Barnard Policies
What is a portion of our Mobile Device Policy?
If in a vehicle, must pull over in a safe location. If on foot, must be in a safe location and stop walking or moving.
Personnel shall not use wired or wireless earpieces (earbuds, Bluetooth, etc.) in connection with cellphones or other electronic devices.
The daily pre-shift meeting with crews to identify hazards within the scope of work for the day?
What is a Toolbox Talk or Tailboard Meeting?
How many hours do you have to send an initial/final incident report?
An initial/final report should be prepared within 24 hours after an incident.
This rating is required for personal eye protection.
What is Z87?
This is an ANSI designation which means it is rated for impact.
All employees are granted this to shut down work during work activities.
What is Stop Work Authority?
All employees are granted Stop Work Authority (SWA). SWA will be initiated for a task or concern when a risk control is perceived inadequate, unclear, or not understood. All supervisors will be supportive of employees invoking this authority and will address the concern raised by the employee.
List 2 items from our New Hire Hard Hat Policy.
Employees must have a 1" blue stripe down the center of the hard hat.
Employees must keep the blue stripe for a minimum of 60 days on their hard hat.
Employees must have their names on the hard hat.
What document is needed when performing welding or torching?
Hot Work Permit
What does TRIR stand for?
Total Recordable Incident Rate
This is the definition of a competent person.
What is:
One who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings or working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous or dangerous to employees, and who has authorization to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate them?
This form is required by subcontractors regarding their safety stats.
What is a Subcontractor Safety Inquiry Form?
When is back-in parking required, and what other methods are acceptable means when unable to?
Everywhere, including offices. Parallel and pull-thur
What form is required when making a "pick" with a crane and the lift capacity is over 75%?
Critical Lift Form
This is also required when using two or more cranes to make a pick.
After an incident occurs what would require a review of the incident with the CEO, OM, and Safety Director?
All recordable injuries and any damage value $2500 or more.
The top rails of a guardrail system have a height requirement of this.
What is 42 inches (1.1 m) +/- 3 inches (8 cm) above the walking/working level?
Wetting down the grinding surface to reduce dust emissions is an example of this kind of control from our Silica Exposure Program.
What are Engineering controls?
Engineering controls include, but are not limited to:
Use of dust collection systems which are available for many dust generating tools and equipment. As with the TBM mining, a scrubber system will be used to mitigate the dust out of the head to treat and release;
Wetting down the grinding or cutting surface to reduce dust emissions;
During saw cutting, use equipment that provides water to the blade;
During rock drilling, use water through the drill stem to reduce the amount of dust in the air;
During abrasive blasting, use abrasives with a low silica or no silica content; and
Use local exhaust ventilation to prevent dust from being released into the air.
Who performs the assessment and implementation of our Hand Protection Policy?
Our expectation
is that each project team shall immediately assess the tasks being performed
When must an excavation inspection be filled out completely?
This form must be completed for excavations that are greater than 5 feet in depth and those that are under 5 feet, if conditions warrant. Excavations or pits must be re-inspected if there is a change in soil condition, e.g., after rain or thawing.
FIND Question to replace.
What is the difference between a report only of an injury and a first aid?
A report only is when a minor injury has occurred, but no care was required or given. We document it regardless and keep the report on the project.
A first aid is considered when care is given, such as icing, bandages, bracing, or over-the-counter meds are given.
This common piece of equipment is required to have the operator qualified to operate it every 3 years.
What is a Forklift or Telehandler?
1926.1427(d)(1)(v)
They are required to have bloodborne pathogen training.
Who are?
Foremen
Supervisors
Employees trained/expected to provide First Aid
What are the three major components of our Corporate Forklift training practices?
Classroom, written test, and demonstrating skills.
What document encompasses the scope of work, the hazards, and mitigations that must be filled out prior to work beginning. This is a living document that needs to be updated as the work or changing conditions.
Job Hazard Analysis (JHA), Job Safety Analysis (JSA), Activity Hazard Analysis (AHA)
These 3 events could result in a recordable injury.
1. Wound closure such as sutures or staples (Not Steri-Strips)
2. Prescription Medication (ie antibiotics, pain meds)
3. Loss of consciousness
4. Days away from work
5. Restricted work or transfer to another job
6. Physical therapy or Chiropractic treatment
7. Facture or broken bone
There are 4 characteristics that could define a Confined Space as a 'Permit-Required Confined Space'. Name three.
What are?
Contains or has a potential to contain a hazardous atmosphere.
Contains a material that has the potential for engulfing an entrant.
Has an internal configuration that could trap or asphyxiate an entrant by inwardly converging walls, or by a floor that slopes downward and tapers to a smaller cross section, or
Contains any other recognized serious safety or health hazard.
SHIIPP stands for this.
What is our Safety, Health, Injury & Illness Prevention Program?