Toolbox Talk: Preventing Falls from Rooftops [2017]

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• Journal Article:
  Toolbox talk: preventing falls from rooftops
• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Description:
  In construction, falls from higher levels result in more deaths and injuries than any other cause. Many of these accidents are falls from rooftops. Remember This: 1. Fall protection is required for anyone working on roofs or other areas where the distance to the ground or another surface is more than 6 feet. 2. Roofing slide guards are not fall protection. 3. Always inspect your fall arrest equipment for damage. 4. If the fall arrest equipment looks like it needs repair, remove it from service and have an expert examine it. 5. Ask your supervisor about adding permanent anchorages during roofing operations. 6. Permanent anchorages must support 5,000 pounds for each person attached to them by a lanyard or a lifeline. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Construction Materials Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Construction workers; Safety education; Injury prevention; Falls; Fall protection; Roofers; Harnesses
• Source:
  Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2020 Mar; :1-2
• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Subseries:
  Toolbox Talk
• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  cooperative agreement OH 009762
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065582
• Contact Point Address:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 8484 Georgia Avenue, Suite 1000, Silver Spring, MD 20910
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:458599e6f4aaf6af4d984f055eb4dccb90f255b91a04e09b96ccb76c0da9c49b2b682758a45b4d02315e2e54e13b465f06c8049ae773aededf67cafc91006894
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/154778/cdc_154778_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 174.25 KB ]