Intro to OSHA
This federal agency was created under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to ensure safe and healthful working conditions.
What is OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)?
OSHA requires fall protection in construction when a worker is exposed to a fall of this height or more to a lower level.
What is 6 feet?
This energy control procedure prevents electrocution by ensuring equipment is de-energized and cannot be started while maintenance or servicing is being performed.
What is lockout/tagout (LOTO)?
This control method keeps workers out of hazardous areas by using physical barriers, cones, or warning tape.
What are barricades (or barriers)?
This piece of heavy equipment is commonly associated with caught-in/between incidents due to its moving bucket and blind spots.
What is an excavator (or backhoe)?
This section of the OSH Act requires employers to provide a workplace free from recognized hazards that could cause death or serious harm.
What is the General Duty Clause (Section 5(a)(1))?
This type of fall protection system includes an anchor, connectors, and body harness and is designed to stop a worker’s fall safely.
What is a personal fall arrest system (PFAS)?
This unsafe condition happens when electrical current travels through a worker’s body to the ground, often due to faulty equipment or improper grounding.
What is electrical shock (or ground fault)?
This signal person or system is used to communicate with equipment operators to safely guide movements and prevent struck-by incidents.
What is a spotter (or signal person)?
OSHA requires these protective systems in trenches 5 feet or deeper to prevent cave-ins.
What are sloping, shoring, or trench boxes (shielding)?
Workers have the right to file this confidential report with OSHA if they believe their workplace is unsafe.
What is an OSHA complaint?
This component of a PFAS must be capable of supporting at least 5,000 pounds per employee attached.
What is an anchorage (anchor point)?
OSHA requires these devices on construction sites to protect workers from ground faults by quickly shutting off power.
What are Ground-Fault Circuit Interrupters (GFCIs)?
This type of struck-by hazard occurs when objects fall from above, like tools dropped from scaffolds or loads from cranes.
What is struck-by falling object?
This type of caught-in hazard is common in trenches and excavations when soil collapses on workers.
What is a cave-in?
This document must be displayed in the workplace and informs workers of their rights under OSHA.
What is the OSHA Job Safety and Health “It’s the Law” poster?
This hazard occurs when a worker falls, swings like a pendulum, and strikes an object or lower level.
What is swing fall?
According to OSHA, overhead power lines carrying up to 50 kV require equipment and workers to stay at least this distance away.
What is 10 feet?
OSHA requires this control method on construction sites to safely manage internal traffic and reduce the risk of workers being struck by vehicles and heavy equipment.
What is an internal traffic control plan (ITCP)?
This hazard occurs when a worker is crushed between a moving object, like heavy equipment, and a fixed object, such as a wall.
What is caught-between objects?
This OSHA protection ensures that employees cannot be fired, demoted, or retaliated against for reporting safety hazards or violations.
What is whistleblower protection (11C)?
These must be installed around holes in walking/working surfaces to prevent workers from falling through.
What are guardrail systems?
This type of contact occurs when a worker directly touches exposed energized conductors or circuit parts.
What is direct contact?
This struck-by hazard occurs during crane operations when the load swings unexpectedly due to wind, sudden stops, or improper rigging, potentially striking nearby workers.
What is a swinging (or suspended) load hazard?
During maintenance, a worker is positioned between a hydraulic boom and the equipment frame when stored energy is suddenly released, causing the boom to move and crush the worker. This type of caught-in/between hazard is specifically caused by this uncontrolled danger.
What is stored energy (or release of stored energy)?