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Resources for the National “Stand-Down” Event

Use the following materials to share information about your event with employees, other organizations, community members, the press, and others. Updated materials for 2024 will be available soon.

• 2024 Poster
• 2024 Social Card –  Copy and paste the following link into a social media post on Facebook, X, or LinkedIn to share the Save the Date: http://StopConstructionFalls.click-social-card.top/othhti
• 2024 Stand-Down One-Page Resource Summary
• Social Media Resources
• OSHA Campaign Flyer
• Falls Campaign Prevention Fact Sheet
• Year-Round Fall Prevention Resources

Safety Meeting Guides (Toolbox Talks)

Safety Meeting Guides (Toolbox Talks) are structured discussion tools for talking with your crew about fall safety and providing education about how to prevent falls. Use them with your crew:

• CPWR Safety Meeting Guides (Toolbox Talks)
  – Aerial Lift Safety
  – Equipment: Getting On and Off
  – Falls From Heavy Equipment
  – Falls: Extension Ladders
  – Falls: Step Ladders
  – Guardrails: General Fall Protection and Awareness
  – Head Protection
  – Housekeeping
  – Preventing Falls Through Holes
  – Preventing Falls from Rooftops
  – Preventing Falls from Scaffolding
  – Walking/Working Surfaces
• Video Safety Meeting Guides (Toolbox Talks) from the National Association of Home Builders
  – Ladder Safety
  – Fall Protection
  – Roofing Safety
  – Scaffolding Safety
  – Guardrail Safety

Infographics

As part of the National Campaign to Prevent Construction Falls, OSHA, NIOSH, and CPWR worked together to develop infographics. These infographics focus on preventing construction falls, the leading cause of fatalities in construction, by raising awareness of the risk and providing steps to prevent falls. Download the infographics as PDFs, PNG, or JPEGs for use as jobsite signage and in social media, presentations, and print materials.

• Roofing Safety for Construction Workers – (JPEG, PDF)
• Planning a Multi-layered Approach to Fall Prevention and Protection – (JPEG, PDF)
• Causes of Death from Falls – (JPEG, PDF)
• Rescue Planning Saves Lives – (JPEG, PDF)
• Snapshot of Fatal Falls – (JPEG, PDF)
• Occupational Health Inequity: Hispanic Workers More Likely to Die from Falls – (JPEG, PDF)
• Small Businesses and Safety – (JPEG, PDF)
• Snapshot of Fatal Falls in Construction, 2019 – (JPEG, PDF)
• Mast Climbing Work Platforms – (JPEG, PDF)
• Production Tables on Mast Climbing Work Platforms Can Reduce Back Injuries and Falls – (JPEG, PDF)
• Proper Fit for Women in Construction – (JPEG, PDF)
• How High is Deadly? – (JPEG, PDF)
• Have a Rescue Plan to Prevent Suspension Trauma – (JPEG, PDF)
• Roofing Safety: Walk this Way – (JPEG, PDF)
• Working on Existing Decking – (JPEG, PDF)
• The Right Length Lanyard – (JPEG, PDF)
• Safe Use of Hatches – (JPEG, PDF)
• Climbing on/off Equipment – (JPEG, PDF)
• Extreme Heat and Construction Falls – (JPEG, PDF)
• Small Businesses & Residential Construction – (JPEG, PDF)
• Plan. Provide. Train. – (JPEG, PDF)
• Fall Protection Saves Lives – (JPEG, PDF)
• Choosing the Right Anchorage – (JPEG, PDF)
• Aerial Lift (bucket) – (JPEG, PDF)
• Aerial Lift (scissor) – (JPEG, PDF)
• Working at Heights: Ladders – (JPEG, PDF)
• Noise – (JPEG, PDF)
• Falls are the leading cause of death in construction – (JPEG, PDF)
• Risk among Hispanic Workers – (JPEG, PDF)
• What Can You Do Today to Prevent a Fall? – (JPEG, PDF)
• Leading Cause of Death (Ladder App) – (JPEG, PDF)

Worker Handouts

Print and distribute the following handouts to provide information about fall safety and fall prevention.

