Working at Heights Training
Content last reviewed: April 2015
As of April 1, 2015, employers must ensure that certain workers complete a working at heights training program that has been approved by the Chief Prevention Officer and delivered by an approved training provider before they can work at heights.
The training requirement is for workers on construction projects who use any of the following methods of fall protection:
travel restraint systems
fall restricting systems
fall arrest systems
safety nets
work belts or safety belts
There is a two-year transition period for workers who, prior to April 1, 2015, met the fall protection training requirements set out in subsection 26.2(1) of the Construction Projects Regulation. These workers will have until April 1, 2017 to complete an approved working at heights training program.
This training requirements is in the Occupational Health and Safety Awareness and Training Regulation, and is in addition to training requirements under the Construction Regulation.
Source: http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/hs/topics/heights.php
Vocabulary:
Content - conteúdo
Heights - altura
Training - treinamento
Prevention - prevenção
fall protection - proteção de queda
safety nets - rede de segurança
transition - transição
Awareness - consciência
methods - métodos
approved - aprovado
O trabalho em alturas tem sido grande causa de acidentes principalmente na construção civil. O uso de EPI's para estas atividades é extremamente necessário além de treinamento e fiscalização acirrada. Recentemente aqui na cidade de Pouso Alegre tivemos um acidente fatal onde a vítima caiu de uma altura de aproximadamente 30 metros.
ReplyDeleteQuestão de trabalho em altura é muito negligenciada e merece uma maior atenção das autoridades, pois são inúmeros os acidentes fatais ocorridos.
ReplyDelete