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MEMORANDUM
TO:
Fall Solutions Manual User
DATE:
June 2007
RE:
Introduction to the Fall Solutions Manual
At Kiewit our goal is to work each day without an injury. Falling has always been and will
continue to be a safety issue with serious consequences. Therefore considerable efforts need
to be invested in the planning and implementation of our work to assure that employees are
protected from fall exposures.
This Fall Solutions Manual is a tool in the pursuit of the goal of working each day without an
injury. A great deal of time and effort has been spent to provide you with the most up-to-date
information regarding fall protection. These include regulations, guidelines, fall protection
systems and philosophies.
Please keep in mind that this Manual is not a “catch-all.” Each individual project and
operation must carefully consider how to protect our employees from falling. The industry is
continually providing new and improved methods for providing our workers fall protection
systems. These systems need to be continually monitored and implemented when it is able to
provide a more effective means of protecting our employees.
In general, the Fall Solutions Manual will provide:
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Policy and Philosophy of Kiewit’s Fall Protection Program
Fall Protection/Prevention Systems
Post-Fall and Rescue
Training
Inspection procedures
Applications
The Fall Solutions Manual was primarily developed for use by Project Managers,
Superintendents, Engineers and Safety Professionals. Section C, Policy 1.0, for example lists
the differences in regulations between California, Oregon and Washington. Typically a craft
person will not want to know the differences. They are only concerned about how they will
remain compliant while working on a Kiewit project. However, a Project Manager recently
transferred between states will find the information valuable.
There is so much information available on Fall Protection that it would be easy to continually
pursue the perfect option and never come to a reasonable solution. Remember at the end of
the shift we want our employees to have been protected from falling. This will happen,
primarily through eliminating the circumstances that would allow a fall to occur but when
necessary by using fall protection systems. It is our hope that this Manual will help you in the
pursuit of working today and everyday accident free.