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Elements of
Effective Evacuation Plans |
How to develop the step-by-step plan that will ensure the safety of
everyone and everything at your facility in the event of an
emergency.
For everyone to act safely and effectively during disasters and
emergencies, evacuation plans must be developed, documented and
thoroughly rehearsed. Well-written plans provide accurate
information about possible emergencies, detail steps for protecting
employees and others at the facility during and after an incident,
and list procedures for minimizing damage and downtime.
To read the full article,
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Source: Occupational Hazards
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> Avoiding the Triple
Threat of Slips, Trips, and Falls |
 Steps
You Can Take to Cut Your Accident Rates.
While hot safety issues like repetitive stress injuries have taken
the spotlight in recent years, the more mundane slip and fall
accidents have been ignored by employers. This lack of attention can
be costly. Falls account for about 15 percent of all work-related
injuries. Each year hundreds of workers die and thousands become
disabled from falls on the job. In fact, these incidents are second
only to lower back pain and lifting injuries in the number of
workers' comp claims filed. Unfortunately, there has been little
progress toward reducing these alarming statistics. Certainly, OSHA
and other agencies are paying more attention to construction-related
falls. But the run-of-the-mill slips and trips in general industry
have not received much scrutiny.
Employers that do take such incidents seriously notice an immediate
benefit. For instance, yacht manufacturer West Bay Sonship Yachts
Ltd. of Delta, British Columbia, Canada, had an injury rate that was
more than double the industry average in 1997. "We had four or five
people a week falling down holes," said safety training coordinator
Michael Vuorensivu. "Now temporary hatch covers are secured. We've
put railings where there should be railings, and retrained the
employees who were constructing stairs and temporary ladders as to
how they should be constructed so there'd be fewer individuals
falling off these things." As a result of these and other safety
measures, the company's injury rate dropped in half in 2000 and
dropped even lower in 2001.
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article and ways to avoid slips, trips, and falls,
click here.
Source: BLR, Inc.
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Update |
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Compliance Resource Center to help you stay on top of Federal
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> Removing the
Confusion Over Electrical Standards |
 Not
sure whether to follow OSHA or National Electrical Code requirements
for electrical safety at your construction site? Here is guidance to
help you understand the differences in four controversial areas.
Electrical safety on construction sites continues to be a major
issue. While progress has been made over the years, electrical
accidents continue to rank high on the list of construction
accidents. In some areas of the country, they are the second leading
cause of death or serious injury.
One reason that electrical accidents occur is because of confusion
between National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and OSHA
requirements. Four areas in particular continue to spark controversy
or are approached differently by different regulatory standards.
There are ways to bring harmony to these four issues by providing
recommendations to deal with the differences.
To read the full article and what requirements you should follow,
click here.
Source: Occupational Hazards
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> OSHA Training
Requirements – Powered Platforms for Building Maintenance Operations
Training |
OSHA Training
Requirements -- Powered Platforms for Building Maintenance
Operations Training
The following training requirement has been excerpted from Title 29
CFR Part 1910.66
Working platforms shall be operated only by persons who are
proficient in the operation, safe use and inspection of the
particular working platform to be operated.
All employees who operate working platforms shall be trained in the
following:
(A) Recognition of, and preventive measures for, the safety hazards
associated with their individual work tasks.
(B) General recognition and prevention of safety hazards associated
with the use of working platforms, including the particular working
platform to be operated.
(C) Emergency action plan procedures
(D) Work procedures
(E) Personal fall arrest system inspection, care, use and system
performance.
Training of employees in the operation and inspection of working
platforms shall be done by a competent person.
Written work procedures for the operation, safe use and inspection
of working platforms shall be provided for employee training.
Pictorial methods of instruction, may be used, in lieu of written
work procedures, if employee communication is improved using this
method. The operating manuals supplied by manufacturers for platform
system components can serve as the basis for these procedures.
The employer shall certify that employees have been trained in
operating and inspecting a working platform by preparing a
certification record which includes the identity of the person
trained, the signature of the employer or the person who conducted
the training and the date that training was completed. The
certification record shall be prepared at the completion of the
training, and shall be maintained in a file for the duration of the
employee's employment. The certification record shall be kept
readily available for review by the Assistant Secretary of Labor or
the Assistant Secretary's representative.
Before using a personal fall arrest system, and after any component
or system is changed, employees shall be trained in the safe use of
the system.
RegReview>>
To review 29 CFR 1910.66 Powered platforms for building maintenance
click here.
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Month – Industrial First Aid Kits |
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Durable plastic first aid kits comply with OSHA regulations 1910.151
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To review 29 CFR 1910.151 Medical and First Aid,
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