Description
Book SynopsisA comprehensive overview of all aspects of construction safety, including standards and regulations, for major infrastructure and construction projects of all types.
Construction Safety: Health, Practices, and OSHA covers key elements of construction safety across all types of construction. In-depth coverage includes safety principles, precautions necessary with the use of specific materials, protections for various types of construction, detailed explanations of Activity Hazard Analyses (AHA) and Job Hazard Analysis (JHA), and compliance with OSHA regulations.
The book contains theoretical materials and detailed explanations with photos, tables, diagrams and sketches. At the end of each chapter there are multiple choice and fill-in-the-blanks questions typical of those found in various national exams and OSHA construction safety training exam as well as practice problems and critical-thinking questions.
Coverage includes:
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Table of Contents
Preface
1 Introduction
1.1 Nature of Construction Operations
1.2 Introduction to OSHA
1.3 Importance of Safe Practices
1.4 Workers’ Rights
1.5 Summary
1.6 Multiple-Choice Questions
1.7 Practice Problems
1.8 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
2 Personal Safety
2.1 Basics of Personal Safety
2.2 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
2.3 Head Protection
2.4 Hearing Protection
2.5 Eye and Face Protection
2.6 Hand Protection
2.7 Foot Protection
2.8 Respirator
2.9 Personal Training
2.10 Summary
2.11 Multiple-Choice Questions
2.12 Practice Problems
2.13 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
3 Responsibility, Culture, and Ethics
3.1 General
3.2 Company and Safety
3.3 Contractors and Safety
3.4 Supervisors and Safety
3.5 Office Personnel and Safety
3.6 Employee and Safety
3.7 Safety-First Culture
3.8 Ethics and Safety
3.9 Ethics and Whistle-Blowing
3.10 Summary
3.11 Multiple-Choice Questions
3.12 Practice Problems
3.13 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
4 Accidents in Constructions
4.1 General
4.2 Accident Theories
4.3 Causes of Accidents
4.4 Cost of Accidents
4.5 Incident Investigation Techniques
4.6 Impact of an Accident on the Employer
4.7 Common Human Performance Snares
4.8 Accident Prevention
4.9 Summary
4.10 Multiple-Choice Questions
4.11 Practice Problems
4.12 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
5 Construction’s Fatal Fours
5.1 General
5.2 Falls
5.3 Struck-by-Object
5.4 Electrocutions
5.5 Caught-in-Between
5.6 Summary
5.7 Multiple-Choice Questions
5.8 Practice Problems
5.9 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
6 Worker Compensation and Injured Worker Management
6.1 General
6.2 Workers’ Compensation Laws
6.3 Workers’ Compensation Insurance
6.4 Types of Disabilities
6.5 Cost Reduction Strategies
6.6 Remedy for Injured Workers
6.7 Compensable Injuries
6.8 How to Obtain Workers’ Compensation Benefits
6.9 Death Benefits
6.10 Injured Worker Management
6.11 Summary
6.12 Multiple-Choice Questions
6.13 Practice Problems
6.14 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
7 Hazards Analysis
7.1 General
7.2 Types of Hazards
7.3 Importance of Job Hazard Analysis
7.4 Appropriate Jobs for Hazard Analysis
7.5 Getting Started for Hazard Analysis
7.6 Breaking the Jobs Down for Hazard Analysis
7.7 Identifying Potential Hazards
7.8 Preliminary Hazard Analysis
7.9 Correcting or Preventing Hazards
7.10 Detailed Hazard Analysis
7.11 Hierarchy of Hazard Prevention and Reduction
7.12 Components of Hazard Prevention and Reduction
7.13 Summary
7.14 Multiple-Choice Questions
7.15 Practice Problems
7.16 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
8 Promoting Safety and Preventing Violence
8.1 General
8.2 Safety Rules and Regulations
8.3 Promoting Safety
8.4 Factors of Safety Violence
8.5 Workplace Violence
8.6 Reduction of Workplace Violence
8.7 Prevention of Workplace Violence
8.8 Workplace Security
8.9 Summary
8.10 Multiple-Choice Questions
8.11 Practice Problems
8.12 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
9 OSHA Construction Safety Programs
9.1 History of the OSH Act
9.2 OSHA Standards and the General Duty Clause
9.3 OSHA Jurisdiction and State Programs
9.4 OSHA Recording, Reporting, and Posting Requirements
9.5 OSHA Inspections and Citations
9.6 OSHA Services and Programs
9.7 Summary
9.8 Multiple-Choice Questions
9.9 Practice Problems
9.10 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
10 General Safety and Health Provisions
10.1 General
10.2 Safety Training and Education
10.3 First Aid and Medical Attention
10.4 Fire Protection and Prevention
10.5 Housekeeping
10.6 Personal Protective Equipment
10.7 Acceptable Certifications
10.8 Means of Egress
10.9 Employee Emergency Action Plans
10.10 Summary
10.11 Multiple-Choice Questions
10.12 Practice Problems
10.13 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
