Propósito: Este curso electivo puede ayudar a cumplir con el requisito de que una persona solicite una Tarjeta de capacitación en seguridad en el sitio.
ESTA ES UNA ENTRENAMIENTO DE NIVEL DE CONCIENCIA SOLAMENTE y no proporciona ninguna otra calificación o autorización fuera de la Tarjeta de capacitación en seguridad del sitio. Duración: 4 horas de instrucción, excluyendo descansos
Requisito de la Ciudad de Nueva York: Para continuar operando en la ciudad de Nueva York, el trabajador de la construcción designado debe completar una cantidad mínima de horas de capacitación aprobada en seguridad del sitio y llevar tarjetas de identificación de seguridad del sitio como prueba de haber completado la capacitación (según el nuevo Ley Local 196 de 2017 de la Ciudad de York, también conocida como 'LL196' o 'Ley Local'). Este curso proporciona cuatro horas para satisfacer ese requisito.
Course Content Outline
1. Introduction
a. Instructor introduces topic and describes their qualifications and relevant experience for training this module.
b. Establish that all trainees can hear and fully understand you i.e. ‘raise your hand if you fully understand me’ or ‘clap your hands if you fully understand me’
c. State basic classroom rules, bearings and decorum
i. Inform trainees of duration or training and breaks (if any)
ii. Remind trainees about limiting distractions (phone use, texting, sidebar conversations)
iii. Emergency procedures (location and means of egress, exits or other contingencies)
iv. Location of restrooms
d. Training Objectives and Expectations:
i. Trainees will become generally familiar terms associated with falls in construction
ii. Trainees will be able to recognize avoid and prevent falls hazards from causing harm.
iii. Trainees should become aware of regulatory safety requirements associated with falls, including OSHA’s Subpart M.
iv. Trainees will learn how to make informed decisions when working from heights
2. Illustrate statistics of fatal falls as the most common cause of death in construction
3. Provide illustrated cases of falls in New York City (use this portion of the training to appeal emotionally to trainees’ sense of empathy and sympathy)
4. Explain the Competent Person’s Responsibilities
5. Describe the 3 types of Fall Hazards
a. Falls to below (leading cause to death in construction
b. Falls to the same level (trips and slips)
c. Struck-by falling objects
6. Explain the nature of gravity and how weight is relative and depends (is a product of) on acceleration of and mass. This explanation must be designed in terms trainees can understand.
a. Force = Mass x Acceleration
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b. Tension force
c. Angle force
7. Describe in detail the Components, Specifications and Regulatory Requirements of fall controls. Note some topics below; though not directly in fall protection OSHA Subpart M, must be addressed due to inherent fall hazards i.e. ladders, stairs and scaffolds.
a. Guardrails Systems (5 feet as per NYC requirements)
b. Nets (horizontal and vertical)
c. Controlled Access Zones
i. Masonry Overhead Bricklaying
d. Limited Access Zones
e. Controlled Decking Zones (Steel Erection)
f. Hole Covers
g. Accessibility (vertical movement i.e. breaks in elevation height)
h. Stairs and ladders
i. Scaffold use
i. Suspended
ii. Supported
iii. Mobile Scaffolds (Scissor lifts)
iv. Aerial Lifts
j. Monitoring Systems
k. Warning Line Systems
l. Hoist Areas
m. Unguarded Machinery
8. Stuck-by and fall-to-the-same level controls
a. Housekeeping
b. Storage prohibitions (unenclosed perimeters, shafts etc.)
c. Hardhats
d. Tethering of tools
e. Vertical Nets
f. Sidewalk Sheds
9. Protection from falling objects
10. Describe in detail the Components, Specifications and Regulatory Requirements, with trainee interactions
(calculations, tabletop scenarios, decision-tree) the different types of fall protections systems.
a. Personal Fall Arrest Systems
b. Fall arrest with self-retracting lanyards
c. Fall restraint systems
d. Positioning systems
e. Horizontal life lines
f. Vertical life lines
g. Fall Protection in Excavation
11. Explain components of a prompt rescue plan
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12. Exercise calculation fall distances
13. Resources:
a. https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/fallprotection/construction.html
b. Worker’s Rights (See OSHA: https://www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA3146.pdf)
c. OSHA Regional Map: https://www.osha.gov/html/RAmap.html
14. Debriefing (Informal evaluation)
a. Guided by instructor, trainees, in a class discussion talk about the course’s content and means of delivery and provide verbal feedback to the instructor.
b. Instructor takes notes (either committing them to writing during discussion or ascribing them later into noted-comments).
c. Instructor applies lessons learned from debriefing to future trainings.
15. Written (Multiple Choice and fall calculations for) Assessment