Fall Protection Program
Policy Statement
Employers in California are required to institute a fall protection plan when their employees are assigned to perform work at elevated locations. At California State University Long Beach, this plan is written, and has specific requirements for managers, supervisors, and employees. The CSULB Fall Protection Plan operates in concert with and under the University Injury and Illness Prevention Program. As such, training in fall protection, recognition of work locations where fall protection is required, and recognition of those work locations where fall protection is provided by alternate means of protection are not voluntary, but mandatory for all employees.
Contractors who will be working on university buildings in locations where employee fall protection is required shall have a fall protection program that is in compliance with Cal/OSHA requirements, and documentation of that program including employee training and implementation shall be submitted to the appropriate university department for review.