11 Occupational Health and Environmental Controls
11.1 General
11.2 Medical Services and First Aid
11.3 Sanitation
11.4 Occupational Noise Exposure
11.5 Illumination
11.6 Ventilation
11.7 Methylenedianiline
11.8 Lead
11.9 Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER)
11.10 Summary
11.11 Multiple-Choice Questions
11.12 Exercises
11.13 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
12 Personal Protective and Lifesaving Equipment
12.1 General
12.2 General Criteria for Personal Protective Equipment
12.3 Head Protection
12.4 Hearing Protection
12.5 Eye and Face Protection
12.6 Respiratory Protection
12.7 Safety Belts, Lifelines, and Lanyards
12.8 Safety Nets
12.9 Working Over or Near Water
12.10 Summary
12.11 Multiple-Choice Questions
12.12 Practice Problems
12.13 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
13 Fire Protection and Prevention
13.1 General
13.2 Fire Protection Equipment
13.3 Injuries and First Aid
13.4 Fire Protection Specifications
13.5 Fire Prevention
13.6 Flammable Liquids
13.7 Summary
13.8 Multiple-Choice Questions
13.9 Practice Problems
13.10 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
14 Signs, Signals, and Barricades
14.1 Accident Prevention Signs and Tags
14.2 Signaling
14.3 Summary
14.4 Multiple-Choice Questions
14.5 Practice Problems
14.6 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
15 Materials Storage, Handling, Use, and Disposal
15.1 General
15.2 Methods of Hazards Prevention in Handling and Storing Materials
15.3 General OSHA Requirements for Storage
15.4 Rigging Equipment for Material Handling
15.5 Handling Other Equipment
15.6 Disposal of Waste Materials
15.7 Summary
15.8 Multiple-Choice Questions
15.9 Practice Problems
15.10 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
16 Tools—Hand and Power
16.1 General
16.2 General Requirements for Tools
16.3 Hand Tools
16.4 Power-Operated Hand Tools
16.5 Abrasive Wheels and Tools
16.6 Woodworking Tools
16.7 Jacks-Lever and Ratchet, Screw, and Hydraulic
16.8 Air Receivers
16.9 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus
16.10 Overall Working Safety
16.11 Summary
16.12 Multiple-Choice Questions
16.13 Practice Problems
16.14 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
17 Welding and Cutting
17.1 General
17.2 Hazards Related to Welding and Cutting
17.3 Safe Practices for Weldin g and Cutting
17.4 Arc Welding and Cutting
17.5 Fire Prevention
17.6 Ventilation and Protection in Welding, Cutting, and Heating
17.7 Welding, Cutting, and Heating in Way of Preservative Coatings
17.8 Summary
17.9 Multiple-Choice Questions
17.10 Practice Problems
17.11 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
18 Electrical
18.1 General
18.2 Hazards of Electricity
18.3 Causes of Electrical Accidents
18.4 Preventing Electrical Accidents
18.5 Safe Work Practices for Handling Electricity
18.6 General Safety Requirements
18.7 Summary
18.8 Multiple-Choice Questions
18.9 Practice Problems
18.10 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
19 Scaffolds
19.1 General
19.2 Types of Scaffolds
19.3 General Safety Requirements
19.4 Additional Requirements Applicable to Specific Types of Scaffolds
19.5 Aerial lifts
19.6 Summary
19.7 Multiple-Choice Questions
19.8 Practice Problems
19.9 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
20 Fall Protection
20.1 General
20.2 Duty to Have Fall Protection
20.3 Fall Protection Systems Criteria and Practices
20.4 Fall Protection Plan
20.5 Training Requirements
20.6 Summary
20.7 Multiple-Choice Questions
20.8 Practice Problems
20.9 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
21 Helicopters, Hoists, Elevators, and Conveyors
21.1 General
21.2 Helicopters
21.3 Material and Personnel Hoists
21.4 Base-Mounted Drum Hoists
21.5 Overhead Hoists
21.6 Conveyors
21.7 Summary
21.8 Multiple-Choice Questions
21.9 Practice Problems
21.10 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
22 Mechanized Equipment, Motor Vehicles, and Marine Operations
22.1 General
22.2 Safety Regulations for Mechanized Equipment
22.3 Safety Regulations for Motor Vehicles
22.4 Safety Regulations for Material Handling Equipment
22.5 Safety Regulations for Pile-Driving Equipment
22.6 Safety Regulations for Site Clearing
22.7 Safety Regulations for Marine Operations and Equipment
22.8 Summary
22.9 Multiple-Choice Questions
22.10 Practice Problems
22.11 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
23 Excavations
23.1 General
23.2 Specific Excavation Requirements
23.3 Requirements for Protective Systems
23.4 Soil Classification
23.5 Summary
23.6 Multiple-Choice Questions
23.7 Practice Problems
23.8 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
24 Concrete and Masonry Construction
24.1 General
24.2 Requirements for Equipment and Tools
24.3 Requirements for Cast-in-Place Concrete
24.4 Requirements for Precast Concrete
24.5 Requirements for Lift-Slab Construction Operations
