CONSTRUCTION OVERVIEW

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CONSTRUCTION OVERVIEW
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• Internet
• Others

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Standards

• 29 CFR 1926 Construction Standard
• 29 CFR 1910
• 1910.119 PSM
• CFR Part 68 112(r), Clean Air Act
• 1910.119 PSM

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• Can a site fall under both the General Industry
  and Construction standards a the same time?
• Discuss

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Most Frequently Cited

• Handouts

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Fatality Information

• Handout

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Work Related Statistics

• 5,100 fatalities
• 3.9 per 100,000
• 3,800,000 disabling injuries
• 439,000 Illnesses
• 127.7 Billion
• Human cost
• National Safety Council data 1997

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HAZCOM

• Right to Know hazards of chemicals in
  workplace.
• Chemical hazards communicated.
• Material Safety Data Sheet.
• One for all chemicals.

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Labels

• Identify chemical.
• Indicate hazard.
• All containers labeled.

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Manufacturer Labels

• Material
• Hazard
• HEALTH
• FIRE
• REACTIVITY
• Contact Number
• Do not remove

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Chemical Exposure First Aid

• Remove contaminated clothing
• Safety shower 15 minutes
• Seek medical attention.

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Personal Protective Equipment
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Personal Protective Equipment

• Foot - ANSI Z41.1
• Head - ANSI Z89.2
• Hearing -
• Eye face - Z87.1
• Respiratory - NIOSH
• Harness, lifelines lanyards
• Working over or near water

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Other PPE

• Job specific

- hearing - respirator - welding hood/cutting
goggles - leather gloves - protective clothing -
acid suit
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Fall Protection

• gt 6 feet
• guardrail system
• safety nets
• personal arrest
• Harness lanyard
• Always in manlifts
• Ladders held tied

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Leading Edge Work

• Definition of leading Edge
• Exception
• creates greater hazard
• Holes

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Fall Protection - Safety Nets

• Safety nets and safety net installations must be
  drop-tested at the jobsite
• After initial installation and before being used.
  
• Whenever relocated.
• After major repair.
• At 6-month intervals if left in one place.

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Safety Nets

• Working gt 25 ft above surface
• Where use other safety devices are impractical
• No work until inspected tested
• Extend 8 ft beyond edge

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Fall Protection - Safety Nets
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Working Over/Near Water

• Life jacket
• Inspected before and after each use for buoyancy
• Ring buoys provided
• Lifesaving skiff

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Fall Protection

• Harness lanyard
• Tied off above
• Always in manlifts

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Fall Protection - Guardrails

• Top rail 39-45
• Midrail / Toeboard
• Intermediate lt19
• 200 pounds force

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Fall Protection Fall Arrest

• lt 1800lbs arresting force
• lt6ft free fall
• Inspected before each use

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Barricades

• Purpose
• To warn others
• Indicate danger
• Keep people out

• Types
• Tape (Red or Yellow)
• Wood
• Fence

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Falling Objects
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Protection from impalement
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Ladders

• Inspect before use
• Firm support
• 3 rungs above work level
• 3 point climb
• Never carry materials

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Scaffolding 1926.451

• Footing - sound rigid
• Erection, moving, dismantled or altered under
  direction of Competent person
• Guardrail toeboard gt 10 ft
• Handrail midrail
• 12 inch overlap of planking

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Accident Prevention Signs

• Visible at all times
• Danger
• immediate hazard
• red
• Caution
• warn of potential hazards
• unsafe practices
• yellow

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Accident Prevention Signs

• Exit
• Safety Instruction
• Traffic
• Accident prevention tags
• temporary
• tools
• equipment
• etc

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Permits

• Confined Space Entry
• Safe Work

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Hot Work

• Work which produces fire or spark.
• Welding, torch cutting, grinding.
• Electric tools in hazardous locations.

