Jim Hutter is a senior training specialist with Capital Safety and can be contacted at jhutter@capitalsafety.com. Capital Safety is a leading designer and manufacturer of height safety and fall protection equipment. Capital Safety also offers training courses, with 20 operating sites worldwide and a passionate commitment to quality, innovation and safety. For more information, contact Capital Safety at 800-328-6146 or visit www.capitalsafety.com.
To help keep workers safe on the job, it’s crucial for safety managers to serve as go-to resources with a well-rounded, practical understanding of fall protection
Good news: An increasing number of employers are outfitting at-height workers with fall protection equipment and providing the training to use it correctly.
At last year’s National Safety Council Congress
and Expo, OSHA presenters noted that fall protection
was the agency’s second-most cited violation
category. That’s no surprise — fall protection
consistently ranks among OSHA’s highest number of
inspections and total fines.
Did you know OSHA estimates that more than 200,000 general industry establishments in the U.S. — employing around 12 million people — have confined spaces? Among those sites, approximately 1.6 million people enter confined spaces every year.
An effective fall protection training program is easy to identify if you know what to look for. Here are five best practices for comprehensive training.