Fall Protection

The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR), in partnership with the HIOSH Advisory Committee, is developing an awareness campaign designed to educate those who work within the construction industry, as well as their families, about the Fall Protection Law and the potentially devastating consequences of not adhering to it.

State law requires employers to equip or protect workers with the use of either Personal Fall Arrest System (PFAS) or passive fall protection when construction work is performed at heights greater than 6 feet. When used and worn correctly, the PFAS involves the worker donning a full-body harness, tethered by a shock-absorbing lanyard and properly connecting to an anchor point, which will exert minimal force and prevent serious injury to the worker in the event of a fall. In the construction industry, this process is commonly called 'tying off.'