Working at Heights and Fall Protection
Preventing falls from height and protecting workers when a fall is possible: the physics of falls, provincial and federal fall protection law, Ontario Working at Heights training and the CSA Z259 standards, hazard assessment and the hierarchy of controls, guardrails, covers and nets, travel restraint and control zones, harnesses, connectors, lanyards and self-retracting devices, anchors, clearance and swing falls, horizontal lifelines, roofs and leading edges, rescue and suspension intolerance, and a capstone rooftop fall protection plan.
HSE-212 12 lessons · 5 h 21 min
Offered by HSM University · Safety Training
This is the Canadian version of this course. See the American version.
What you'll learn
- Explain why falls from height happen, how fast they occur and why they cause so many serious injuries and deaths
- Describe Canadian fall protection law, trigger heights, training requirements including Ontario Working at Heights, and the CSA Z259 standards
- Assess fall hazards and apply the hierarchy of controls, from elimination to administrative controls
- Specify guardrails, protective covers and safety nets, including their dimensions, loads and inspection
- Set up travel restraint correctly and explain the limits of warning lines, control zones and safety monitors
- Select, fit and inspect full body harnesses and connectors as part of a personal fall arrest system
- Choose between energy-absorbing lanyards and self-retracting devices and estimate arrest forces
- Select anchors and anchorage connectors, apply anchor strength requirements and avoid improvised anchors
- Calculate total fall clearance, recognize and limit swing falls, and explain horizontal lifeline forces
- Protect workers on low-slope and steep roofs, at skylights, leading edges, floor openings and hoist areas
- Plan prompt rescue of a suspended worker and explain suspension intolerance and aftercare
- Manage a fall protection program, learn from incidents and write a fall protection plan for a rooftop task
Course content
12 lessons · 5 h 21 min total · final exam
- 1 Falls from height: why they happen and why they kill 25 min · quiz
- 2 Working at heights law and standards in Canada 23 min · quiz
- 3 Assessing fall hazards and the hierarchy of controls 27 min · quiz
- 4 Guardrails, covers, safety nets and other passive protection 27 min · quiz
- 5 Travel restraint, warning lines and control zones 25 min · quiz
- 6 Personal fall arrest systems: anchorage, body support and connectors 25 min · quiz
- 7 Lanyards, energy absorbers and self-retracting devices 27 min · quiz
- 8 Anchors: certified, engineered and temporary 27 min · quiz
- 9 Fall clearance, swing falls and horizontal lifelines 30 min · quiz
- 10 Roofs, leading edges, skylights and openings 27 min · quiz
- 11 Rescue planning and suspension intolerance 27 min · quiz
- 12 Programs, incident lessons and capstone: a rooftop fall protection plan 31 min · quiz
- E Final exam 20 questions
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
Preventing falls from height and protecting workers when a fall is possible: the physics of falls, provincial and federal fall protection law, Ontario Working at Heights training and the CSA Z259 standards, hazard assessment and the hierarchy of controls, guardrails, covers and nets, travel restraint and control zones, harnesses, connectors, lanyards and self-retracting devices, anchors, clearance and swing falls, horizontal lifelines, roofs and leading edges, rescue and suspension intolerance, and a capstone rooftop fall protection plan.