• CPWR Hazard Alert Cards
  – Scaffolds
  – Ladders
  – Fall Protection Harnesses
  – Aerial Lifts
  – Head Injuries
• OSHA QuickCards
  – Fall Prevention Wallet Card
  – Portable Ladder Safety
  – Disaster Response: Protecting Workers from Slips, Trips, and Falls
  – Aerial Lift Fall Protection Over Water in Shipyards
• OSHA Factsheets for Residential Construction
  – Erecting Exterior and Interior Walls
  – Floor Joist Installation and Decking
  – Installing Roof Trusses
  – Installing Standing Seam Metal Roofs
  – Installing Tile Roofs
  – Re-Roofing
  – Roof Repair
  – Roof Sheathing
  – Working in Attics
• Brochures from the MA Department of Public Health
  – Scaffold Safety For Residential Construction Contractors
  – Ladder Safety For Residential Construction Contractors
  – Personal Fall Arrest Systems Brochure
  – Falls: The Leading Killer on Construction Sites
• Don’t Fall For It Products – This 11-minute video features first-person accounts of workers who have fallen from ladders, emotional testimony from the family of a fatal fall victim, and information about how to work safely with ladders. Four accompanying fact sheets reinforce the video’s messages on choosing, inspecting, setting up, and climbing ladders safely.
  – Fact Sheet 1 –  Protect Yourself from Fatal or Crippling Falls
  – Fact Sheet 2 –  Choosing and Inspecting Ladders
  – Fact Sheet 3 – Setting Up Portable Ladders
  – Fact Sheet 4 – Climbing Ladders Safely
• Other Handouts
  – Safety and Health at Work: Construction Workers (Graphic Design Pamphlet) 
  – OSHA Fall Prevention Training Guide
  – If You Work On A Roof…You Could Be In Great Danger 
  – 7 Steps to Ladder Safety
  – Ladder Safety Checklist
  – Safety in Residential Construction For Contractors and Homeowners
  – Falling Off Ladders Can Kill: Use Them Safely
  – Latino Worker Safety Center Fall Safety Factsheet

Webinars

Use the following webinars to learn about fall prevention, the National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction, data on fall trends, and other fall-related topics.

• Fall Prevention in Construction: A Question and Answer Session (June 21, 2023)
  Watch video
• Fall Protection and Rescue Plans (April 26, 2023)
  Watch video      Download presentation
• UAGM-OSHA-NIOSH-CPWR National Campaign Event for Fall Prevention in Construction (May 11, 2022)
  Watch video       Download presentation
• Adequate Use of Personal Fall Arrest Systems & Fall Protection (April 7, 2022)
  Watch video        Download presentation
• National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction (March 4, 2022)
  Watch video        Download presentation

Videos

Watch and share the following videos to learn about fall prevention, hear examples of actual fall experiences, and build your knowledge of fall safety.

• Playlists
  – NIOSH Construction Safety and Health Playlist
  – CPWR Fall Prevention Playlist
• Fatality Case Studies and Worker Experiences
  – Look Up and Live
  – Safety in Construction: Two Workers’ Stories
  – UCOR Testimonials
• Fall Safety Training from the Latino Worker Safety Center
  – Scaffold Safety
  – Fall Safety in Construction
  – Fall Protection Refresher
• Video Safety Meeting Guides (Toolbox Talks) from the National Association of Home Builders
  – Ladder Safety
  – Fall Protection
  – Roofing Safety
  – Scaffolding Safety
  – Guardrail Safety
• OSHA Prevention Video Tools
  – Floor Openings
  – Skylights
  – Fixed Scaffolds
  – Bridge Decking
  – Reroofing
  – Leading Edge Work
• Additional Fall Safety Training
  – Safe Practices for Use of Ladders

Podcasts

Stay informed with falls-focused podcasts. For more podcasts on other construction safety issues, visit CPWR’s Podcast Webpage (English).

