Basic Working At Height Safety

The course is an eye opener for the beginners to understand about the hazards and precautions for working at height

What you'll learn
What is meant by work at height?
How to prevent a fall of person from height?
How to prevent fall of object from height?
Risk assessment for a height work
Requirements
Any degree or diploma holders
Description
Working at height remains one of the biggest causes of fatalities and injuries at construction industry. Common cases include improper risk assessment and falls from ladders . 'Work at height' means work in any place where, if there were no precautions in place, a person could fall a distance liable to cause personal injury. Hierarchy of safety controls starts froma) Elimination - where the work is possible to do at the ground level, that should be the first priorityb) Reduce - Reduce the number of men working at height and possibly reduce the working hours at height where practicablec) Controls - Introduce job change and job breaks, provide appropriate access such as scaffolds and ladders etcd) PPE - Provide appropriate personnel protective equipment such as full body safety harness , provide training and awareness on use of safety harness and provide suitable anchoring points.This course talks abouta) The hazards due to work at heightb) The hazards due to fall of objects from heightc) How to prevent the fall of person?d) How to use the safety harness?e) How to select the anchorage points and life line points?f) How to inspect a full body safety harness and how to wear it?g) General precautions to prevent fall of objects from height.The course is illustrative with pictures and one should be able to easily understand the basic work at height precautions, at the end of this sessions.Happy Learning !

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: Definitions related to work at height

Lecture 2 Definitions - Work at height safety

Section 3: Typical Hazards due to work at height

Lecture 3 Typical hazards due to work at height

Section 4: Hazards due to falling objects from height

Lecture 4 Hazards due to falling objects

Section 5: Solution to work at height hazards

Lecture 5 Solution to work at height hazards

Section 6: Additional solutions for work at height hazards

Lecture 6 Additional solutions for work at height hazards

Section 7: Scaffold and ladders

Lecture 7 Scaffold and ladders

Section 8: Mobile Access platform

Lecture 8 Mobile Access platform

Section 9: Fall arrest system

Lecture 9 Fall arrest system

Section 10: Typical fall protection devices

Lecture 10 Typical fall protection devices

Section 11: Pre-use inspection of safety harness and step-by-step demo on wearing of harness

Lecture 11 Pre-use inspection of safety harness and step-by-step demo on wearing of harness

Section 12: Selection of anchorage for lanyard for safety harness

Lecture 12 Selection of anchorage for lanyard

Section 13: Selection of lifeline anchorage

Lecture 13 Selection of lifeline anchorage

Section 14: Vertical fall protection

Lecture 14 Vertical fall protection

Section 15: Suspension trauma

Lecture 15 Suspension trauma

Safety officers, safety supervisors, work at height supervisors