Safe use of the fall protection system before allowing the worker to work in an area where a fall protection system must be used.
OHS Code Part 9
141(1) correct answers An employer must ensure that a worker is trained in the:
Section 15 OHS Regulation correct answers What other OHS legislation...
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Safe use of the fall protection system before allowing the worker to work in an area where a fall
protection system must be used.
OHS Code Part 9
141(1) correct answers An employer must ensure that a worker is trained in the:
Section 15 OHS Regulation correct answers What other OHS legislation must be adhered to in
regards to training of fall protection systems?
True
Part 9 Fall Protection 138
Note: The "rescue personnel exemption" presented in this section does not exempt rescue
personnel from using fall protection equipment and practices; *allows the use of alternative
equipment and practices.
The practices used must provide an effective measure of worker safety and address the unique
hazards that a rescue presents. correct answers True or False:
Rescue personnel involved in training or in providing emergency rescue services may use
equipment and practices other than those specified in Part 9 Fall Protection.
a) a vertical distance of 3 metres or more
b) a vertical distance of less than 3 metres if there is an unusual possibility of injury, or
c) into or onto a hazardous substance or object, or through an opening in a work surface.
OHS Code Part 9
139(1) correct answers An employer must ensure that a worker is protected from falling at a
temporary or permanent work area if a worker may fall:
The nature of the work being performed, not whether the work area is a temporary or permanent
structure.
The concept of temporary and permanent work areas applies between the fall heights of 1.2
metres and 3 metres. correct answers The words "temporary" and "permanent" are used to
describe what for the purposes of Part 9?
An injury from landing on a solid, flat surface.
OHS Code Part 9
139(2) correct answers Complete this statement:
There is an unusual possibility of injury if the injury may be worse than...
A vertical distance of more than 1.2 (4 feet)and less than 3 metres
OHS Code Part 9
139(4) correct answers An employer must ensure that a worker at a permanent work area is
protected from falling by a guardrail if the worker may fall:
,Uses an equally effective fall protection system that meets the requirements of Part 9. correct
answers If the use of a travel restraint system is not reasonably practicable, an employer must
ensure that a worker:
Use or wear in compliance with this Part 9 of the Code.
OHS Code Part 9
139(8) correct answers A worker must use or wear the fall protection system the employer
requires the worker to:
Fall 3 metres or more and the worker is not protect by guardrails
OHS Code Part 9
140(1) correct answers An employer must develop procedures that comply with this Part 9 in a
fall protection plan for a work site if a worker at the work site may:
Fall 3 metres or more and the worker is not protect by guardrails
OHS Code Part 9
140(1) correct answers An employer must develop procedures that comply with Part 9 in a fall
protection plan for a work site if a worker at the work site may:
Work with a risk of falling begins.
OHS Code Part 9
140(3) correct answers The employer must ensure that the fall protection plan is available at the
work site and is reviewed with workers before:
Conditions affecting fall protection change.
OHS Code Part 9
140(4) correct answers The employer must ensure that the fall protection plan is updated when:
1) permanent work areas equipped with guardrails
2) situations involving the use of a boom-supported elevating work platform or the use of a fork-
mounted elevating work platform intended to support a worker.
These situations leave no choice as to the means of fall protection, and the rescue of a worker on
the platform is generally straightforward - the platform can simply be lowered.
140 correct answers When would a fall protection plan not be necessary?
Underwriters Laboratories correct answers What does UL stand for?
a) a review of current Alberta legislation pertaining to fall protection;
b) an understanding of what a fall protection plan is;
c) fall protection methods a worker is required to use at a work site;
d) identification of fall hazards;
e) assessment and selection of specific anchors that the worker may use;
f) instruction for the correct use of connecting hardware;
g) information about the effect of a fall on the human body, including
i) maximum arresting force
ii) the purpose of shock and energy absorbers
, iii) swing fall
iv) free fall
h) pre-use inspection
i) emergency response procedures to be used at the work site, if necessary
j) practice in
i) inspecting, fitting, adjusting and connecting fall protection systems and components, and
ii) emergency response procedures
OHS Code Part 9
141(2) correct answers Instruction of Workers
The training in the safe use of the fall protection system must include:
Eliminate or control those hazards
OHS Code Part 9
141(3) correct answers In addition to training, an employer must ensure that a worker is made
aware of the fall hazards particular to that work site and the steps being taken to:
i) CSA Standard CAN/CSA Z259.10-06, Full Body Harnesses
ii) ANSI / ASSE Standard Z359.1-2007, Safety requirements for personal fall arrest systems,
subsystems and components, or
iii) CEN Standard EN 361: 2007, Personal protective equipment against fall from a height - Full
body harnesses
OHS Code Part 9
142(1)(a) correct answers What 3 current standards must a full body harness be certified to:
Full body harness
OHS Code Part 9
142(1)(b)
142(2) A worker using a personal fall arrest system must wear and use a full body harness.
correct answers An employer must ensure that a worker using a personal fall arrest system wears
and uses a:
i) CSA Standard Z259.1-05 Body belts and saddles for work positioning and travel restraint
ii) ANSI / ASSE Standard A10.32-2004, Fall Protection Systems - ANSI for construction and
Demolition Operations
iii) CEN Standard EN 358: 2000, Personal protective equipment for work positioning and
prevention of falls from a height - belts for work positioning and restraint and work positioning
lanyards correct answers The 3 standards that a body belt must be manufactured to:
- travel restraint system, or
- fall restrict system
OHS Code Part 9
142.1 correct answers An employer must ensure that a worker uses a body belt only as part of a:
Travel restraint systems prevent workers from reaching an edge or work location from which
they could fall.
Travel restraint systems have no fall arresting capabilities.
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