Elevated Work
Accounts for 33.5% of total deaths in construction.
What is falls?
What is hard hat, class II vest, safety glasses, work boots, long pants?
Any man-made cut, cavity, trench or depression.
What is an Excavation?
Number of workers who died on the job in 2018.
(# within 500)
What is 5,250?
Most frequent cited OSHA standards violation.
What is fall protection?
Pounds an anchorage point shall be capable of supporting.
What is 5000?
ANSI rating for safety glasses.
What is Z87?
The minimum distance spoil piles shall be placed from the edge of an excavation.
What is 2 feet?
The 4 main causes accounted for __% of construction related fatalities (+/- 10%)
What is 58.6%?
Percentage of worker fatalities in the construction sector.
(Within 5%)
What is 21.1%?
Superior Construction requires fall protection at this height.
What is at 6ft?
Oversees the development of standards for products, services, processes, systems, and personnel in the United States
What is American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
Depth in a trench or excavation when protective systems (trench box, sloping, shoring) are required.
What is 4ft?
This accounts for 33.5% of total deaths in construction.
What is falls?
President that signed the Occupational Safety and Health Act in 1971
What is President Richard M. Nixon
If a shock absorbing lanyard deploys after a fall.
What is take out of service?
dBa PEL for an 8 hour shift according to OSHA (hearing protection).
What is 90 dBA?
A ladder or other means of access should be placed at this distance to the nearest worker.
What is 25 ft?
Total death toll from workers is in 1970 is higher or lower than 2018.
What is lower?
(38 deaths per day in 1970, 14 deaths per day 2018)
Duration OSHA is legally allowed to leave an inspection open.
What is up to 6 months?
3 components of fall protection system.
What is..
anchor/anchorage connector
body wear/harness
connecting device/lanyard/retractable
The second most common body part to be injured at work.
What is hands?
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.
Who is a competent person?
4 main causes of death in construction
What is ..
1. Falls
2. Struck by objects
3. Electrocutions
4. Caught in or between
Maximum amount of fine given out by OSHA in for a willful violation.
(Within $5,000)
What is $135,000?