Personal Protective Equipment
Hard hats are required at all times on Hensel Phelps projects. The brim is required to be forward and the ratchet backwards, except while during this activity.
What is welding?
You can access Safety Data Sheets on our online platform, MSDS Online, using these two methods.
What is via Safety Connect and scanning the QR Code?
This lung disease is 100% preventable.
What is Silicosis?
Also referred to as the pendulum effect.
What is swing fall?
This is the most common shock-related nonfatal injury.
What are electrical burns?
Safety glasses are required at all times on Hensel Phelps projects. Safety glasses must meet ANSI Z-87 standards and have rigid side shields. When cutting, chipping, vibrating, or grinding concrete, this type of face protection is required in addition to safety glasses.
What is a face shield?
Safety Data Sheets use these two signal words found in section 2 of every Safety Data Sheet.
What is Danger and Warning?
OSHA's rule on respirable crystalline silica mandates reducing exposures through engineering and work practice controls. It gives contractors flexibility by providing three different compliance options. The preferred option lists 18 silica-generating tasks along with specific engineering controls and respirator requirements.
What is Table 1?
This is the frequency at which documented fall protection inspections are required according to Hensel Phelps policy.
What is quarterly?
Combustible metals require a specific type of fire extinguisher.
What is a Type D extinguisher?
Only construction-grade boots that cover the ankle can be worn on Hensel Phelps projects. When using tampers, jackhammers and similar equipment, this additional foot protection is required.
What is metatarsal guards?
You should do this if you have a question or don’t understand something about a chemical or product in the field.
What is talk to your supervisor?
The most common way to control silica exposure is by use of HEPA vacuum or wet methods. When used with power tools, it must be integrated into the tool to collect or suppress the dust at the point of contact. This is what kind of control method.
What is Engineering Controls?
These are the two types of fall rescue.
What are assisted and self-rescue?
These are more prone to damage than fixed wiring.
What are flexible cords?
In addition to the minimum required PPE, this operation requires the following additional PPE and procedures.
-Tuck pants inside the boots.
-Tape your pants at the top of the rubber boot.
-Wear a long sleeve shirt.
-Impervious gloves taped at the cuff.
-Hoseman, nozzleman, and vibrator must wear a face shield.
What is concrete?
The 4 routes of entry are Inhalation, Absorption, Ingestion and Injection. Chemicals can have an adverse health affect on the human body over a short period of time, or occur gradually over time, also known as...
What is Acute and Chronic Health Hazards?
Dry sweeping or dry brushing is not allowed because it creates an airborne dust hazard by disturbing settled silica dust. These 2 alternative measures are the most common for removal of settled silica dust on the ground.
What is Sweeping Compound and HEPA-filtered Vacuuming?
A complete guardrail system consists of a top rail, mid rail, and toeboard. The top rail must withstand 200lbs of force, 150lbs for the mid rail, and 50lbs for the toeboard respectively. The top rail must be between these dimensions.
What is 39" and 45" (42" +/- 3") ?
This shuts off electricity when it senses an imbalance between "coming" and "going" currents.
What is a GFCI?
Respirators are a last resort option in our hierarchy of controls. They may be required when controls fail or are inadequate to prevent harmful exposure. All respirators must be NIOSH approved. An N95 Mask ("Dust Mask") is a respirator. When required to wear a respirator, workers must have these 3 things.
What is medical evaluation, fit test, and training?
Every container must be labelled to include the following:
-Chemical Name
-Product Identifier
-Signal Word
-Hazard Statement
-Pictograms
-Precautionary Statement
-First Aid Statement
-Supplier Identification
-And this Hensel Phelps requirement...
What is the contractor name?
The employer shall establish and implement this document if their tasks involve exposure to respirable crystalline silica. It should be readily available, reviewed annually, and it should contain at least the following…
-Description of tasks that involve exposure to respirable crystalline silica
-Controls, work practices, and respiratory protection
-Housekeeping measures
-Procedures to restrict access
-Designate a competent person
What is a Written Exposure Control Plan?
D rings and snap hooks shall be proof tested to this tensile load without cracking, breaking, or taking permanent deformation.
What is 5,000 pounds?
The 4 items that must be operational inside of a battery room prior to placing batteries within the room.
What is; Active Ventilation, Hydrogen Monitoring, Eye Wash, Shower.