A guardrail section is removed to land materials on an upper floor, and workers continue walking near the open edge after the load is placed. What is the proper response?
Correct Answer
C) Restore the guardrail or provide another compliant fall-protection method before workers remain exposed
When a guardrail is removed, exposure at the edge must be controlled by replacing protection or using another compliant method. Other choices substitute awareness or markings for fall protection.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
When a guardrail is removed, exposure at the edge must be controlled by replacing protection or using another compliant method. Other choices substitute awareness or markings for fall protection.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option A: Leave the opening because the lift is finished
The trap in A is Leave the opening because the lift is finished. That selection is wrong because the option does not produce the required Guardrail interruption outcome, Restore the guardrail or provide another compliant fall-protection method before workers remain exposed.
Option B: Limit guardrail interruption to mark the opening with paint
Choice B gives Mark the opening with paint only. Its specific error: it leaves the work at an informal or incomplete stage, while Guardrail interruption requires Restore the guardrail or provide another compliant fall-protection method before workers remain.
Option D: Ask workers to stay alert until the end of shift
In general project requirements, Ask workers to stay alert until the end of shift is the wrong selection for Guardrail interruption: it leaves out the controlling Guardrail interruption result: Restore the guardrail or provide another compliant fall-protection method before workers remain exposed.
Memory Technique
Tag the scene with guardrail interruption: wrong actor or wrong timing means the fix is not Restore the guardrail or provide another compliant fall-protection method before workers remain exposed.
Reference Hint
Open 29 CFR 1926 OSHA Construction Standards; use 29 CFR 1926.501 and 1926.502 to confirm that When a guardrail is removed, exposure at the edge must be controlled by replacing protection or using another compliant method.
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