ABSTRACT
I.A. Papazoglou TU Delft, Safety Science Group, Delft, The Netherlands
M. Mud RPS Advies BV, Delft, The Netherlands
M. Damen RIGO, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J. Kuiper Consumer Safety Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
H. Baksteen Rondas Safety Consultancy, The Netherlands
L.J. Bellamy WhiteQueen, The Netherlands
J.G. Post NIFV NIBRA, Arnhem, The Netherlands
J. Oh Ministry Social Affairs & Employment, The Hague, The Netherlands
ABSTRACT: A general logic model for fall from height has been developed under the Workgroup Occupational Model (WORM) project, financed by the Dutch government and is presented. Risk has been quantified risk for the specific cases of fall from placement ladders, fixed ladders, step ladders, fixed scaffolds mobile scaffolds, (dis) assembling scaffolds, roofs, floor openings, fixed platforms, holes, moveable platforms and non moving vehicles. A sensitivity analysis assessing the relative importance of measures affecting risk is presented and risk increase and risk decrease measures are assessed. The most important measures in order to decrease fatality risk owing to falls from fixed ladders is the way of climbing, for step ladders their location, for roofs, floors and platforms not to work on them while being demolished, for mobile scaffolds the existence of safety lines, for fixed scaffolds protection against hanging objects, for work near holes and (de) installing scaffolds the use of fall arrest and for moveable platforms and non moving vehicles the existence of edge protection.
