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Don’t Fall For It!
This 11-minute Don’t Fall For It! clip 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.
- Don't Fall For It! Fact Sheets (Available in English and Spanish)
- Don’t Fall For It! Impact Card
Campaign Materials
- OSHA Campaign Flyer – English; Spanish (Español)
- Fall Prevention Fact Sheet - English; Spanish (Español); Polish (Polski); Russian (русский)
- “Safety Pays. Falls Cost” sticker to put on hardhats and equipment. To order call OSHA’s Office of Communications at (202) 693-1999 or visit OSHA’s Publications page
- OSHA Ladder Booklet – Falling Off Ladders Can Kill: Use Them Safely (Both English and Spanish
- NIOSH Safety App – the app features a multimodal indicator and a graphic-oriented guide for ladder selection, inspection, positioning, accessorizing, and safe use. Available for download on iPhone/iPad and Android devices
Guides for Instructors
- Preventing Falls from Ladders in Construction: A Guide to Training Site Supervisors and accompanying PowerPoint– Research results and materials to train site supervisors on how to identify and prevent ladder accidents on construction sites
Toolbox Talks
- CPWR Toolbox Talks – Falls: Extension Ladders
- CPWR Toolbox Talks – Falls: Step Ladders
- Focus Four Toolbox Talks – Falls from Ladders
- Portable Ladder Training Guide and Portable Ladder Checklist (From ACGIH®, Tailgate Meetings That Work!. Copyright 1997. Reprinted with permission.)
Handouts
- Hazard Alert – Ladders – a one page handout with pictures on how to use a ladder safely
- Ladder Safety For Residential Construction Contractors– a handout with illustrations for residential workers on how to use a ladder safely (MA Dept. of Public Health) English; Spanish (Español); Portuguese; Haitian Creole
- 7 Steps to Ladder Safety – a one page graphic illustration on how to use a ladder safely
- Ladder Safety Checklist – one page handout with illustrations for workers on how to use a ladder safely.English; Spanish (Español)
- Ladder Safety for Painters – a handout from MA FACE for painters using ladders
Spot The Hazard
Spot the Hazard is a new product available from the Campaign to Prevent Falls in Construction, to be used as a training activity. It is available in either handout form or via PowerPoint.
- Spot The Hazard – Ladders 1
- Spot The Hazard – Ladders 2
- Spot The Hazard – Ladders 3
- Spot The Hazard – Ladders 4
CPWR Construction Solutions