An excavation is any man-made cut, cavity, trench, or depression in an earth surface formed by earth removal. Trench is a narrow excavation (in relation to its length) made below the surface of the ground. In general, the depth is greater than the width.
Few experiences may be as frightening as when a crane becomes unbalanced while a load is being lifted or when the crane collapses under the weight of an excessive load. An unbalanced load or crane collapse can cause death to the operator, other construction workers, can cause damage to property or equipment.
A trench is an excavation, too, if it isn’t more than 15 feet (4.5 meters) wide at the bottom. And, if you install forms or other structures in an excavation that reduce its width to less than 15 feet, measured at the bottom, the excavation is also considered a trench.
Hazardous Locations are defined as premises, buildings or parts thereof where fire or explosion hazards may exist due to the presence of flammable gases or vapors, flammable liquids, combustible dusts, or easily ignitable fibers.
Hazardous Locations are defined as premises, buildings or parts thereof where fire or explosion hazards may exist due to the presence of flammable gases or vapors, flammable liquids, combustible dusts, or easily ignitable fibers.
A 40-year-old worker was killed at a construction site recently in Toronto. According to police, concrete panels had fallen onto the worker as they were being unloaded, and the man became trapped.
The potential for serious injuries and even fatalities is very high when thinking about work involved for concrete and masonry workers. Precast concrete, lift-slab operations, and masonry construction all pose different types of risk, and all have the potential for multiple employees to be hurt or killed if these risks are ignored.
Aerial lifts are commonly used by utility workers. Aerial lifts include boom-supported aerial platforms, such as cherry pickers or bucket trucks, and elevating platforms, such as scissor lifts.
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One of the biggest challenges when you are investigating an incident is sorting out the irrelevant information from the relevant information. One way to do this is by using a systematic approach to investigate all incidents that focuses on finding the root causes.
What do these dual personality containers and a woman in Utah drinking sweet tea and a BBQ joint have in common?
Investigating an incident allows you to look beyond what happened and discover why it happened. It also allows you to identify and correct deficiencies in your safety and health programs, management shortcomings, and unsafe processes, conditions, and actions.
Unsafe working conditions and unsafe work practices lead to a staggering number of workplace and work-related injuries, illnesses, and deaths.
Seventy-five percent of all accidents are preceded by one or more near misses, according to the National Safety Council. So, if you’re trying to reduce the number of injuries and incidents with property damage and other incident-related loss, it makes sense to measure and manage your near misses.
Charging and changing the lead-acid batteries used to power forklifts present four serious, and potentially life-threatening hazards, including corrosive liquids and electrical hazards.
Workplace fire safety is about preventing fires from starting —but also vital is dealing with a fire when it does start. If fire breaks out in your workplace, do your workers know what to do?
These are sample emergency procedures for acid splashes and spills.
As a host employer you may find yourself responsible for the safety and health of your workers, temporary workers provided by staffing agencies, and workers employed by other contractors or subcontractors. This can create several challenges and hazards for you and your workers, and contractors and their employees.
Your workers are about to enter a storage bin to perform cleaning operations. The bin is a permit confined space; and since it has an IDLH (immediately dangerous to life and health) atmosphere, workers must use a respirator to do the work.
There are many misconceptions about heat stress, heat illnesses, and what a person should do when they are required to work hard in a hot environment. Be in the know so you can separate fact from fiction.
Understanding what respirators must be fit tested and the different fit testing methods is something supervisors and respirator wearers should be familiar with.
Use this chart as a quick reference on the pros and cons (limitations) for common machine safeguards.
You probably already know that you should never put yourself under a suspended load. Never. It’s not safe. There are simply too many things that could go wrong.
A 27-year-old male employee was fatally injured when he was crushed between the railing of a scissor lift and a mezzanine outer support beam while installing insulation on duct work.
Use this chart as a reference to help you identify common struck-by/caught-between hazards and ways to protect your workers against them and in some cases, eliminate the hazard altogether.
Since it's your first time, you may want to checkout some of the video tutorials.
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