Fall Protection Program
Program Scope
This program applies to all University employees that perform any duties on an elevated work surface where there is a fall hazard of 6 feet or more to a lower level. Employees will not be allowed to perform any duties which require the employee to get closer than 6 feet to an unprotected edge, platform, walkway, or utilize elevated equipment unless the employee is properly secured from falling.
Exceptions: Employees may work without fall protection, but using a university approved alternate measure:
- At the working sides of loading docks
- At the exposed perimeters of theater stages
- In engineered anteproscenium lighting bridges and box boom vertical positions.
- When using portable ladders up to 60 feet in length
- At the unprotected entry point to subgrade confined spaces where the total depth (starting elevation to interior walking/working surface) is ≤ 6 feet.
- When working on scaffolds and aerial lifts up to 6 feet in height
- When working on the edge of an excavation up to 6 feet in depth
- If an employee is on a low slope roof ( ≤ 4:12 rise) for inspection or observation purposes only.
Additionally, this program shall apply to all employees in order to minimize slips, trips and falls on the same elevation. All employees shall control fall hazards in their work area by maintaining good housekeeping and shall report conditions that may lead to slips, trips and falls to the appropriate maintenance unit. In addition, and every time a University employee is working at a height greater than their own height, the cardinal safety rule applies - Do Not Back Up, Turn To Face The Direction Of Travel.
Contractors working on campus are required to comply with all applicable Cal/OSHA workplace safety regulations and shall have their own fall protection program. Contractor safety programs shall be available for review upon request by CSULB Safety and Risk Management.