WALKINGWORKING SURFACES

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WALKING/WORKING SURFACES

• Gaye R. Johnson
• ABC Safety Day
• January 22, 2009

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DEFINITION

• 29 CFR Part 1926 Subpart M (Fall protection)
  contains fall protection requirements for
  protecting an employee working on
  "walking/working surface" (1926.501(b)(1)).
• A walking/working surface is defined in
  1926.500(b) as follows Any surface, whether
  horizontal or vertical on which an employee walks
  or works, including, but not limited to, floors,
  roofs, ramps, bridges, runways, formwork and
  concrete reinforcing steel but not ladders,
  vehicles or trailers on which employees must be
  located in order to perform their duties.

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WALKING/WORKING SURFACES
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WALKING/WORKING SURFACES CONSTRUCTION

• UNPROTECTED SIDES AND EDGES
• Minimum 6 fall hazard
• No wall or guardrail at least 39 in high
• Steel Erection
• Masonry Construction
• Roofing
• Open-sided Floors
• Wall Openings
• Bridge Repairs
• Elevations without fall protection

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FALL PROTECTION

• Personal fall arrest system
• Used to arrest an employee in a fall from a
  working level
• Warning line system
• A barrier erected to warn employees that they are
  approaching unprotected areas such as sides and
  edges
• Guardrail system
• A barrier erected to prevent employees from
  falling to lower levels
• Covers
• Holes 2 and openings 30 high and at least 18
  wide

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Top 10 Cited Standards ConstructionCincinnati
FY08

• 1926.20(b)(2) Frequent and regular
  inspections
• 1926.501(b)(13) Residential construction
  fall protection
• 1926.503(a)(1) Training program for
  exposure to fall hazards
• 1926.453(b)(2)(v) Body belts and lanyard in
  aerial lifts
• 1926.451(g)(1) Fall protection on
  scaffolds 10 feet or gt
• 1926.454(a) Training for employees
  working on scaffolds
• 1926.501(b)(1) Unprotected sides and
  edges 6 feet or gt
• 1926.451(f)(7) Erecting/Dismantled under
  competent person
• 1926.652(a)(1) Protection of employees
  from cave-ins
• 1926.501(b)(15) Walking/working surface 6
  feet or gt

Cincinnati Area Office 10/23/08
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THANK YOU

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