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Working at Height - OMS

The document provides guidance on working at heights for O & M Solutions Private Limited. It states that any work over 2 meters is considered working at heights. It lists several safety precautions that supervisors should ensure including valid work permits, medical fitness certificates, use of proper personal protective equipment, full body harnesses anchored to lifelines or secure points, fall protection tools, and safe access and egress. Specific guidance is provided on ladders, scaffolds, mobile scaffolds, work platforms, guardrails, safety inspections, man baskets, safety harnesses, lifelines, fall arrestors, safety nets and their proper use and installation when working at heights.

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Working at Height - OMS

The document provides guidance on working at heights for O & M Solutions Private Limited. It states that any work over 2 meters is considered working at heights. It lists several safety precautions that supervisors should ensure including valid work permits, medical fitness certificates, use of proper personal protective equipment, full body harnesses anchored to lifelines or secure points, fall protection tools, and safe access and egress. Specific guidance is provided on ladders, scaffolds, mobile scaffolds, work platforms, guardrails, safety inspections, man baskets, safety harnesses, lifelines, fall arrestors, safety nets and their proper use and installation when working at heights.

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O & M Solutions Private Limited

EHS (Environment, Health & Safety Department)


WORKING AT HEIGHT
Over 2 meters considered Working at Heights
Supervisor should ensure
Valid Height work
Permit.
Supervisor should ensure
Medical Fitness
certificates to his crew.

Supervisor should ensure


all height work
precautions and PPE to
his crew.
Full body harness with double
lanyard MUST be worn.
Check
Harness
before work.
Harness MUST be anchored to lifeline OR secure
anchor point.
Good access/egress to worksite MUST be
provided. (Ladders/Stairs)
Do NOT walk on beams unprotected.
Anchor harness as high as practicably possible.
Do not anchor harness to open end!
Sit on beams and pull along .
OK
!
Harness to be anchored
to hook of crane NOT to
basket.
Tool tie to be used to
prevent tools
dropping from
height .
Ensure extra care in wet weather. Slippery
steelworks.
WORKING AT HEIGHT

FALL PROTECTION
METHODS

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LADDERS
 Angle of Inclination(1:4)

Extension off landing (at least 900 mm)

16
Few Do’s & Don’ts

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Few Do’s & Don’ts

Do not use the top or top step Rails must be able to withstand a
of a stepladder as a step force of 75kgs. /mt.19
SCAFFOLD
20
Right Method of Scaffolding

21
Right Method of Scaffolding
–Erect First Tower – Adjust and ensure the top
level is same. Connect all pin bracing

22
MOBILE SCAFFOLD

23
Few Do’s & Don’ts

24
WORKING
PLATFORM
25
Working Platform

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WORK-PLATFORM

600 mm WHEN USED FOR PERSON


800 mm WHEN USED FOR PERSON & MATERIAL
OVERHANG
minimum 50 mm
maximum 4 times the thk of the board.
Allowable max. span between supports
 1.5” thick plank 1.5 m
 2” thick plank 2.6 m

27
Guardrails

Top Rail
Mid- Rail
Toeboard

 Top rails between 900mm ht.


 Toeboards at least 150 width
28
Scaffold
Inspection
 Competent person inspects

 On receipt, before use and


weekly after installation

 Red tag & Green Tag

Deformed bearer

29
Few Do's & Don’ts

Open Sides a Openings at the Lift shaft openings Floor Openings


sides of the rubbish Stairways
building that are which are not without cover or without
chute that are not barricaded
not barricaded barricades railings.
barricaded

30
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Unprotected Sides & Edges

Unprotected edge

Unprotected sides and edges must have


guardrails or equivalent
32
Sides & Edges - Improper Guarding

This 1/4" nylon rope alone is not a


proper way to guard this open floor

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MAN BASKET

 SWL displayed
 Bridle Hitch.
 Included angle between the
slings not than 90o .
 Factor of safety - 10.
 Daily Inspection
 Lanyard hooked to crane
hook

35
SAFETY EQUIPMENT & DEVICES

36
FULL BODY SAFETY HARNESS
Mandatory for more than 1.8 m height.
•Lanyard to be anchored to a fixed point.
•Free-fall not to exceed 1.80m
•Lanyard not more than 1.8m.

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Anchorage point & Free fall distance

FULL BODY SAFETY HARNESS

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Safety Line Anchorages

Must be independent of any


platform anchorage and
capable of supporting at
least 5,000 lbs. per worker

39
LIFE LINE
•It is a static line
•Used while moving at height.
•Nylon / PP rope of 25 mm minimum.
•Wire rope 6-8 mm minimum.
•Must facilitate shifting of lanyard.

40
RETRACTABLE TYPE
FALL ARRESTER

41
Life line with FALL ARRESTER

42
Rope Grab Fall
Arrestor

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SAFETY NET

SAFETY NETS PROTECTS ;


 Person from falling - 100*100mm mesh
Protect person working below - 25*25mm mesh.
Fall distance should not exceed 6.0 m
 Net shall extend Ht.
upto 1.5 m 2.40 m
1.5 to 3.0 m 3.00 m
more than 3.0 m 4.00 m

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Thank you

June 26, 2023

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