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Horseplay on the Job Having a positive attitude and bit of fun at work is important, all work and no play does create some tension after all. But there is a limit to how much “fun” should be had. The term Horseplay, meaning a rough boisterous play, has [...]
We all know gasoline is the liquid fuel that runs our cars and most other motors. It is a pale brown or pink color, and made from processed crude oil. It is highly flammable, and it evaporates very easily making it explosive and very dangerous. Gasoline is a [...]
Carbon Monoxide Carbon monoxide (CO) is a bi-product from the burning of fossil fuels that contain carbon (such as natural gas, gasoline, kerosene, propane, coal, wood, or oil). So any time there is a running engine, furnace, BBQ grill, oven or any of the like, CO is present. [...]
The human body is a fragile thing. It doesn’t matter how often you work-out, what kind of food you eat, or what kind of car you drive, we are all made of the same fragile exterior, skin. A very common injury that can happen to us at work [...]
When you think of hard hats, the first thing that comes to mind is construction workers. But there are many different types of hard hats for many other purposes. In the engineering and construction industry, safety is always of utmost importance. For this reason, many companies require employees [...]
Bloodborne Pathogens When you think of construction jobs, you probably don’t think about blood and other bodily fluids (yep, we are just going to jump right into this topic). But as a dangerous industry, it is quite common to see injuries first hand. When an accident happens to [...]
Wood Dust There are many construction activities that create fumes, vapors, mists, and dusts. Some of these are more obviously hazardous than others. A chemical smell, a product with warning symbols, or the constant reminders we hear for Asbestos and Silica. But what about saw dust? Saw dust [...]
Severe Weather – Thunderstorms Lightning strikes the U.S. about 25 million times a year, on average making contact with 400 people. While only a few dozen of those strikes are fatal, the injuries survivors face can be both severe and permanent. If lightning is seen or heard, take [...]
Hand Tool Safety A “junk drawer” in an apartment or a professional auto shop, Hand Tools are everywhere and for everyone. Come to think of it my son got his first tool kit at 3 years old (two screw drivers, a mini hammer, and a tape measure to [...]
Table Saw Safety If you’ve never used a table saw before they can be quite intimidating, and for good reason. It is a sharp spinning piece of metal after all. They range in size from large “Cabinet Saws” you would find in a commercial wood shop, to small [...]
Spotter Safety What is a Spotter? A spotter is a very important person on a construction site, they help trucks and machinery move around the site when the drivers have limited visibility. Imagine trying to back up a semi-truck and trailer through a busy site when there are [...]
Dump Trailers - Mechanized Equipment 1926.601 In the past few years Dump Trailers have become wildly popular in the construction world. Residential contractors big and small have been buying them faster than they can be made. They are versatile pieces of equipment that can be used to haul [...]
Portable Ladder Safety Ladders are probably the most common tool you will find on a construction site. Once we get into the technical definition it might even be fair to say most homeowners have one. Ranging from 3' to 40' tall, and several different configurations, these things are [...]
Temporary Electrical Protection During the phases of construction it is common to see generators, splitters, temporary lighting, battery chargers, corded tools, and a few hundred feet of extension cords. Come to think of it, when those things are missing it becomes difficult to get anything done on site. [...]
Foot Protection Your feet and ankles are made up of 26 bones, 33 joints, and over 100 muscles, tendons, and ligaments. They also contain about 8,000 nerves, which is more per inch than any other area of the body. The average person takes around 8,000 steps each day, [...]
Hard Hats Head protections is a vital part of a company’s safety program. An impact to the head can become a life threatening injury very quickly. Not all tasks will have a direct overhead danger (like falling bricks), but it is equally important to protect from energized parts, [...]
Trenching Safety Trenches are among the leading causes of injury and fatalities on construction sites. They are almost always classified as a “Serious” violation because of the extreme weight of soil, and the difficulty of rescuing people after a cave-in. The unfortunate part, is almost always the incident [...]
Underground Utilities A few decades ago we started burying utilities to keep them safe from the elements. Overhead power and telephone were proving difficult to maintain out in the weather, keeping trees clear, animals nesting or chewing on parts, theft of wires and components, it only made sense [...]
Hierarchy of Control No one is expected to remember every regulation number and the word-for-word definition. Safety training is meant to teach workers about hazards in their jobs, and the best ways to perform a task safely. Most of the training provided by OSHA and other institutes are [...]
Focus Four There’s no denying the construction industry is dangerous. There are tasks people do every day that are riddled with hazards both known and unknown. When looking at the injury and illness stats, it becomes very clear where the literal pain points are. OSHA designed a training [...]
Fall Protection - 1926.500 Falls are among the leading causes of injuries and fatalities in the construction industry. OSHA estimates that on average 202,066 work days are lost every year for workers recovering from fall related injuries. This represents a wide range of work, and falls include slips [...]
10 Tips for Forklift Safety There are many kinds of equipment that fall under the name “Forklift” from manual pallet jacks to 60’ Telehandlers. Rough Terrain Forklifts (telehandlers, front loaders, skid loaders) are what we typically see on a construction site. These items fall in the categories of [...]
Recordable Injuries - Part 1 This is one of the most challenging safety topics to get correct. It can feel like there is a lot of grey area when deciding what is or isn’t recordable. As the concept of “recordable” filters through the workplace, injuries that should have [...]
Machine Guarding Working with tools and equipment can be intimidating. It is all too common in construction to hear horror stories of what happened when a tool was used incorrectly. Battle scars, missing and damaged parts, signage and warnings all from jobs gone wrong. A statistic from OSHA [...]
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