Texas has a great resource on safety – a series of short safety topics that are called, “Take 5.” These are a wide range of subjects – I don’t think I have them all, but below are the best.
You know what to do:
Take 5 for Safety
Category Archives: Fall Prevention
Recommended Construction Safety Practices – OSHA
OSHA has a nice guide on what they recommend for Construction Safety. This guide goes over most aspects that the safety progression considers important.
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CalOSHA Pocket Construction Safety Guide
At 88 pages, it is a heck of a ‘pocket’ guide, but I didn’t name it. This is actually a comprehensive safety guide for construction sites. Since this is California, the standards will be as good, or more so, than other places in the USA.
Additionally, if you want to go into mass production with these guides, they kindly included the setup for professional printing. Those files are included as well.
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Residential Construction Fall Protection – Free, from OSHA!
OSHA has some great materials on working in residential construction. Guidance in this area is necessary, as most of the materials and training out there are for larger construction sites. OSHA is now focusing my more heavily on residential construction, so the materials below are quite necessary.
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reducing falls in residential construction – working in attics
reducing falls in residential construction – roof sheathing
reducing falls in residential construction – roof repair
reducing falls in residential construction – installing roof tiles
reducing falls in residential construction – installing roof joists and trusses
reducing falls in residential construction – installing floor joists
reducing falls in residential construction – erecting interior and exterior walls
reducing falls in residential construction- metal standing seam room
Complete Fall Protection Training Downloads – All Free
Large selection of fall protection materials. Various subjects, from OSHA, UK HSE, Oregon OSHA, plus others.
Click links below for documents:
Fall Protection Wallet Card – Spanish
OSHA Fall Protection Toolbox Talks and Trainer Guide
Falls – Exterior Walls – Residential – English
Falls – Attic – Residential – Spanish
Falls – Exterior Walls – Residential – Spanish
Falls – Floor Joists – Residential – English
Fall Prevention – Training Guide – A Lesson Plan for Employers
Falls – General Protection and Awareness
Falls Through Holes and Openings
HSE – Work from Heights, Roof Work, Other – Free Downloads!
I raided the Queen’s library again, and dashing out, I even grabbed a document in Welsh! Those guys with the tall hats can move faster than I would think.
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Health and Safety In Roof Work
Preventing Falls from Boom Type Platforms
Preventing Falls from Vehicles – Welsh
Preventing Falls from Vehicles
Safe Use of Ladders and Step Ladders
Safety in Window Cleaning using Rope Platforms
Full Programs from the HSE (UK Safety)
Thanks to Dan L for flagging me as to where I could find these. A wide range of detailed programs – some broad subjects, some very specific.
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Assessment of Repetitive Tasks of the Upper Limbs – The ART Tool
Diesel Engine Exhaust Emissions
Hand-Arm Vibration – a Guide for Employees
Health and Safety in Roof Work
Preventing Falls from Vehicles
Safe Use of Ladders and Stepladders
The High 5 Five Ways to Reduce Risk On Site
The Safe Use of Vehicles on Construction Sites
You Asked For It – UK Health and Safety Materials
Traffic from the UK was heavy and I received several comments like, “Good materials, but we will have to adapt them to the UK.” Well, seeing as the traffic was heavy, and this all about the safety of workers on the job, I did a little bit of looking and found where the Queen hides her safety materials. At least some of them. So here they are. Not all, obviously, but, a basic selection. Now that I have raided her coffers, I will add more in the future. If people across the pond know of more good materials, feel free to forward and I will post.
For those in the USA and elsewhere – regulations from the UK are normally at, or above what the USA requires. So instead of doing ‘the minimum,’ why not give this a look see? It won’t kill you (no pun).
Thank you for yelling at me.
Click links below for documents:
Handling Kerbs – Reducing the Risks of MSDs
Preventing Falls from Mobile Boom Type Lifts
Preventing Injury from Handling Heavy Blocks
Running a Small Construction Site
Safe Erection Use and Dismantling of Falsework
The Absolutely Essential Guide For The Smaller Construction Contractor
Fatal Falls In Construction – Demographics, Causes, Etc.
A detailed study on fatal falls in construction. Various causes, demographics, by year, etc. Good news is, the overall trend has them dropping.
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Free Fall Protection Toolbox Talks from WorkSafeBC – Download Here
A good selection of toolbox talks, plus a template for a written plan.
Click links below for documents:
Falls – How Long Does it Take to Fall
Falls – Inspecting your Landyard
Falls – Shock Absorbers and Caribiners
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