Fall Protection: It's No Game!
National Association of Home Builders
This fact-filled video introduces viewers to many of the falling hazards on a residential construction work site and suggests ways to avoid them. Major danger zones are identified, such as open-sided platforms, leading edges, and openings in floors and walls. Conventional safety systems, including guardrails and personal fall arrest systems, are examined in detail. In addition, a number of alternative safety procedures are suggested to be used when working with floor joists, floor sheathing, exterior walls, roof trusses, roof sheathing and shingles, and foundations-times when conventional safety systems can't be used or would create hazards of their own. (15 minutes)