Ensuring workers safety while working at height, that seems obvious.

But where do we start and how do we proceed?

Follow the guide!

1. Removing the risk
   Modifying equipment or work to eliminate working at height: work from the ground
2. Assessing unavoidable risks
   Conducting an inventory and analysis of risks and their dangerousness (falls, slips, etc.)
3. Fighting risks at the source
   The closer the fall prevention devices are installed to the source of the risk, the more the risk is reduced
4. Giving priority to collective protection
   Providing permanent facilities for access to and circulation in the work area: stairs, walkways, platforms, guardrails, etc.
5. Using personal protective equipment
   Harnesses and anchor points, fall arrest systems or access restriction systems
6. Providing users with appropriate instructions, training and equipment
   Providing training and safety instructions for the proper use of equipment and facilities
7. Taking into account the evolution of technology
   Ensuring compliance of security solutions

Heading to Saint-Nazaire!

Light on Solid Sail!

This rigid sail developed by Chantiers de l’Atlantique, one of the world leaders in the highly complex ship and offshore installation markets, has been designed to reduce the carbon footprint of the ships on which it is installed by 40%.
Folding like an accordion, this reduced scale prototype is intended for testing. It still measures 38 m high!

What you need to know

• Context: securing the balestron and ladders with lifelines and the carbon mast with rail systems
• Fall protection system installed: vertical fall protection cable lifeline VERTILIGNE, vertical fall protection rail lifeline VERTIRAIL, horizontal fall protection cable lifeline ALTILIGNE.
• Site specificities: custom-made work for which the study was very complex
  Maritime environment requiring surface treatment on all parts (lacquering & anodizing)

To get more information on this project, please go to the website of Chantiers de l’Atlantique

Head for Russia, where our teams will take you to discover the most prestigious monument in the country: the Kremlin.

What you need to know

• Context: securing the access to the Kremlin’s Red Star
• Structure to be secured: Spasskaya Tower
• Fall protection system installed: vertical fall protection cable lifeline VERTILIGNE to get access to the Kremlin’s Red Star, located on the main tower reaching 30m high. The VERTILIGNE is about 12m high with a slope of 70 degrees.
• Site specificities: intervention on the most prestigious and emblematic building of Russia.
  The teams were able to demonstrate great adaptability to achieve this installation, while taking into account the historical and political sensitivity of the site.
• Installation partner: Sizcontract.

Heading for Italy today! We take you along with our installation partners In-Safety and Anticaduta Srl, on the Jacket Lift System (J.L.S.) safety project for the company Pioneering Spirit.
This gigantic lifting structure for construction ships, located at the stern, is composed of 2 beams, each 175 metres long, inside which two ladders of over 100 metres are installed.
A complex project perfectly carried out on site by our installation partners!

What you need to know

• Context: securing the Jacket Lift System (J.L.S.) stern lift project of the company Pioneering Spirit, intended for construction ships
• Structures to be secured: two ladders, each over 100 metres long
• Environment: the ladders are located inside two 175m long beams.
  During the installation of the fall arrest system, these two beams remain horizontally down, leaving the ladders between 2 and 8 metres above the ground depending on the location.
  The confined and cramped working environment, making it impossible to use a scaffold.
• Fall protection system installed: 200 meters of 20 micron anodized fall protection rail with RCBC bidirectional locking carriages
• Installation partners: IN-SAFETY® and Anticaduta srl.

J.L.S.: what does it mean?

The Jacket Lift System (J.L.S.) is the new stern lift system for Allseas’ Pioneering Spirit construction vessels.
The system consists of two huge S690 steel beams, each 175m long and weighing 6500 tonnes.
Equipped with electrical, hydraulic, instrumentation and water ballast tank management systems, they were designed and manufactured by CIMOLAI, a company specialising in the supply and assembly of complex steel structures.

