What Is Fall Protection?

Fall protection, as the name suggests, protects aerial workers from the threat of falling from height or protects aerial workers from further damage after a fall.

Supplies, requirements and system components for fall protection

The fall protection equipment support point can be defined as a fixed point connected to a lifeline, safety rope, reduction gear or other fall braking or rescue system. Some examples of typical anchor points are steel components of buildings, precast concrete beams, etc. In most cases, a load-bearing connector (or load-bearing point) is required to establish a load-bearing system. This piece of equipment serves as a safety connection between the safety rope or lifeline and the load-bearing point. Some types of anchor points include steel wires and composite slings, roof anchor points, and steel beam hangers. ^[2]

Fall-safe safety components and elements

The aerial work fall prevention system generally includes the following major components: safety belts, safety ropes, self-locking devices, steel hooks, differential safety devices, buffer belts, etc. According to the actual needs of different occasions, the above components are properly matched to form an anti-fall system with high safety coefficient. In the entire field of the security protection industry, the configuration indicators and specifications of the brand fall protection system are relatively complete, which provides greater room for security personnel to choose products. The anti-fall factor system includes: limit, positioning, anti-fall and so on. Techniques to prevent workers from entering areas at risk of falling (such as positioning belts and safety ropes); provide workers with safe positioning in a risk area where the fall factor is not determined (such as hanging below the connection point and equipped with tensioning rope Positioning belts): technology to eliminate or reduce the impact of falling from a high place (such as the use of anti-fall safety ropes and buffer belts). ^[2]

Scaffolding, platforms, ladders, protective fences, footboards, safety belts and safety nets should be used for construction work at high altitudes. Before operation, carefully check whether the safety facilities used are firm and reliable. ^[2]

All personnel engaged in working at heights shall be educated on safety knowledge of working at heights; operators at special heights shall be certified to work, and they shall be provided with special safety technology in accordance with relevant regulations before starting work. If new technology, new technology, new materials and new equipment are used, relevant safety technology education shall be provided to the operators. ^[2]

The construction unit shall provide the operators with qualified personal safety protective equipment such as safety helmets and safety belts, and the operators shall properly wear and use them in accordance with regulations. The construction unit shall, according to the category, suspend various types of safety warning signs on the corresponding parts of the construction site in a targeted manner, and shall set up red lights to warn at night. ^[2]

It is strictly forbidden to throw tools and materials used in high-altitude operations. When it is really necessary to perform vertical and horizontal cross-operations, isolation facilities shall be provided in the middle. Reliable escalators should be set up for operations at high altitudes. Operators should go up and down the escalators and not climb along the poles and railings. ^[2]

In rainy and snowy days, anti-skid measures should be taken. When the wind speed is 10.8 m / s, no high-altitude operation is allowed.

Contact signals or communication devices should be set up and down for high-altitude operations, and a designated person should be responsible. Before working at heights, the project department shall organize relevant departments to check and accept the safety protection facilities, and they can only operate after they have passed the acceptance check. If it is necessary to temporarily dismantle or change the safety facilities, it shall be approved and signed by the person in charge of the project technology, and the relevant department shall be organized for inspection and acceptance. ^[2]

When there are hidden dangers in the safety measures, take measures immediately to eliminate the hidden dangers and stop the operation if necessary. When encountering various severe weather, various safety facilities must be inspected, calibrated and repaired to make it perfect. All frost, water, and snow on site must be removed. When setting up and removing protective sheds and safety facilities, there must be a guard zone and special protection. In construction engineering construction, most of the time, construction workers are working on the edges or openings of various parts or components of unfinished buildings. There are generally three issues that should be paid attention to in the safe construction of frontiers and openings: The frontiers and openings are places that are prone to fall accidents during the construction process. It must be clear that those occasions belong to the prescribed frontiers and openings. These places must not lack safety protection Facilities; strict compliance with protective regulations. ^[2]