Count some tips of safety at work place

Count some tips of safety at work place

hether you work at heights every day or just once in a while, your safety focus during those times is of utmost importance. It takes one mistake to turn a routine task into a serious injury or fatality. You must be prepared to protect your employees each and every time they could be exposed to a fall hazard.

What is Working at Height?

Working at height refers to any work where a person could potentially fall and injure themselves. It could be from a ladder, a roof’s edge, through an opening on the floor, even a loading dock can be working at height. In general industry, fall protection is required by OSHA for any height change of 4 feet or more. Here are ten safety tips to help mitigate the risk of working at height.

1. Use Railing
When you can, use railing. Railing is a form of Passive protection, the easiest and most recommended way to keep your workers safe while achieving compliance. There's no training or extra equipment needed because there's nothing that they need to actually do to keep themselves safe (other than stay within the rail). There are railing system for almost every style of rooftop such as non-penetrating railing, parapet mounted railing, metal roof railing, and more. Regardless of which type you use, once in place, you’ll find rails to be the easiest fall protection system to use.