Use and Care Manual

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100,000+ injuries occur as a result of falls each year.
Struck by equipment or machinery
Electrical
Caught in equipment of machinery
Falls
11%
11%
11%
34%
What is Fall Protection?
How Long Does it Take to Fall?
Statistics Employer’s Costs
A series of reasonable steps taken to eliminate or control the injury effects
of an unintentional fall while working at height or same level surface.
Why is it
important?
Falls are the number
one cause of fatalities
in the construction
industry.
Standard
4
16
36
Height (Feet)
Fall Arrest
0.5
1.0
1.5
Time (Seconds)
2.0
2.5
3.0
4.0
64
100
144
256
of falls
occurred at a height
of 10-feet or less
Most victims
were not using
fall protection
Most falls occur on
scaffolds or roofs
53%
About
of fall
fatalities…
25%
• on a Monday than
any other day
• in the morning than
any other time of day
• were from heights
of 11-20 feet
• were from heights
of 20-30 feet
One
FATALITY
Hundreds of
RECORDABLE
INJURIES
Thousands of
FIRST AID CASES
Tens of Thousands of
NEAR HITS
WORKER’S COMPENSATION COSTS
Increased
Safety =
Decreased claims and decreased
worker’s compensation