Focus Four Hazards
This Focus Four hazard is the leading cause of construction fatalities.
What are falls?
PPE stands for this.
What is Personal Protective Equipment?
Gloves help prevent these painful wood injuries.
What are splinters?
This powder is mixed with water to form mortar.
What is cement?
JHA stands for this
What is Job Hazard Analysis?
Contact with overhead power lines can cause this Focus Four hazard.
What is electrical shock?
This PPE should always be worn when cutting or sanding lumber.
What is eye protection?
Lumber should be stored this way instead of standing on end.
What is flat on the ground?
Wet cement can cause these injuries to skin and eyes.
What are chemical burns?
OSHA strongly does this regarding JHAs.
What is encourages their use?
Unsafe trench work is commonly associated with this Focus Four category.
What is caught-in/caught-between?
Thick gloves protect workers from this steel-framing hazard.
What are sharp or jagged edges?
Lumber stacked manually should not exceed this height.
What is 6 feet?
Silica dust is commonly created during these activities on concrete.
What are cutting or drilling?
JHAs should generally be completed at this time.
What is the start of each workday?
Not wearing reflective vests and unaware your surroundings often lead to this Focus Four hazard.
What is struck-by?
Wearing this PPE helps protect against treated-lumber dust.
What is a dust mask?
Scrap lumber may be placed at this angle under stored lumber.
What is 90 degrees?
This serious lung disease is caused by breathing crystalline silica.
What is silicosis?
A JHA focuses on the worker, task, tools, and this fourth factor.
What is the work environment?
Together, the Focus Four account for approximately this percentage of construction deaths.
What is 60%?
PPE is effective only when it is used this way.
What is correctly?
Chemicals in this type of lumber can create environmental and health hazards.
What is treated lumber?
OSHA regulation 1926.1153 is commonly known as this standard.
What is the Silica Standard?
Hazards are identified before they do this.
What is cause harm?
Name all four Focus Four hazards.
What are falls, struck-by, caught-in/caught-between, and electrical shock?
Besides PPE, these two things greatly reduce injury risk.
What are common sense and proper training/knowledge?
After handling treated lumber, workers should do this to exposed skin.
What is wash it thoroughly?
Name two other illnesses linked to silica exposure besides silicosis.
What are lung cancer, COPD, or kidney disease.
Name two items reviewed during pre-planning JHAs.
What are tools/materials/equipment, staffing, duration, or quality concerns?