Safety Whitepapers & Resources
Bringing Aerial Lift Safety Down to Earth
Nearly 250,000 crane operators, other industry workers, and non-construction working individuals are at risk of suffering serious injury or death in aerial lift accidents each year.
To limit injury and death OSHA has instituted a strict policy dealing with aerial lifts.
Through this policy OSHA requires implementing standard emergency procedures, training for the usage, maintaining lifts properly, providing the proper personal protection equipment and more.
These training policies are proven to reduce the likelihood of injury and save employers billions.
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Getting Inside Confined Spaces Safety Regulations
A confined space by definition has limited or restricted means for entry or exit, and it is not designed for continuous employee occupancy.
In addition to standard confined spaces OSHA uses the term "permit-required confined space" to describe a confined space that has one or more of the following characteristics: contains or has the potential to contain a hazardous atmosphere; contains a material that has the potential to engulf an entrant; has walls that converge inward or floors that slope downward and taper into a smaller area which could trap or asphyxiate an entrant; or contains any other recognized safety or health hazard, such as unguarded machinery, exposed live wires, or heat stress.
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Shoring up Education on Excavation Hazards Safety
Excavation and trenching are among the most hazardous construction operations with cave-ins posing the greatest risk. Other excavation related hazards include falls, falling loads, hazardous atmospheres, and incidents involving mobile equipment. Trench collapses cause dozens of fatalities and hundreds of injuries each year.
To protect workers from the hazards of trenching and excavations OSHA instituted as series of requirements in 1971 and has updated the standard multiple times since.
Read on for a comprehensive look at excavation hazards, government safety requirements and
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Getting a Grip on Hand and Power Tools Safety
Tools are such a common part of our lives that it is difficult to remember they pose hazards. All tools are manufactured with safety in mind but, tragically, a serious accident often occurs before steps are taken to search out and avoid or eliminate tool-related hazards.
As an employer you are responsible for the maintenance of your company's tools, instruction on how to use tools, providing the proper personal protection equipment and ensuring this equipment is properly utilized.
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Scaffolding Safety in the Workplace
In 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2005 OSHA issued more violations for scaffolding than any other regulation. These fines cost U.S. employers billions of dollars.
However, they are not the only cost associated with scaffolding. Each year, there are more than 4,500 injuries and 60 deaths stemming from scaffold-related incidents.
To reduce the potential for scaffolding related accidents OSHA requires all employers to certify their employees on scaffold operation, maintenance, hazard training and more. These training policies are proven to reduce
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Lockout Tagout Hazards, Safety and Compliance
Compliance with the lockout/tagout standard (29 CFR 1910.147) prevents an estimated 120 fatalities and 50,000 injuries each year. Workers injured on the job from exposure to hazardous energy lose an average of 24 workdays for recuperation.
In a study conducted by the United Auto Workers (UAW), 20% of the fatalities (83 of 414) that occurred among their members between 1973 and 1995 were attributed to inadequate hazardous energy control procedures, specifically lockout/tagout procedures.
Because lockout/tagout is the No. 1 most cited regulation in the manufacturing industry
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