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OSHA Fall Prevention Training Guide - A Lesson Plan for Employers (PDF). A Spanish version (PDF) is also available.

OSHA Alliance Program Toolbox talks and Training products

• Aerial Devices and Elevating Equipment
• Fall Protection
• Ladder Safety

OSHA Scaffold eTool

Scaffolding: Narrow Frame Scaffolds Fact Sheet (PDF). (OSHA 3722 - 2014).

Material Hoist Collapse (PDF). OSHA FATAL Facts No. 8, (2014).

Prevention Videos (v-Tools)

• Falls in Construction
  • Floor Openings
  • Fixed Scaffolds
  • Bridge Decking
  • Reroofing
  • Leading Edge Work
  • California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE).
    • Solar Industry
    • Skylights
• Fall Protection: Roofing. Washington State Video.
• Fall Protection: Trusses. Washington State Video.

American Ladder Institute: American Ladder Institute provided by the American Ladder Institute includes step ladders, single ladders, extension ladders, articulated ladders and mobile ladder sessions. Now available in Spanish.

CPWR: Stop Construction Falls: contains educational and training tools including the fatality map.

FACE Reports

• Roofer Falls 20 Feet from Roof (PDF). Washington Report: 71-139-2015, (September 2015).
  • Fatality Narrative as slideshow (PDF).
• Hispanic Roofer's Fall Protection Failed Causing Him to Fall 29.91 Feet to his Death, Kentucky. NIOSH, Kentucky Case Report: 14KY030, (July 2015).
• Horse Breeder Falls 11-12 Feet from Hayloft When Throwing Hay Bale - Michigan. NIOSH, Michigan Case Report: 12MI281, (July 2015).
• Two Construction Workers Fall to Their Death through Temporary Wooden Bridge Platforms (PDF). New Jersey Department of Health.

Massachusetts Department of Public Health Resources: Fall Prevention for Construction Workers

• Fall prevention for construction workers
• Falls: The Leading Killer on Construction Sites (PDF). A Haitian Creole version (PDF), Portuguese version (PDF), and Español version (PDF) are also available.
• Ladder Safety for Residential Construction Contractors (PDF). A Haitian Creole version (PDF), Portuguese version (PDF), and Español version (PDF) are also available.
• Scaffold Safety for Residential Construction Contractors (PDF). Portuguese version (PDF) and Español version (PDF) are also available.

Philadelphia Area Project on Occupational Safety and Health: Fall Protection in Construction (2009). An Español version is also available.

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Training Material: Fall Protection (2009). An Español version is also available.