Window Safety
Window installers should always wear what?
PPE, including safety glasses, gloves, and hard hats, to protect themselves from injury.
You can use any material to cover a hole during construction.
FALSE
Situational Awareness means?
Paying attention and being aware of what’s going on around you.
Driving should take what % of your concentration?
100%
What is the difference between a tornado Watch and a tornado Warning?
WATCH means tornadoes are possible in and near your area.
WARNING means Take Action! A tornado is near and there is Danger.
For guidelines and installation instructions always refer to?
Follow the Manufacturer's Instructions
Since, they don’t make any safety equipment available for roofers, as a roofer you don’t need
OSHA subpart M 1926.500 & 1926.501 –FALL PROTECTION- doesn’t apply to roofing.
When you practice situational awareness at work, you remain alert and aware of what of your workers?
Where your coworkers are and what they are doing.
Once you have already started sliding on ice, turning your wheel in this direction can help straighten it out.
Turn your front wheel in the same direction that the rear of the vehicle is sliding. For example, if the back of the car slides to the right, turn the wheel to the right. Be prepared for the car to swing back in the opposite direction.
The Red Cross wants you to donate what?
Blood
Before installation, thoroughly inspect the window opening for?
Any structural issues or damage that could compromise the installation process.
You can use a 2x12 as a walkway over an excavation.
True
If you are working outdoors, you should pay attention to?
The weather
The moment your car is falling into a body of water you should
Unbuckle your seatbelt and roll down the windows. Do Not Open The Door!!
Once any job is completed you must ____.
Clean up.
A secure window is only as good as.
Its installation.
What are the top three major types of fall hazards in construction?
Roofs, Scaffolding, Portable Ladders
When should situational awareness be used?
Situational awareness is something that should be happening all the time, throughout the workday.
Don't turn on your high beams in heavy fog because Fog is essentially water molecules that will do what?
Reflect that light back to you and make it harder to see.
Side Note: Instead, turn on your headlights and fog lamps if you have them.
How many pounds per worker does an anchorage need to support?
5,000 Pounds
Accidents can be avoided by maintaining a ____?
Clean and well-organized working environment.
A personal fall arrest system consists of what 3 parts?
Anchorage, full body harness, and lanyard/retractable lanyard
What factors should you avoid helping to reduce situational awareness?
Stranded on the road; while waiting for help you should do this to position yourself away from traffic.
Hop into the passenger seat while waiting for help in the right shoulder lane. It can be safer than sitting in the driver's seat. And buckle up!
Situational awareness is something that should be happening all the time, throughout the workday. But there may be times when you should increase awareness of your surroundings and your actions, for example, when: