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Image 1111: Cement Masons/Washington State Department of Labor and Industries http://www.elcosh.org
• Unsafe job-made ladder
• Broken rails
• Missing rungs
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Image 891: OSHA Training Institute, Southwest Education Center http://www.elcosh.org
• No fall protection / personal fall arrest system
• No personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Improper ladder use (less than 3 feet above the point of support, Not secured)
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Image 870: OSHA Training Institute, Southwest Education Center http://www.elcosh.org
• No fall protection / personal fall arrest system
• Improper use of an A-Frame step ladder
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Image 211: NIOSH/John Rekus http://www.elcosh.org
• Climbing the ladder with only one hand
• Pry bar may get tangled in rungs
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Image 889: OSHA Training Institute, Southwest Education Center http://www.elcosh.org
• No fall protection / personal fall arrest system
• No personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Improper ladder use (less than 3 feet
above the point of support, not secured)
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Image 868: OSHA Training Institute, Southwest Education Center http://www.elcosh.org
• No fall protection / personal fall arrest system
• No personal protective equipment (PPE)
• No scaffolding or mechanical lift
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Image 847: OSHA Training Institute, Southwest Education Center http://www.elcosh.org
• No fall protection / personal fall arrest system
• No personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Improper job-built ladder
• Improper lifting practice
• Falling material
• Poor housekeeping
• Possible improper ladder use
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Image 821: OSHA Training Institute, Southwest Education Center http://www.elcosh.org
• No fall protection / personal fall arrest system
• No personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Tripping hazards
• Improper slide guards
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Image 995: OSHA Training Institute, Southwest Education Center http://www.elcosh.org
Hazards• Scaffold overloaded (correct
scaffold for the load, planking sags more than 1/60 of span)
• Load is not on top of supports
• Scaffold missing: cross bracing, full planking, falling object protection
• No working space
• Scaffold not level (leaning)
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Image 226: NIOSH/John Rekus http://www.elcosh.org
• Scaffold missing: cross bracing, full planking, falling object protection
• Scaffold set up on top of unsecured excavation (no caution tape)
• Scaffold footing not properly braced
• Poor housekeeping
• Improper ladder use (less than 3 feet above the point of support, not secured)
• Ladder used is the top of an extention ladder, does not have feet
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Image 224: NIOSH/John Rekus http://www.elcosh.org
• Ladders jack platform cannot be over 20 feet high
• Improper ladder use (less than 3 feet above the point of support, not secured)
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Image 155: NIOSH/John Rekus http://www.elcosh.org
• Improper scaffold guarding (midrail, toeboard or mesh)
• No fall protection / personal fall arrest system
• Improper use of scaffolding (working on an elevated work surface)
• No access ladder shown