ENERGY WHEEL
CRANES
EXCAVATIONS
STAIRS & LADDERS
ACRONYMS
100

A tool to help workers identify safety hazards they encounter at work.

What is the Energy Wheel or Hazard Identification Tool?

100

Load charts, special hazard warnings, instructions & operator's manual

What are items that must be available to the crane operator at all times?

100

The greatest hazard facing a worker while working in a trench.

What are Cave-Ins?

100

Stairways that have 4 or more risers, must have this.

What is a Stair Rail?

100

PPE

What is Personal Protective Equipment?

200

A condition or action that has the potential to result in harm or injury to people, property, or the environment.

What is a hazard?

200

The person responsible for inspecting all machinery & equipment prior to use and during use.

What is a Competent Person?

200

4 Feet

What is the depth required for quick worker exit?

200

This type of ladder should NEVER be used around power lines or exposed energized electrical equipment.

What is a Metal Ladder?

200

MAD

What is Minimum Approach Distance?
300

Gravity, Motion, Mechanical, Electrical, Pressure, Sound, Radiation, Chemical, Temperature

What are hazard types or energy sources?

300

Nearly 45% of crane accidents are the result of the boom or crane making contact with this.

What are energized power lines?

300

The minimum distance materials, tools, & other supplies must be kept from the excavation's edge.

What is 2 feet?

300

The weight handrails must be able to withstand, without failure, within 2 inches of the top edge in any direction.

What is 200 pounds?

300

LOTO

What is Lockout-Tagout?

400

The most common type of energy source usually seen immediately while on the job.

What is Motion?

400

Standardized set of hand and arm positions & movements understood by the crane operator and spotter.

What are Crane Hand Signals?

400

90-130 lbs

What is how much 1 cubic foot of soil weighs?

400

What you should maintain when climbing a ladder.

What is 3-points of contact?

400

EPZ

What is Equipotential Zone?

500

The biological hazard that unexpectedly spread across the US in 2020.

What is COVID-19 or Coronavirus?

500

Contact with Power Lines, Overturns, Mechanical Failures and Falls


What are the major types of crane accidents?

500

Shoring, Sloping & Benching, Shielding

What are protective systems?

500

This type of ladder should be set-up at a 1:4 angle. 

What is a Non-Supporting Ladder?

500

OSHA

What is Occupational Safety & Health Administration 

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