Walking - Working Surfaces General Awareness

In this course, we will discuss safety as it pertains to walking-working surfaces. OSHA defines walking-working surfaces as “any horizontal or vertical surface on or through which an employee walks, works, or gains access to a work area or workplace location.” Common walking-working surfaces that are addressed in Subpart D of OSHA’s General Industry standards are floors, roofs, ladders, stairways, dockboards, and scaffolds. Subpart D also contains the requirements for fall protection in General Industry. The entire subpart was revised effective January 17, 2017.

Subpart D is wide ranging and contains many requirements. Since this course cannot cover all of the requirements in detail, the specific objectives of this course are to provide you with an understanding of:

Course Time: 60 minutes