Falls are one of the leading causes of death in industry and construction; and every year falls from ladders make up nearly a third of those deaths. These falls from ladders are preventable and lives can be saved by following the safe work practices we will describe in what follows....
Falls from high places can cause serious injury or death. Aerial lifts are most often used in general industry and construction when erection of scaffolding or staging is impractical. We use boom supported personnel platforms and bucket trucks, cherry pickers, for those situations. Worker injury or deaths can occur when...
Falls can cause serious injury or death from high places. We fortunately have personal fall-protection equipment available to prevent these causalities. Unfortunately, our friends, family, fellow workers often fail to use what is available to them. This is such a big subject that Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) estimates...
OSHA’s Powered Industrial Truck (PIT) Standard provides specific instructions that operators should always follow while using a PIT. Before we look at some of these, let’s consider the surfaces over which a forklift may travel. Surface Condition The surface conditions matter when it comes to forklift operation because the surface...
In the construction industry, there are many work areas where welding, cutting, and brazing might be in operation. Welding operations are of three types: electric arch, gas, and thermit. Electric arc welding is probably the most common or widely used type, where an electric arc melts the materials to form...
There are many industries in which welding, cutting, and brazing are common. The government administration that regulates these practices in the construction industry is the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA). The regulation is 29 CFR 1926 Subpart J. In general industry and in construction most requirements for hot work...
Forklifts are excellent labor-saving devices. They save time and reduce the likelihood of injury associated with manual, material handling activities. However, forklifts can become very dangerous if operated by a reckless and untrained operator. All operators should receive safety training prior to being allowed to operate a forklift. Forklift accidents...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) does not currently have a designated standard for the robotics industry. However, we do have direction from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), American National Standard Institute (ANSI), the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Canadian Standards Association (CSA), and American...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website, over 3 million United States employees in approximately 1.3 million workplaces are required to wear respiratory protection. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration Standard (29 CFR 1910.134) requires an annual fit test to confirm the fit of any respirator that...
According to the Occupational Safety and Health Standard 1910.134 Appendix B-2, respiratory cleaning procedures are mandatory. These procedures are provided for your employer to use when cleaning respirators. These procedures are general in nature, and your employer, as an alternative, may use the cleaning recommendations provided by the manufacturer of...