Walking-Working Surfaces (29 CFR 1910 Subpart D) - Training offered by Chemical Distributors, Incorporated
In 2017, after 46 years, OSHA revised the outdated general industry Walking-Working Surfaces and Personal Protective Equipment
(Fall Protection Systems) standards. The final rule applies to all general industry workplaces and covers all walking-working surfaces,
which include horizontal and vertical surfaces such as floors, stairs, roofs, ladders, ramps, scaffolds, elevated walkways, and fall
protection systems.
The final rule covers a wide variety of general industry firms including building management services, utilities, warehousing, retail,
window cleaning, chimney sweeping, and outdoor advertising. The final rule includes a number of revisions and new requirements -
This training program will give you an overview of the revisions and new requirements in the final rule to include:
- Fall protection flexibility - The final rule allows employers to protect workers from falls by choosing from a range of accepted fall
protection systems
- Updated scaffold requirements -The final rule replaces the outdated general industry scaffold standards with the requirement that employers
comply with OSHA's construction scaffold standards
- Phase-in of ladder safety systems or personal fall arrest systems on fixed ladders -The final rule phases in over 20 years a requirement to
equip fixed ladders (that extend over 24 feet) with ladder safety or personal fall arrest systems and prohibits the use of cages and wells as a
means of fall protection after the phase-in deadline
- Phase-out of the "qualified climber" exception in outdoor advertising - The final rule phases out OSHA's directive allowing qualified climbers
in outdoor advertising to climb fixed ladders on billboards without fall protection and phases in the requirement to equip fixed ladders
(over 24 feet) with ladder safety or personal fall arrest systems
- Rope descent systems (RDS) and certification of anchorages - The final rule codifies OSHA's memorandum for employers who use RDS to perform
elevated work.
- Personal fall protection system performance and use requirements - The final rule, which allows employers to use personal fall protection
systems (i.e., personal fall arrest, travel restraint, and positioning systems), adds requirements on the performance, inspection, use, and
maintenance of these systems.
- Inspection of walking-working surfaces - The final rule requires that employers inspect walking-working surfaces regularly and as needed and
correct, repair, or guard against hazardous conditions
- Training - The final rule adds requirements that employers ensure workers who use personal fall protection and work in other specified high
hazard situations are trained, and retrained as necessary, about fall and equipment hazards, including fall protection systems.
Training Requirements
The rule adds a requirement that employers ensure workers who use personal fall protection and work in other specified high hazard situations
are trained, and retrained as necessary, about fall and equipment hazards, including fall protection systems. A qualified person must train
these workers to correctly: identify and minimize fall hazards; use personal fall protection systems and rope descent systems; and maintain,
inspect, and store equipment or systems used for fall protection. When there is a change in workplace operations or equipment, or the employer
believes that a worker would benefit from additional training based on a lack of knowledge or skill, then the worker must be retrained. The
training must be provided in a language and vocabulary that workers understand.
Courses may be offered individually or as a package. Our training plan can be customized to meet your needs.
The EH&S division of Chemical Distributors, Incorporated started with an internal need for training and compliance and has expanded
with the following offering for all of our customers.
Please inquire about a program to match your specific needs.
All training materials will be provided
Give us a call, we've got you covered.
About our trainer:
Cindy Shelton is a certified Associate Safety Professional through the Board of Certified Safety Professionals, as well as a Registered Environmental Professional through the National Registry of Environmental Professionals. She is also an authorized trainer for OSHA 10 and 30 hour Training in General Industry. In addition, she holds a Master’s degree from Columbia Southern University in Occupational Safety and Health with a concentration in Environmental Management.
