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Boost Job Site Safety With Fall Protection Training Products

According to NAHB’s Construction, Safety & Health Committee, more than a third of all fatal accidents in the construction industry are a result of falls.

In an effort to increase job site safety and reduce the chance of job related accidents, NAHB has produced the “Fall Protection Video, English-Spanish and “NAHB-OSHA Fall Protection Handbook, English-Spanish.” 

Both are available through BuilderBooks.com and provide easy-to-follow instructions on how to prevent construction-related falls.

The 30-minute “Fall Protection Video, English-Spanish” can be used by builders to train workers to use safe work practices that eliminate fall hazards and comply with OSHA fall-protection standards in either English or Spanish.

The “NAHB-OSHA Fall Protection Handbook, English-Spanish” provides guidelines for creating a written fall-protection plan and identifying safe work practices that can prevent costly accidents and injuries. Written with clear text, photographs and illustrations, the book serves as a user-friendly resource for promoting safety on any job site. 

Both are essential tools for learning how to:

  • Select and use the right ladder
  • Protect from injuries surrounding stairways, leading edges, window and wall openings and floor holes
  • Use a personal fall arrest system (PFAS)
  • Safely build and erect exterior and balloon-framed walls
  • Securely construct rafters and install roof trusses and sheathing
  • Provide fall protection for application of roofing materials
  • Guard against implement hazards
  • Provide protection from falling objects
  • Use safe job site practices to protect workers operating at heights
  • Train workers to identify fall protection hazards 


To purchase the handbook and video online, visit BuilderBooks.com, or call 800-223-2665.

 
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