California Code of Regulations › Title 8 - Industrial Relations › Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations › Chapter 4 - Division of Industrial Safety › Subchapter 4 - Construction Safety Orders › Article 24 - Fall Protection › Section 1671.1 - Fall Protection Plan

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) This
					 section applies to all construction operations when it can be shown that the
					 use of conventional fall protection is impractical or creates a greater hazard.
(1) The fall protection plan shall be
					 prepared by a qualified person and developed specifically for the site where
					 the construction work is being performed and the plan must be maintained up to
					 date. The plan shall document the identity of the qualified person.
NOTE: The employer need only develop a single site fall
						protection plan for sites where the construction operations are essentially
						identical.
(2) Any changes
					 to the fall protection plan shall be approved by a qualified person. The
					 identity of the qualified person shall be documented.
(3) A copy of the fall protection plan with
					 all approved changes shall be maintained at the job site.
(4) The implementation of the fall protection
					 plan shall be under the supervision of a competent person. The plan shall
					 document the identity of the competent person.
(5) The fall protection plan shall document
					 the reasons why the use of conventional fall protection systems (guardrails,
					 personal fall arrest systems, or safety nets) are infeasible or why their use
					 would create a greater hazard.
(6)
					 The fall protection plan shall include a written discussion of other measures
					 that will be taken to reduce or eliminate the fall hazard for workers who
					 cannot be provided with protection provided by conventional fall protection
					 systems. For example, the employer shall discuss the extent to which scaffolds,
					 ladders, or vehicle mounted work platforms can be used to provide a safer
					 working surface and thereby reduce the hazard of falling.
(7) The fall protection plan shall identify
					 each location where conventional fall protection methods cannot be used. These
					 locations shall then be classified as controlled access zones and the employer
					 must comply with the criteria in Section
					 1671.2(a).
(8) Where no other alternative measure (i.e.
					 scaffolds, ladders, vehicle mounted work platforms, etc.) has been implemented,
					 the employer shall implement a safety monitoring system in conformance with
					 Section 1671.2(b).
(9) The fall protection plan must include a
					 statement which provides the name or other method of identification for each
					 employee (i.e., job title) who is designated to work in controlled access
					 zones. No other employees may enter controlled access zones.
(10) In the event an employee falls, or some
					 other related, serious incident occurs (e.g., a near miss), the employer shall
					 investigate the circumstances of the fall or other incident to determine if the
					 fall protection plan needs to be changed (e.g., new practices, procedures, or
					 training) and shall implement those changes to prevent similar types of falls
					 or incidents.