Recommended Precautions
Preventing slips, trips, and falls is crucial for maintaining a safe work environment.
Falls in Construction/Reroofing
Take these precautions to help prevent injuries due to slips, trips, and falls on the worksite:
- Use fall arrest/restraint systems, as appropriate, when working at elevation.
- Consider using aerial lifts or elevated platforms to provide safer elevated working surfaces.
- Erect guardrail systems with toeboards and warning lines or install control line systems to protect workers near the edges of floors and roofs.
- Cover floor holes.
- Use safety net systems or personal fall arrest systems (body harnesses).
Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.
2-2. Which precaution should an employer take to help prevent slips, trips, and falls when an employee is working at elevation?
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