OSHA I
What does OSHA stand for?
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Name 2 of OSHA's missions.
-Establishing and enforcing mandatory workplace safety and health standards.
-Implementing new safety programs.
-Improving existing safety programs.
-Finding innovating ways to deal with workplace safety and health issues.
-Monitoring job related injuries, illnesses, and deaths.
What does LOTO stand for?
Lock Out Tag Out
What is rigging?
The act of safely securing a load, such as a piece of equipment, to prepare it for movement from one place to another.
Walking and Working Surface Regulations
Cleaning a spill
What regulations are under General Workplace Safety?
-Walking and Working Surface Regulations
-Fall Prevention Regulations
-General Environmental Hazard Regulations
Describe First Aid and Fire Safety
-Medical First Aid
-Fire Protection
Emergency Evacuation and Fire Prevention
What are confined spaces?
An area that is considered dangerous because of its enclosed conditions and limited access.
What are aerial lifts used for?
Aerial lifts have replaced ladders and scaffolding on many job sites due to their mobility and flexibility
Fall Prevention Regulations
Wearing a Harness to prevent fall
What is PPE and what's its purpose?
Personal protective equipment (PPE) is designed to protect a worker’s body from hazards faced on the job.
Name 3 types of PPE.
•Eye protection
•Ear protection
•Head protection
•Hand and arm protection
•Foot protection
•Lung protection
•Protective clothing
What determines Permit Required Confined Spaces?
-Contains or has the potential to contain a hazardous atmosphere;
-Contains a material with the potential to engulf someone who enters the space;
-Has an internal configuration that might cause an entrant to be trapped or asphyxiated by inwardly converging walls or by a floor that slopes downward and tapers to a smaller cross section; and/or
-Contains any other recognized serious safety or health hazards
How do you practice safety driving in a wind farm?
-Be aware of weather conditions.
-Ensure vehicle is working properly
-Have an emergency plan and kit in the vehicle
-Don’t get distracted
-Follow driving laws
Fall Prevention Regulations
Using a fire blanket
Explain safety regarding Tools and Machines.
-Use appropriate PPE.
-Know how to use your tools.
-Fitting power tools with guards and safety switches.
-Covering the exposed moving parts of power tools to prevent injury from any moving parts and flying chips or sparks.
-Securely clamping workpieces to the surface when drilling.
What are 2 Material Handling Regulations?
-Storage Regulations
-Hazardous Materials Regulations
What do you need to lock and tag?
Hazardous equipment that needs maintenance
What are 5 components when rigging?
-Life support
-Lifting device
-Sling
-Attachment device
-Load
Material Handling
Getting crushed by improper storage of supplies
What is a JSA and its purpose?
Job Safety Analysis
A procedure that helps reduce incidents, accidents, and injuries in the workplace.
What are the procedures for a JSA?
-Basic Job Steps
-Potential Hazards
-Recommended Safe Job Procedures
What are the 7 procedures to perform LOTO?
Identify the energy source
Turn off the energy
Verify zero energy state
Protect against unexpected energizing
Perform work carefully
Make sure equipment is safe to re-energize
Turn on energy slowly
What are the 5 types of Aerial Work Platforms?
-Spider lift
-Articulating boom lifts
-Telescopic boom lifts
-Scissor lifts
-Cherry picker
Tools and Machines