Construction Safety

Key Points

Methods

OSHA requires employees to protect their employees from workplace hazards through the use of engineering or work practice controls. When these controls are not feasible or do not provide sufficient protection, the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) is required.

Employers are required to assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitates the use of PPE. If employees use PPE, employers must establish general procedures, called a PPE Program, to give employees necessary protective equipment and to train them to use it properly. The program should explain when to use PPE and how to select, maintain, and evaluate it.

PPT slides #1 – #3

Key Points

Methods

I. Hierarchy of controls

A. Engineering controls

1. Substitution

2. Isolation

3. Ventilation

4. Equipment modification

5. Others

B. Administrative controls

1. Proper procedures

2. Inspection and maintenance

3. Housekeeping

4. Supervision

5. Regulated areas (no eating, drinking, smoking, chewing tobacco or gum, and applying cosmetics)

6. Limit exposure by time or distance

7. Others

C. PPE

II. Types of PPE

A. Head protection

1. Classes of hard hats

2. Selecting the right hard hat

B. Eye and face protection

1. When must eye protection be provided?

2. Criteria for selecting eye protection

3. Employees who wear eyeglasses

4. Examples of eye and face protection

C. Respiratory Protection

D. Hearing protection

1. Average dBA for selected construction trades/ activities

2. When must hearing protection be provided?

3. Examples of hearing protection

E. Hand and arm protection

1. When must hand protection be provided?

2. Examples of hand and arm protection

F. Foot and leg protection

1. When must foot protection be provided?

2. Examples of foot and leg protection

G. Body protection – protective clothing

1. Major causes of body injuries

2. Criteria for selecting body protection

3. Examples of body protection

III. Training employees who are required to use PPE

A. Why PPE is necessary

B. How PPE will protect employee

C. What PPE can and cannot do

D. When and how to wear PPE

E. How to identify signs of wear and tear

F. How to clean and disinfect PPE

G. When PPE is worn out and how to properly dispose of PPE

IV. Responsibilities

A. Employer

1. Assess workplace for hazards

2. Provide PPE at no cost to employee

3. Determine when to use

4. Provide PPE training

B. Employee

1. Use PPE in accordance with training and other instructions

2. Inspection and maintenance

3. Turn in PPE for replacement when needed

Instructor-led discussion

PPT slides #4 - #8

https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/safetyhealth/comp3.html

PPT slides #9 – #29

https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/safetyhealth/comp3.html

https://www.osha.gov/Publications/osha3151.html

https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/eyeandface/index.html

https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/respiratory/respirator_selection.html

https://www.osha.gov/dts/osta/otm/noise/index.html

https://www.osha.gov/Publications/osha3151.html

https://www.osha.gov/Publications/osha3151.html

https://www.osha.gov/Publications/osha3151.html

PPT slide #30

https://www.osha.gov/Publications/osha3151.html

PPT slides #31 – #32

https://www.osha.gov/Publications/osha3151.html

https://www.osha.gov/dte/outreach/intro_osha/7_employee_ppe.pdf

Key Points

Methods

Show pictures of jobsite activities. Have students identify the hazards and PPE needed.

PPT slides #33 – #36

Key Points

Methods

Summarize key points

Knowledge Check: Personal Protective Equipment

References

PPT slide #37

PPT slides #38 – #45