AFS Environmental Health & Safety Committee (Div. 10)


SAFE PRACTICE Makeshift Platform Presents Fall Hazard What is wrong with this scene? 1 2


In this picture, a metalcasting facility employee is pouring metal from the top of a make-


shift pouring platform composed of four mold flasks. Te worker is more than 5 ft. above ground level and has gained access to the platform from a tilted stepladder. He does not have fall protection. If metal splash were to occur, the pourer could become startled, step back and fall, causing serious injury.


Te worker is not wearing his personal protective equipment correctly. His spats, the cover-


ings protecting his legs, are worn over his pants. Tis creates areas that can entrap splashed molten metal.


Te worker is more than 5 ft. above


ground level and does not have fall protection.


SAFE SOLUTIONS How can the problem be fixed?


Te platform should be protected by a standard


handrail 42-in. high, with a mid-rail and a 4-in. toe board.


high, with a mid-rail and a 4-in. toe board. Access to the platform should only be possible from a standard stairway with hand rails.


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Spats should be worn underneath a pourer’s pants so that metal splash cannot lodge in open cavities and cause severe burns.


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Te employee should be pouring from a solid, purpose-built pouring platform. Te platform should be protected by a standard handrail 42-in.


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