Fall Protection
Regardless of scope of work, this is the minimum height fall protection is required.
What is 6 feet?
This disease, caused by inhaling respirable crystalline silica dust leads to inflammation and permanent scarring of the lungs.
What is Silicosis?
OSHA does not require riggers/signalpersons to be certified; however, they do require that they are this title, which is designated by the employer.
What is qualified?
Spoils, tools, and materials should be kept at this minimum distance from the edge to prevent collapse and struck by hazards.
What is 3 feet?
This type of work creates sparks or open flames and will require a permit to be located in the vicinity that the work is happening.
What is hot work?
A handrail should be installed on stairs with this many risers or more OR more than 30".
What is 4 risers?
When engineering controls cannot be used, workers may wear this type of protective equipment, only after proper fit tests are completed.
What is a respirator?
This is the minimum clearance for cranes working around overhead powerlines.
What is 20 feet?
At this depth, a safe means of access/egress must be provided at intervals of 25 feet or less of lateral travel.
What is 4 feet or more?
Regarding fueling operations on site, a fire extinguisher must be located no further than this distance and equipment motors must be _____ prior to refueling.
What is 75 feet and shut off?
A warning line should be installed for leading edge and roof work. For roofers, the warning line is installed at 6 feet and it is this distance for all other trades.
What is 15 feet?
To prevent airborne silica, this specific method is prohibited to clean or clear away dust from concrete, masonry, brick, or grout.
What is Compressed Air?
Name these two crane types that require onsite assembly and an independent 3rd party inspection prior to being put in service.
What are Lattice Boom Cranes and Tower Cranes?
To protect workers from a potential cave in, one of these 3 protective systems must be utilized at this depth or greater.
What is sloping, benching, shoring at 4 ft?
Portable storage tanks of flammables or combustibles, such as gasoline or diesel will have secondary containment for spills or leaks and will be staged at a minimum of this distance from any building.
What is 20 feet?
The top rail of a guardrail system should be able to withstand 200 lbs of force and reach this height, with vertical posts installed no more than this many feet apart.
What is 42", +/- 3 and 8' OC.
This document containing a specific "plan" should be submitted for review prior to the start of work if the scope requires cutting, grinding, drilling, mixing or crushing materials like concrete, brick, stone, or masonry.
What is a Silica Control Plan?
As working radius increases on a crane, this happens to the load capacity.
What is decreases?
An excavation/trench in unclassified soil should be treated as this soil type and sloped at this ratio. You can never use this specific protective system in unclassified soil.
What is Class C soil, sloped at 1 1/2:1? No benching.
This is the maximum distance a worker should be required to travel to reach a suitable fire extinguisher on site.
What is 100 feet?
This common saying refers to the correct installment of wire rope clips in a cable guardrail system.
What is "never saddle a dead horse?"
This air cleaning device, required for silica dust collection systems, must meet a 99.97% efficiency rating at 0.3 microns.
What is a HEPA filter?
Prior to a crane arriving on site, a lift plan should be submitted with these 3 specific documents regarding the OPERATOR of the crane.
What is...
1. Operator Certification 2. Medical Evaluation
3. Operator Evaluation for that specific crane type
When utilizing a protective system such as a trench box, the soil should not be excavated more than this much below the protective system.
What is 2 feet?
Compressed gas cylinders, whether full or empty must be stored in this manner.
What is upright, secured, and with the cap in place?