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Hot Work Permit

• Fire watch each level.
• 30 minute check.
• Expires after 15 minutes if unattended

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Confined Space - Definition

• Large enough for entry .
• Limited or restricted entry.
• Not designed for continuous occupancy

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Permit Required

• Hazardous atmosphere .
• Engulfment hazard.
• Inwardly converging walls.
• Other recognized hazard

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Confined Space Labels
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Excavations - 1926.651

• Barricading
• Shoring
• Sloped walls
• Confined Space?
• Egress Ladder
• Ground Fault (GFCI)
• Keep dry
• Handout

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Excavations - 1926.651

• Examine for utilities
• Means of egress
• gt 4 ft deep
• lt 25 ft of travel
• Barricading
• Hazardous atmospheres
• Protection from loose soil
• Ground Fault (GFCI)
• Daily inspection - competent person

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Inspect for what?

• Cracks - spoils 2 back
• Water
• Cave-in
• Ladder
• Shoring/sloping/box

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Excavation Protection

• Sloping
• Shoring
• Trench box
• Spoils 2 back

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Excavations - 1926.652

• Exceptions to shoring
• entirely in rock
• lt 5 ft ground examined by competent person
  showing no indication of potential cave-in

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Shoring Slopes

• Stable rock 90 deg
• Type A - 3/41
• Type B - 11
• Type C - 1 1/2 1
• Handouts

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Steel Erection Standard

• Handout

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Lockout, Tagout, Test

• Isolate all energy sources
• electrical
• mechanical
• pneumatic
• chemical
• any other
• Lockout
• Tagout
• Test to verify isolation

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Electrical Safety
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GFCI

• Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters
• All electric tools
• Connect at source

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Grounding Bonding

• Handout
• Grounding
• equipment
• system to earth
• grounding electrode to earth

• Bonding
• between 2 conductive objects

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Tools and Machines

• Electrical cords not taped
• Use the right tools for the job
• Be aware of sub contractors
• Protect others from flying particles
• GFCI electric tools

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Injuries

• Seek proper medical attention.
• Report all Immediately.
• EMS if necessary.
• Clean up blood appropriately.

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Recordkeeping

• OSHA 300 log

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Bloodborne Pathogens

• Diseases carried by blood or body fluids.
• Examples
• HIV
• Hepatitis B C.
• Exposure by contact.

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Bloodborne Pathogens

• How to handle
• Assume all body fluids are infected.
• Wear rubber gloves.
• Bleach water solution for cleanup.
• Red Bio-hazard bag for disposal.

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Crane Safety

• Barricade hazard areas and post signs
• Inspect before each use
• Hand signals must conform to ANSI standard
• Signs must be posted at job site

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Rigging - Types

• Alloy steel chains
• Wire rope
• Natural synthetic fiber
• Synthetic webbing

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Shackles Hooks

• Hooks
• safety factor of 5
• safety clasp
• rated capacity
• Shackles

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Wire Rope - U Bolts

• Never saddle a dead horse?
• U in contact with dead end
• Handout

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Rigging - Slings

• Inspect daily before use
• Inspect
• wear
• broken or worn stitches
• red thread
• burns
• Other

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Rigging

• Does angle change capacity of sling?
• Handout discussion

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Inspection Testing

• Daily before use
• Periodic

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Operation of Equipment

• Forklifts
• Cranes
• Etc

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Emergency Plans

• In writing
• Designated actions
• Fire other emergencies

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Elements

• Escape procedures route assignments
• Procedures for those who remain
• Accounting procedures
• Rescue medical duties
• Means to report
• Who to contact for further information
• Training

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Exceptions

• Written plan not required if
• less than 10 employees
• plan communicated orally

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Industrial Hygiene

• Asbestos
• Lead
• Silica
• Welding Fumes
• Other Chemicals

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PSM RMP Requirements

• Employer Responsibilities
• Contractor Responsibilities

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Employers Responsibilities

• Evaluate contractors safety performance and
  programs
• Inform of know potential fire, explosion, or
  toxic release hazards
• Applicable provisions of emergency action plan

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Employers Responsibilities

• Development of safe work practices
• LOTO
• Confined Space Entry
• opening process equipment
• control over site entrance

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Employers Responsibilities

• Periodically evaluate contractor performance
• Maintain contractor injury and illness log

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Contractors Responsibilities

• Ensure each is trained in work practices
  necessary to safety perform work
• Instructed in known potential fire, explosion or
  toxic release hazards
• Applicable provisions of emergency action plan

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Contractors Responsibilities

• Document that each employee has received and
  understood training.
• Ensure employees follow safety rules of facility
• Advise employer of any unique hazards

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