OSHA
It is equipment worn to minimize exposure to hazards that cause serious workplace injuries and illnesses.
What is PPE (Personal Protective Equipment)?
This is a flexible, rubbery material used to seal gaps or joints.
What is caulking?
The project included the demolition of 3 existing facilities before the new 10,000sf construction began which included a house director suite and 2nd level residential space.
What was the Tri-Delta Sorority project?
An electrical outlet that automatically shuts off power to prevent electrical hazards which is often called a GFCI.
What is a ground fault circuit interrupter?
This means using two hands and a foot, or two feet and a hand when climbing or descending a ladder.
What is the 3-point contact rule?
They are a significant safety concern in the construction industry, representing a large portion of workplace injuries and fatalities, with the leading cause of construction deaths; around 31% of construction injuries are attributed to them.
What are slips, trips, and falls?
A temporary elevated work platform.
What is a scaffold?
The project included approximately 35,000sf of demolition and remodel of an existing military building which would house unmanned drone cockpits.
What was the GFAFB B541 project?
A federal civil rights law that protects people with disabilities from discrimination in many areas of public life and is often referred to as ADA.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act?
This type of PPE is used to protect from falling objects, Electrical shock, Weather-related elements, and Bumping into fixed objects.
What is a hardhat?
This is used to protect employees exposed to the danger of being struck by public and construction traffic while working in construction work zones.
What is Hi-Vis apparel?
One who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards, and who has authority to make changes.
What is a competent person?
The project consisted of 19,000sf of addition for a new auditorium and music classroom along with a new roof to enclose a courtyard.
What was the Wahpeton HS project?
A document that provides information on how to safely handle and work with hazardous chemicals and is a primary source of information on chemical hazards that is often referred to as SDS.
What are Safety Data Sheets?
DOUBLE!! These two dreaded safety programs need to be discussed and reviewed with employees each year and are required by WSI.
What is the TF Powers Return to Work program and Drugs and Alcohol Policy.
It typically includes a body harness, anchorage points, connectors, and a lanyard, designed to prevent serious injury.
What is a Personal Fall Arrest System?
The written instructions from an architect or engineer that accompany the project plans pertaining to the quality of materials and workmanship required for the project.
What are the project specifications?
The project consisted of replacing balconies on a 9-story condominium building.
What was the Twin Towers Project?
A government agency that sets and enforces safety standards to protect construction workers from hazards on the job site and is often called OSHA.
What is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration?
Occurs when the body loses heat faster than it can produce it and can lead to serious injuries, illnesses, and tissue damage.
What is cold stress?
They are a set of procedures and practices that protect employees from hazardous energy during equipment maintenance or servicing.
What is Lockout Tagout?
A formal amendment to a construction contract that changes the scope of the project.
What is a change order?
The project was a renovation of an approximately 133,000sf campus building which ranged from 1 to 5 stories and was completed in phases while the owner occupied the building.
What was the MSUM Livingston Lord Library project?
An organization that develops and publishes voluntary consensus standards for materials, products, systems, and services used in construction which often referred to by their acronym ASTM.
What is the American Society for Testing and Materials?
This is the amount of time that TF Powers aims to have between each skid steer service.
What is 300 operating hours?