Dirt
This shall be provided with standard guardrails where people or equipment are required or permitted to cross over excavations.
Sept 2019 Safety Team
What are walkways or bridges. Section 25.B.05.
What is the Minimum Clearance Distance from an Energized Overhead Electrical Line up to 50 kV.
A. - 10 ft B. - 25 ft C. 100 ft
May 2019 Safety Team
A. - 10 ft
This will be installed on any hole 2 in (5.1 cm) or more in its least dimension on walking/working surfaces such as floors, roofs or other openings.
Mar 2019 Safety Team
What are covers. Section 21.G and 24.D.01
Personnel shall, as a minimum, wear this meeting ASTM Standard F2413 while working on construction sites unless it can be demonstrated by a PHA/AHA to the GDA’s satisfaction that a different type of foot protection is required.
Sept 2019 Safety Team
What is Protective Footwear. Section 05.E.05
1 - People are our most important resource. Look out for each other.
2 - Safety Culture
3 - Engage leaders and supervisors who know their employees/subordinates.
4 - Resiliency and recharge outside of work.
Hint (One of the four C's)
What is Care.
This shall be prepared and maintained when workers are working at a depth in excess of 5 ft.
What is a rescue plan. Section 25.A.01.2
These are attached to temporary lighting strings and extension cords unless the bulbs are deeply recessed in a reflector.
What are guards. Section 11.E.06 Temporary Lighting.
This shall be maintained at all times when ascending and descending ladders.
April 2019 Safety Team.
What is Three Points of Contact. Section 24.B.12.a. Use of Ladder.
Methodology to fully integrate safety into all business operations.
Ensure risk is managed at he correct level.
Reduce injuries and illnesses of our contractors and employees.
Enhance USACE ability to complete our mission on-time, within budget, and at a quality expected by our customers.
What is CE-SOHMS. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Safety & Occupational Health Management System.
1 - Army values and professional ethics. Enforce the standards even when no one is looking.
2 - Treat all with dignity and respect.
3 - Integrity and trust is everything. Honesty with me and with each other.
Hint (One of the four C's)
What is Character.
Employees, entering excavations classified as this, or that otherwise present the potential for emergency rescue shall wear rescue equipment and maintain communication with the attendant.
What is a Confined Space. Section 25.A.11
This shall be attached to the same location, if possible, that the lock would have been attached. If this is not possible then it shall be attached as close as safely possible to the device and in a position that will be immediately obvious to anyone attempting to operate the device.
What is a Tag. Section 12.E.b Locks and Tags
These shall be self-closing and self-locking, capable of being opened only by at least two consecutive deliberate actions.
Oct 2019 Safety Team
What are Snap Hook and Carabiners. Section 21.I.17(c)(1)
These allow workers to work above or in positions exposed to protruding reinforcing steel, fasteners, or other impalement hazards.
June 2019 Safety Team
What are Rebar Caps Section 27.A.02
1 - Experts in our craft. Technical competence. Solutions to our region's/Nation's toughest challenges.
2 - Put forth best effort everyday. Continuous improvement. Do routine things routinely.
3 - Enable our teammates to grow professionally through training and development.
Hint (One of the four C's)
What is Competence.
This shall be used for unstable soil or depths greater than 5 ft (>1.5 m) unless benching, sloping, or other acceptable plan is implemented by the Contractor and accepted by the GDA.
Mar 2019 Safety Team
What is Shoring. Section 25.A.03.f
This item passing through work areas shall be protected from damage (including that caused by foot traffic, vehicles, sharp corners, protections, and pinching).
Sept 2019 Safety Team
What are Portable Flexible Cords. Section 11.A.04.d
This shall be equipped with Suspension Trauma Preventers such as stirrups, relief steps, or similar in order to provide short-term relief from the effects of orthostatic intolerance. Snap hook/carabiner shall meet ANSI Z359.12 .
What is a Full Body Harnesses. Section 21.I.06(a)(3).
This must deliver at least 0.4 gal (1.5 L) of water per minute for fifteen (15) minutes or more (minimum 6 gallons (22.7 L) water).
Oct 2019 Safety Team
What is the emergency eyewash. Section 06.B.02(b)(3).
1 - Teamwork and collaboration. Good neighbors.
2 - Bias for action to deliver the program through risk-informed decision making.
3 - Effective communication - who else needs to know? Bad new doesn't get better with time. Tell our story.
4 - Stewards of our profession. Recruit and retain high quality teammates.
5 - Proud members of the organization. Build upon our reputation and history.
Hint (One of the four C's)
What is Commitment.
What type of soil?
Cohesive soil with an unconfirmed compressive strength of 0.5 tsf (48 kPa) or less.
1) granular soils includes gravel, sand, and loamy sand.
2) submerged soil or soil from which water is freely seeping.
3) submerged rock that is not stable.
April 2019 Safety Team
What is Type C soil. Section 25 Table 25-1.
Stable Rock - Natural solid mineral that can be excavated with vertical sides and remain intact while exposed.
Type A - Cohesive soil with an unconfirmed compressive strength of 1.5 tons per square foot (tsf) (144 kPa) or greater.
Type B - Cohesive soil with an unconfirmed strength greater than 0.5 tsf (48 kPa) but less than 1.5 tsf (144 kPa).
This shall be provided on all circuits serving portable electric hand tools or semi-portable electric power tools (such as block/brick saws, table saws, air compressors, welding machines, and drill presses).
Feb 2019 Safety Team
What is GFCI Protection. Section 11.D.05.a Grounding
This height requirement is 6 ft (1.8 m) for ALL work covered by EM385-1-1 unless specified differently below, whether performed by Government or Contractor work forces, to include steel erection activities, systems-engineered activities(prefabricated) metal buildings, residential (wood) construction and scaffolding work.
Mar 2019 Safety Team
What is the Fall Protection Threshold. Section 21.A.01
This shall be anchored with rods and cables or by steel straps to ground anchors. The anchor system shall be designed to withstand winds and must meet applicable state or local standards for anchoring mobile trailer homes.
Feb 2019 Safety Team
What are trailers and other temporary structures used as field offices, as personnel housing, or for storage. Section 04.A.03 Temporary Facilities.
Performance management system that is fair, credible, and transparent. It aims to provide clear guidance and continuous feedback between employees and supervisors, increase morale and effectiveness, and better link organizational mission and goals to individual performance plans.
What is DPMAP. DoD Performance Management and Appraisal Program.