Confined Space Entry Don’t Become a Rescue Victim Confined spaces can contain hazardous atmospheres and other conditions capable of causing unconsciousness or death with little or no warning. One of the greatest...
Trenching Trenching operations expose workers to cave-ins, falling materials, hazardous atmospheres, underground utilities, water accumulation, and mobile equipment. Because trenches have restricted working space and limited means of escape, hazards must...
Aerial Work Platforms Aerial work platforms, including boom lifts and scissor lifts, provide efficient access to elevated work areas. When properly selected and operated, they can provide a stable work platform...
Engulfment Hazards Engulfment can occur when a worker is surrounded, buried, or submerged by a flowing or collapsing material. Soil, sand, gravel, grain, seed, sawdust, powders, water, chemicals, and other materials...
Power Lines and Mobile Cranes Mobile cranes, dump trucks, aerial lifts, concrete pump trucks, and other equipment operating near overhead power lines can expose workers to electrocution, electrical arcing, fire, and...
Trenches Trenches can expose workers to cave-ins, hazardous atmospheres, falling materials, water accumulation, mobile equipment, and other serious hazards. A trench can collapse suddenly and without warning, so workers must never...
Trenching and Shoring Trenching and shoring operations are common when installing buried utilities, pipelines, drainage systems, and other underground infrastructure. These operations can expose workers to cave-ins, falling materials, hazardous atmospheres,...
Guardrails Guardrails are one of the most effective methods of protecting workers from falls from elevated walking and working surfaces. Missing, incomplete, damaged, or improperly constructed guardrail systems can expose workers...
Flagger Safety on Construction Sites Construction activities frequently place employees and equipment close to moving traffic. When signs, signals, barricades, or other traffic-control devices alone cannot safely control traffic, properly trained...
Residential Wood Framing - Framing Safety Framing safety requires controlling fall hazards, power-tool hazards, falling objects, material-handling risks, and changing jobsite conditions. Residential wood framing is fast-moving work, and new hazards...