OSHA · Free course
Fall Protection
How to protect yourself from falls in general industry: where fall protection is required (the 4-foot rule, holes, and dangerous equipment), the options and their…
What you’ll learn
By the end of this course.
State the general-industry duty to provide fall protection at 4 feet and the surfaces/situations where it applies — 1910.28
Identify the fall protection options and the preferred order (eliminate the hazard, then passive protection, then fall restraint, then fall arrest) — 1910.28,1910.29
State the criteria for guardrail systems and hole covers — 1910.29
Identify the ABCD components of a personal fall arrest system and how to determine required fall clearance — 1910.140
Apply safe practices for portable and fixed ladders, including the fixed-ladder fall-protection phase-in — 1910.23,1910.28
Inspect personal fall protection before use and describe why a prompt rescue plan is required — 1910.140,1910.30
State when fall-protection training and retraining are required — 1910.30
References & standards
Grounded in the source material.
- 29 CFR 1910 Subpart D — Walking-Working Surfaces
- 1910.28 — Duty to have fall protection and falling object protection
- 1910.29 — Fall protection systems and falling object protection — criteria and practices
- 1910.140 — Personal fall protection systems
- 1910.30 — Training requirements (walking-working surfaces)
This is awareness training. It supports your program; it is not a substitute for site-specific procedures or hands-on competency where a standard requires it.
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