Falls
The height at which fall protection is required.
What is 6 feet?
These may not be hung or suspended using metal fasteners such as staples, bent nails, tie-wire and so on.
What are extension cords and stringlights?
The height a mobile scaffold (baker scaffold) must have handrails installed.
What is 2 feet and greater?
Hand digging/Soft digging is required within this many feet of any known utility?
What is 3 feet?
A critical lift plan must be developed when the load exceeds this much of the crane's capacity.
What is 75%?
The required height range for the top rail of a guardrail system?
What is 39 to 45 inches (42 inches +/- 3")?
All extension cords must be "3-wire type" and have this in place.
What is a ground prong?
The maximum height a ladder can be used before requiring fall protection.
What is 20 feet?
These three people must sign a Balfour Beatty dig permit.
What is the formen, operator and BB supervisor?
All rigging devices must have this and it must be legible.
What is a load capacity tag?
This is the amount of force that guardrail systems must be able to withstand.
The minimum gauge extension cords must be on a Balfour Beatty project.
What is 14 guage?
The proper height-to-base ratio for an extension ladder.
What is 4:1?
When an excavation reaches this depth, cave-in protection is required by Balfour Beatty.
What is 4 feet?
The minimum distance lifting operations shall be kept away from overhead power lines.
What is 10 feet?
The weight/force needed to be withstood for an anchor point for a personal fall arrest system.
What is 5,000 pounds per person?
This device protects personnel from electric shock and is required by OSHA for all cord and plug-connected electrical power tools used.
What is a GFCI?
When scaffolds exceed this height, guys, ties, or braces should be used to secure the scaffold system.
What is 4 times the minimum base dimension?
The depth fall protection is required for excavations
What is 6 feet and greater?
This form of heat-related illness happens when the body becomes unable to regulate its core temperature. Sweating stops and the body can no longer rid itself of excess heat.
What is heat stroke?
A self-retracting lifeline (SRL) should stop a fall within how many feet?
What is 2 feet?
The minimum distance that scaffold planks must overlap their support.
What is 6 inches?
The minimum distance spoil piles must be kept back from edge of trenches.
What is 2 feet?
In 1919, the Bullard Company began the first mass production of this common piece of safety equipment.
What is the hard hat?