A huge confined space with variable geometry and difficult access

When the JLS system is in operation, the two beams rotate and move from a horizontal to a vertical position.
In the horizontal position, personnel can move around inside using walkways secured by guardrails. In the vertical position, however, a ladder must be used.
The walkways and ladders are almost parallel to each other, and are spaced at a height of between 2 and 8 metres depending on the location.

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DELTA PLUS SYSTEMS QUIZ #5

Personal Protective Equipment 

 

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If collective protection cannot be used, what are the prerequisites for a worker to work at height?

Helmet, harness, lanyard, EN 795 certified anchor point, training

Chinstrap helmet, harness, lanyard, EN 795 certified anchor point, training

Chinstrap helmet, harness, lanyard, lifeline system, training

A full equipped with PPE operator can work alone at height.

RIGHT

WRONG

Can a harness be loaned?

Yes with no condition

Yes under conditions

No

The PPE lifespan:

Is 3 years

Is 5 years

Is 10 years

Depends on the manufacturer

Before and after a use, the user must check his harness and lanyards.

RIGHT

WRON

Wrong answer, in case of cuts or rips the material must be checked and replaced.

Exactly, in case of cuts or rips the material must be checked and replaced.

Personal Protective Equipment against fall from height must mandatorily be checked by a certified control body at least every:

6 months

12 months

2 years

3 years

In the event of fall, what should the user do with PPE that was used to limit the impact of the fall?

Have them checked before commissioning back: harness, belts, ropes, straps and buckles must be replaced.

They are guaranteed fpr at least 3 drops, they can bu reused without checking.

Discard them.

Does a training mandatory for the use of PPE?

YES

NO

Wrong answer, this training is mandatory! Check-out our harness wearing training!

Exactly, check-out our harness wearing training!

This training must be renewed:

Only if the employee wants to renew his training

Every 6 months

Every 12 months

As often as it is necessary

Rescue of a suspended victim can be done by:

Any person present at the incident

Specialized rescue

A specialist trained person

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DELTA PLUS SYSTEMS QUIZ #4

Individual protection

 

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In what order should the general principles of prevention of work at a height be prioritized?

Select an answer1. Risk analysis 2. Risk elimination 3. Installation of collective safety solution 4. Installation of individual safety solution and training1. Risk analysis 2. Risk elimination 3. Installation of individual safety solution and training 4. Installation of collective safety solution1. Risk elimination 2. Risk analysis 3. Installation of collective safety solution 4. Installation of individual safety solution and training

The individual protection system user must never work alone.

Right

Wrong

In the event of fall, the operator must be rescued as soon as possible.

A training is mandatory for individual protection system use.

Yes

No

Contrary to collective protection systems, individual protection systems need a training to guarantee an optimal and safe use.

When collective protection cannot be installed, from what height is the installation of individual protection system is mandatory?

3m

1m

When there is a risk of falling with a drop

When the feet leave the ground

Which statement concerning individual protection is right?

An individual protection system must avoid free fall of 1m

No using instructions are mandatory for the use of individual protection system

What are the prerequisites for a worker to work at height?

A helmet, a harness, a fall arrest device, an EN 795 certified anchor point, a training

A helmet with chinstrap, a harness, a fall arrest device, an EN 795 certified anchor point, training

A helmet with chinstrap, a harness, a fall arrest device, an EN 795 certified anchor point, an information

How often is refresher training for work at height required?

As often as necessary

Once a year

Every 3 years

Every 5 years

The minimum resistance required by the EN 795 standard for an anchor point is:

8 kN

10 kN

12 kN

What are the 3 parameters for making an appropriate choice for the installation of personal protection?

Concerned population

Duration of intervention

Frequency of intervention

Size of the structure to secure

All anchorage systems must be maintained in a state of compliance and therefore be tested regularly.

Right

Wrong

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DELTA PLUS SYSTEMS QUIZ #3

Collective protection

 

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In what order should the general principles of prevention of work at a height be prioritized?

