Refer to NMP-FLS-021 Dropped Objects Prevention for
additional information related to dropped objects.
Employees
shall be provided protection from hand tools, debris, and any other small
objects falling from scaffolds or elevated working surfaces (fixed and
portable) through the installation guardrail systems that can include toe boards,
screens, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy
structures that contain or deflect the falling objects.
When falling objects are too large, heavy, or massive
to be contained or deflected by any of the above-listed measures, place
potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they
could fall and secure those materials as necessary to prevent their falling.
Whenusing tools
outside of the handrails of elevated work surfaces and scaffolds, such as on
ladders, a tool/equipment lanyard shall be used, or the potential drop zone
controlled to prevent access by others.
Workers shall not carry tools or materials in hands
while climbing. Tools and materials shall be raised and lowered with tool conveyance,
such as tool bags.
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