Handbook of OSHA Construction Safety and Health, 2nd Edition
Provides the tools for assessing incidents, preventing incidents, and tracking incidents at the worksite
Item #: 230-5465-06
ISBN: 0849365465
ISBN13: 978-0-8493-6546-1
Author: Charles D. Reese, James Vernon Eidson Publisher: CRC Press Format: Hardcover
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Construction worksites are rife with safety and health hazards. This Handbook helps you address a vast range of issues from program development to implementation and much more. Also includes new recordkeeping guidelines and forms with material on focused inspections. 984 pp.
Explores how to organize an approach in which everyone at the site knows
their responsibility and how they are held accountable for safety and health
Covers techniques for analyzing the potential hazards prior to starting
the project, the site's specific hazards and hazardous jobs
Contains updated appendices on training requirements, construction job
audit, OSHA offices, and definitions
Provides the tools for assessing incidents, preventing incidents, and
tracking incidents at the worksite
Delineates compliance requirements related to OSHA regulations and some of
the mechanisms that can be used to attain safety and health compliance
Handbook of OSHA Construction Safety and Health, Second Edition - Table of Contents:
INTRODUCTION
Construction Industry
Construction as a Business
Contractor Liability
Management/Professional Positions
Supervisors
The Competent Person(s)
Women in Construction
The Construction Trades
Unions of the Building and Construction Trades Department
Why the Hazards
Cost of Accidents/Incidents
Why Do Accidents Occur
Construction Deaths
Construction Injuries
Construction Illnesses
Construction Hazards
Construction's Relationship to OSHA
Intent of This Book
PERCEPTIONS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
Survey
Agreement
Disagreement
Contractors and Mixed Views
Other Areas
How to Use This Survey
Using the Results
Summary
THE PEOPLE ISSUE IN CONSTRUCTION SAFETY AND HEALTH
Setting the Stage
The Motivational Environment
Goal Setting
Self-Motivation
Dealing with People Along the Continuum
Motivational Leadership
The Ever-Changing Motivational Plan
Supervisory Motivational Initiatives
Motivational Techniques
Summary
CONSTRUCTION SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAMS
Reasons For a Comprehensive Safety Program
Building a Safety and Health Program
Explaining the Requirements and Elements of OSHA Guidelines for a Safety and Health Program
Model Construction Safety and Health Program
Safety and Health Program
Evaluation of Your Responses
Other Required Written Programs
ANALYZING CONSTRUCTION HAZARDS AND ACCIDENTS/INCIDENTS
Preconstruction Conference
Worksite Hazard Analysis
Accident/Incident Analysis
Job Safety Analysis
Hazard Analysis
Analyzing Accident Data
Summary
CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENT PREVENTION TECHNIQUES
Safety and Health Management
Communications
Toolbox Talks
Training
Hazard Identification
Safe Operating Procedures (SOPs)
When an Engineer is Needed
Special Programs
Preventive Maintenance Programs
Fleet Safety Program
Accident Investigation
Job Safety Observations
Safety and Health Audits
CONSTRUCTION SAFETY: A THROUGH H
Abrasive Grinding (1926.303)
Aerial Lifts (1926.556)
Air Receivers (1926.306)
Alarms (1926.159 and .602)
Arc Welding and Cutting (1626.351)
Barricades (1926.202)
Barriers
Batteries (1926.441)
Change Rooms (1926.51)
Compressed Air, Use of (1926.302)
Compressed Air, Working Under
Compressed Gas Cylinders (1926.350)
Compressed Gas Welding
Concrete Construction (1926.701)
Concrete - Cast-in-Place (1926.703)
Confined Spaces (1910.146 and 1926.21)
Construction Masonry (1926.706)
Conveyors (1926.555)
Cranes and Derricks (1926.550)
Demolition (1926. 850)
Disposal Chutes (1926.252)
Diving (1926.1071)
Drinking Water
Eating and Drinking Areas (1926.51)
Egress (1926.34)
Electrical (1926.400)
Employee Emergency Action Plans (1926.35)
Excavations /Trenches (1926.650)
Explosives and Blasting (1926.900)
Eye and Face Protection (1926.102)
Fall Protection (1926.500 - 503)
Fire Protection and Prevention (1926.150)
Flagperson (1926.201)
Floor and Wall Openings (1926.501)
Handbook of OSHA Construction Safety and Health, 2nd Edition