1. Risk analysis 2. Risk elimination 3. Installation of collective safety solution 4. Installation of individual safety solution and training

1. Risk analysis 2. Risk elimination 3. Installation of individual safety solution and training 4. Installation of collective safety solution

1. Risk elimination 2. Risk analysis 3. Installation of collective safety solution 4. Installation of individual safety solution and training

Collective protection:

Are all equipment, device, machine or installation able to insure a valuable employee (and stakeholder) safe against one or several professional risks and eliminate the consequences.

Is a temporary solution for safety against fall from height.

Must be prioritized over individual protection.

Must be add to an individual protection.

Does not require any added individual protection

The current standards for securing flat roofs accessible to the public are the same as those for securing flat roofs not accessible to the public.

RIGHT

WRONG

Is guardrail in roof’s periphery mandatory?

YES

NO

Except for technical constraints (individual protection system must then be installed) or if the roof’s parapet is higher of 1.1 meter and if there is no roof opening, no collective protection system is necessary.

Is a caged ladder can be considered as a collective protection?

YES

NO

Even if this is considered as a collective protection, adding an individual protection can be recommended.

Guardrails :

Are the safety device the most used

Allow the protection of several users on a dangerous area

Can only secure 2 people at a time

On a flat roof, the installation of a guardrail on roof edges is sufficient to protect against falls from height.

RIGHT

WRONG

Exactly! The guardrail allows the risk elimination against falls from height on roof edges but does not guarantee the falls from height throught the roof.

Translucents and skylights do not need any dedicated fall protection:

RIGHT

WRONG

Fall protection grids are designed to eliminate any risk of falling through these roof openings.

Fall protection grids must respect several standards, what are they about?

Fall loads resistance.

Good evacuation of smokes

Environment

Training is the priority in terms of safety at height, what can il be about?

Reflexion and analysis of work at height hazards

Use of protection equipment against fall from height

The control of protection systems against fall from height

Exactly! And the list can be long...

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Responsabilities and Safety at height

Would you like to know more about the liabilities incurred by stakeholders when working at height?

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As an employer, I must provide my employees a work at height training if their work includes some intervention at height.

Right

Wrong

The employer must provide a work at height training, moreover, some specific trainings have to be provided for the use of some working equipment.

As the employer, it is my responsibility to provide to my employees protection equipment against falls from height freely whether it is collective or individual and therefore strictly personal.

Yes

No

These protection equipments against falls from height must be adapted to the work to do, compliant with standards and current reglementation, controlled by approved organization once a year.

As the building owner, I have to make a full evaluation of my building’s risks.

Yes

No

As the project owner, I am not responsible for anything.

Right

Wrong

The project owner must facilitate the subsequent interventions to access and provide provisions for access and maintenance of the roof.

Can I access to the roof with a nacelle?

Yes

No

A nacelle is NOT an access mean

The employee is in charge of informing employees:

About the hazards against which the PPE protects them

About conditions of use

About instructions concerning the PPE and its conditions of provisioning

About the particular features of the site in which they will be working

The employer is responsible for providing its employees a fall from height prevention system or equipment.

Right

Wrong

Who is responsible for safety measures against falls for the protection of the operators (even external) within the building?

Select an answerThe project ownerThe building ownerThe employer of intervention teams on the building

It is the employee’s responsibility, within the framework of his company’s prevention policy, to :

Maintain all equipment in a state of compliance, including in the event of modification

Identify and remedy any deterioration in the means of protection that may create a hazard

Maintenance fil and the Operating and Maintenance Manual are mandatory.

Right

Wrong

Maintenance file of work areas is transmitted to users, upon taking possession of the premises or, at the latest, during the following month. It contains the OMM, in which requirements for roofing work are outlined.

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DELTA PLUS SYSTEMS QUIZ #1

Work at height essential concepts

 

DETA PLUS SYSTEMS takes a special look at the information and the training of its partners and customers regarding the work at height requirements.

That's why today, we are offering you to test your knowledge with this quiz on the theme work at height essential concepts!

1 / 10

In what order shoud the general principles of prevention of work at height be prioritized?

Select an answer1. Risk analysis 2. Risk elimination 3. Installation of collective safety solution 4. Installation of individual safety solution and training1. Risk analysis 2. Risk elimination 3. Installation of individual safety solution and training 4. Installation of collective safety solution1. Risk elimination 2. Risk analysis 3. Installation of collective safety solution 4. Installation of individual safety solution and training

2 / 10

Which factors should be considered for the installation of individual safety solution?

Fall factor

Fall clearance

Swinging effect

3 / 10

What is the fall factor?

The potential drop height

The propotional degree of severity of a fall

The risk of falling

4 / 10

Which fall factor is represented by the following illustration?

Factor 0

Factor 1

Factor 2

5 / 10

Which fall factor is represented by the following illustration?

Factor 0

Factor 1

Factor 2

6 / 10

Which fall factor is represented by the following illustration?

Factor 0

Factor 1

Factor 2

7 / 10

Which of the above situations should be favoured?

The first one

The second one

The third one

8 / 10

Which are the two solutions to limit the fall factor?

Raise the position of the anchor point or increase the braking distance

Lower the position of the anchor point or increase the braking distance

Raise the position of the anchor point or reduce the braking distance

9 / 10

What is a fall clearance?

The distance between anchor point and floor

The distance between anchor point and operator

The distance between anchor point and structure

10 / 10

The swinging effect represents the risk of swing like a pendulum if a fall occur.

What conditions must be met to limit the swinging effect?

Keep a less than 30° angle between the fall arrest system and the anchor point.

Keep a more than 30° angle between the fall arrest system and the anchor point.

Keep a more than 1.50m distance between the operator and the anchor point.

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Securingpainting rooms with our ALTIRAIL & ALTIRAIL LR solutions!

Today, let’s go to Eastern Europe with this beautiful project of securing painting rooms for tramways and trains!

CONTEXT & SITE PARTICULARITIES

Our teams were called in for a project to secure painting rooms for a company working on trains and trams in the Czech Republic.

6 cabins in total ranging from 13m to 30m in length.

The painting work on trains and trams requires fluidity of movement in all directions, so our teams first considered our ALTIRAIL rail lifeline solution, which can be installed overhead (fixed to the ceiling).

However, the structure of the cabins includes a significant ventilation system above the work area, so the ALTIRAIL could not be installed there.

TAILOR-MADE SOLUTION

We therefore designed a tailor-made solution to overcome all the constraints and meet all the needs of our customer.

By combining the efficient and safe overhead position of our ALTIRAIL rail lifeline and the long span of our ALTIRAIL LR rail lifeline, we were able to create a solution that perfectly met our customer’s needs:

Adaptation to the existing structure

Two ALTIRAIL were installed on each side of the painting rooms to ensure that it could be securely fixed without damaging the ventilation.

Smooth traffic

The ALTIRAIL LR long range rail was fixed to mobile runners which were themselves installed on each of the ALTIRAIL lengths.

Thus, the circulation from left to right is ensured by the ALTIRAIL LR and the circulation from front to back is ensured by the installation of the ALTIRAIL LR on two lengths of ALTIRAIL.

User safety

In addition to the smooth flow of traffic, this solution provides complete coverage of the work area, ensuring the safety of the user throughout his work.

Before implementing this solution, our teams created a prototype in our own workshop in order to ensure the safety of this solution as well as the degree of fluidity of movement that it allowed.

SOME FIGURES ON THIS PROJECT

A total of 6 cabins were secured:

• 1 cabin of 30 meters long
• 1 cabin of 17 meters long
• 1 cabin of 15 metres long
• 3 cabins of 13 meters long

202 meters of ALTIRAIL rail lifeline were installed as well as 72 metres of ALTIRAIL LR long range rail lifeline.

Do not hesitate to contact our teams to study your specific needs!

To see by yourself the benefits of this solution, here is a short video of use!

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