Walking Working Surfaces

This training provides a comprehensive overview of OSHA’s Walking-Working Surfaces standards, focusing on hazard identification, fall prevention, and compliance requirements. Participants will learn to maintain safe surfaces, implement fall protection systems, and ensure workplace safety.

• Importance in preventing slips, trips, and falls
• Applicability to general industry workplaces
• Updates from the 2017 final rule to reduce injuries and fatalities
• Maintaining clean, dry, and hazard-free surfaces
• Ensuring surfaces can support maximum intended loads
• Providing safe access and egress for employees
• Regular inspections to identify and address hazards
• Immediate correction or guarding of unsafe conditions
• Structural repairs by qualified personnel
• Guardrails and handrails for stairways with 4+ risers
• Fixed ladder safety systems and phase-out of ladder cages by 2036
• Use of body harnesses and prohibition of body belts for fall arrest
• Mandatory training for workers using fall protection equipment
• Common Hazards & Employer Responsibilities:
• Identifying and mitigating hazards like wet floors, cluttered walkways, and unguarded edges
• Providing employee training and maintaining documentation of inspections and repairs
• Reducing workplace injuries, fatalities, and associated costs
• Enhancing safety culture and regulatory compliance

Certificate of Completion for Walking Working Surfaces Safety Training

OSHA 29 CFR 1910 Subpart D: Walking-Working SurfacesOSHA 29 CFR 1910.22: General Requirements for Walking-Working SurfacesOSHA 29 CFR 1910.25: StairwaysOSHA 29 CFR 1910.28: Duty to Have Fall Protection and Falling Object Protection

This course is ideal for employees, supervisors, and safety managers in general industry workplaces.Emphasis is placed on proactive hazard prevention, fall protection, and fostering a culture of safety.