Lessons for the OSHA outreach courses in construction: the Focus Four hazards, fall protection, excavations, scaffolds, electrical safety, tools, cranes and more.

Contents

• Part 1 · 5 pages · 5 min readIntroduction to OSHA for ConstructionOSHA's role in construction, the Focus Four hazards, inspections, rights and recordkeeping on a building site, and a first orientation to the hazards that every construction worker should recognise.
• Part 2 · 3 pages · 7 min readGeneral Safety and Health Provisions and Health Hazards in ConstructionThe contractor's duties for training, inspection, first aid and fire protection under the general provisions, and the health hazards of construction work: chemicals, asbestos, MDA, lead and process safety.
• Part 3 · 2 pages · 4 min readPersonal Protective Equipment and Fire ProtectionWhen PPE is required on a construction site and how the hazard analysis decides it, and how fires are classified, detected, fought and planned for through construction.
• Part 4 · 3 pages · 5 min readMaterials Handling, Hand and Power Tools, and Welding and CuttingHow to move and store materials without injury, how to use tools safely, and the rules for gas and arc welding and cutting on a construction site.
• Part 5 · 2 pages · 3 min readElectrical Safety in ConstructionHow electric current injures, the grounding, GFCI and lockout measures that prevent it, and the work practices that keep construction workers safe near power lines, tools and cords.
• Part 6 · 4 pages · 7 min readStruck-By, Caught-In or Between and Fall ProtectionThree of the Focus Four hazards: how workers are struck by vehicles and objects or caught between them, and how falls from height are prevented with guardrails, nets, harnesses and safe work procedures.
• Part 7 · 2 pages · 3 min readCranes and Rigging, and Motor Vehicles on SiteThe hazards of cranes, derricks and hoists and the duties of a competent person, and the rules for site vehicles, brakes, alarms, rollover protection and signs, signals and barricades.
• Part 8 · 3 pages · 6 min readExcavations, Concrete and MasonryHow cave-ins, hazardous atmospheres and water are controlled in trenches and excavations, and the OSHA rules for formwork, reinforcing steel, concrete placing and masonry construction.
• Part 9 · 3 pages · 7 min readStairways, Ladders, Confined Spaces and ScaffoldsSafe stairways and ladders, the permit system for confined spaces, and how scaffolds are built, inspected and used to prevent falls, with the duties of the competent person.
• Part 10 · 2 pages · 5 min readLead and Explosives in ConstructionHow lead exposure is monitored and controlled in construction, and how explosives are transported, stored, initiated and fired, with the rules on misfires.

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