • Safety Management
  • Workplace
• Keywords:
  • Fall protection
  • Falls
  • Safety equipment
  • Safety practices
  • Slips, trips, and falls
  • STF
  • Injury prevention
• Series:
  Mining Publications ; NIOSH Infographics
• Document Type:
  Still Image
• Genre:
  Infographic
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania ; Washington
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PMRD - Pittsburgh Mining Research Division ; SMRD - Spokane Mining Research Division ; NPPTL - National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20059288
• Citation:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2020 Apr; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/112771/cdc_112771_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.12 MB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:24c759704dfae5b857e966e4a663f05bc5db6e04a959295bf6fe587fdb9edbd8f73877975d01022101d5e17c64ad7143dcd0ce003773769087fa9e5af1ccc887