7th Annual Safety Stand-Down Event (September 2020) – Dr. G. Scott Earnest, NIOSH Associate Director for Construction, discusses the National Campaign to Prevent Falls in Construction and 7th annual Safety Stand-Down event. The Stand-Down is scheduled for September 14-18, 2020. This year may look different​ due to COVID-19, but CPWR, NIOSH, and OSHA have plenty of ideas for participating virtually or at a safe social distance.

Mobile Apps

Mobile applications are interactive tools that can be downloaded to phones and other devices. The following mobile apps are designed to be used in the field to help prevent falls.

• NIOSH Ladder Safety App – the app features a multimodal indicator and a graphic-oriented guide for ladder selection, inspection, positioning, accessorizing, and safe use. Available in English and Spanish based on the language settings on your device and available for download on iPhone/iPad and Android devices.
• Mast Climbing Work Platform Daily Inspection Walkthrough Tool – This daily inspection walkthrough tool allows mast climber users to navigate through what is commonly inspected during a pre-shift daily inspection.

Foundations for Safety Leadership (FSL) Training

Use the Foundations for Safety Leadership Training to improve safety leadership on your team.

The 2.5-hour Foundations for Safety Leadership (FSL) is a highly interactive training program available in English and Spanish that teaches foremen, supervisors, and other front-line leaders on construction job sites about the costs of ineffective, and the benefits of effective, safety leadership such as improved safety climate and reduced negative safety outcomes. Most importantly, it includes information on critical leadership skills to use on the job site and presents students with different safety scenarios which they review and then decide which leadership skills would help address the specific worksite hazard.

CPWR recently adapted the FSL to create the Foundations for Safety Leadership for Residential Construction (FSL4Res) (English). This training is currently only available in English, but is in the process of being translated. The FSL4Res is designed to meet the unique safety issues found in the residential construction sector, particularly fall hazards, which remain the sector’s major cause of workplace fatalities. The FSL4Res covers the same content as the FSL, including the critical leadership skills. The main difference is that three new real-world scenarios have been added that illustrate how foremen and other frontline leaders can use the leadership skills to prevent fall hazards on the job site. Trainers can tailor the FSL4Res to different audiences and locations, including delivering it as either a  single 2.5-hour session (like the original FSL) or as four 30-minute and a short additional session.

Written Fall Protection Plans

Planning is an essential part of fall prevention. Use the following tools to plan for how to prevent falls in your work.

• Starter Fall Prevention Plan
• Daily Jobsite Checklist
• Detailed Fall Prevention and Rescue Plan

Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program Reports

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s (NIOSH) Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program and State FACE Programs study fatal workplace injuries and prepare reports with recommendations to prevent similar deaths. 

• Carpenter Falls from Ladder; Fatality Narrative as a Slideshow
• Construction Worker Falls 14 Feet from a Beam onto Concrete and Suffers Serious Brain Injury; Fatality Narrative as Slideshow
• Roofer Falls 30 Feet from Rain Slick Roof; Fatality Narrative As Slideshow
• Roofer Falls 18 Feet from Wet House Roof; Fatality Narrative as Slideshow
• Glazier Foreman Falls from Stepladder; Fatality Narrative as Slideshow
• Siding Contractor Falls 23 Feet from Balcony; Fatality Narrative as Slideshow
• Roofer Falls 19 Feet from Roof; Fatality Narrative as Slideshow
• Roofing Contractor Falls 25 Feet from Church Roof; Fatality Narrative as Slideshow
• Roofing Contractor Falls 35 Feet from Roof; Fatality Narrative as Slideshow
• Ironworker Falls from Scaffold; Fatality Narrative as Slideshow
• Carpenter Falls from Beam; Fatality Narrative as Slideshow
• HVAC Technician Falls Through Skylight; Fatality Narrative as Slideshow

Additional Resources

Consult additional fall prevention resources.

• ISEA Personal Fall Protection Equipment Guide
• NIOSH Science Blog: Construction Helmets and Work-related Traumatic Brain Injury
• NIOSH Science Blog – Take Action Now to Prevent Heat-Related Illness at Work
• NIOSH Fall Resources in Spanish
• OSHA Dictionary of Terms for General Industry and Construction
• OSHA Susan Harwood Training Materials