24.6 Requirements for Masonry Construction
24.7 Summary
24.8 Multiple-Choice Questions
24.9 Practice Problems
24.10 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
25 Steel Erection
25.1 General
25.2 Hazards in Steel Erections
25.3 General Safety Measures in Steel Erections
25.4 Site Layout, Site-Specific Erection Plan, and Construction Sequence
25.5 Hoisting and Rigging
25.6 Structural Steel Assembly
25.7 Column Anchorage
25.8 Beams and Columns
25.9 Open Web Steel Joists
25.10 Systems-Engineered Metal Buildings
25.11 Fall Protection
25.12 Summary
25.13 Multiple-Choice Questions
25.14 Practice Problems
25.15 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
26 Underground Construction, Caissons, Cofferdams, and Compressed Air
26.1 General
26.2 Underground Construction
26.3 Safety Regulations for Caissons
26.4 Safety Regulations for Cofferdams
26.5 Compressed Air
26.6 Summary
26.7 Multiple-Choice Questions
26.8 Practice Problems
26.9 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
27 Demolition
27.1 General
27.2 Types of Demolition
27.3 Methods of Demolition
27.4 Demolition Hazards
27.5 Steps of Demolition
27.6 Preparatory Operations
27.7 Stairs, Passageways, and Ladders
27.8 Chutes
27.9 Removal of Materials through Floor Openings
27.10 Removal of Walls, Masonry Sections, and Chimneys
27.11 Manual Removal of Floors
27.12 Removal of Walls, Floors, and Material with Equipment
27.13 Storage of Waste Materials
27.14 Removal of Steel Construction
27.15 Mechanical Demolition
27.16 Summary
27.17 Multiple-Choice Questions
27.18 Practice Problems
27.19 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
28 Stairways and Ladders
28.1 General
28.2 General Safety Regulations
28.3 Safety Regulations for Stairways
28.4 Safety Regulations for Stairrails and Handrails
28.5 Safety Regulations for Ladders
28.6 Summary
28.7 Multiple-Choice Questions
28.8 Practice Problems
28.9 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
29 Toxic and Hazardous Substances
29.1 General
29.2 Asbestos
29.3 Thirteen Carcinogens
29.4 Vinyl Chloride
29.5 Inorganic Arsenic
29.6 Beryllium
29.7 Chromium (VI)
29.8 Cadmium
29.9 Benzene
29.10 1,2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane
29.11 Acrylonitrile
29.12 Ethylene Oxide
29.13 Formaldehyde
29.14 Methylene Chloride
29.15 Respirable Crystalline Silica
29.16 Summary
29.17 Multiple-Choice Questions
29.18 Practice Problems
29.19 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
30 Confined Spaces in Construction
30.1 General
30.2 Confined Space Hazards
30.3 Before Entering a Confined Space
30.4 Rescue Procedures
30.5 General Safety Regulations
30.6 Permit-Required Confined Space Program
30.7 Permitting Process
30.8 Entry Permit
30.9 Training
30.10 Duties of Authorized Entrants
30.11 Duties of Attendants
30.12 Duties of Entry Supervisors
30.13 Rescue and Emergency Services
30.14 Employee Participation
30.15 Summary
30.16 Multiple-Choice Questions
30.17 Practice Problems
30.18 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
31 Blasting and the Use of Explosives
31.1 General
31.2 General Safety Regulations
31.3 Blaster Qualifications
31.4 Surface Transportation of Explosives
31.5 Underground Transportation of Explosives
31.6 Storage of Explosives and Blasting Agents
31.7 Loading of Explosives or Blasting Agents
31.8 Initiation of Explosive Charges-Electric Blasting
31.9 Use of Safety Fuse
31.10 Use of Detonating Cord
31.11 Firing the Blast
31.12 Inspection after Blasting
31.13 Misfires
31.14 Underwater Blasting
31.15 Blasting in Excavation Work under Compressed Air
31.16 Summary
31.17 Multiple-Choice Questions
31.18 Practice Problems
31.19 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
32 Electric Power Transmission and Distribution
32.1 General
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32.3 General Safety Regulations
32.4 Medical Services and First Aid
32.5 Job Briefing
32.6 Enclosed Spaces
32.7 Protective Equipment and Tools
32.8 Materials Handling and Storage
32.9 Grounding for the Protection of Employees
32.10 Testing and Test Facilities
32.11 Summary
32.12 Multiple-Choice Questions
32.13 Practice Problems
32.14 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
33 Cranes and Derricks in Construction
33.1 General
33.2 Assembly/Disassembly
33.3 Inspections
33.4 Wire Rope-Inspection
33.5 Safety Devices
33.6 Operation
33.7 Work Area Control
33.8 Tower Cranes
33.9 Derricks
33.10 Floating Cranes/Derricks and Land Cranes/Derricks on Barges
33.11 Summary
33.12 Multiple-Choice Questions
33.13 Practice Problems
33.14 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
34 Ergonomics Program
34.1 General
34.2 Musculoskeletal Disorder (MSD)
34.3 Risk Factors for the MSD
34.4 Ergonomic Improvements by Employers
34.5 Primary Elements of a Complete Ergonomics Program
34.6 Summary
34.7 Multiple-Choice Questions
34.8 Practice Problems
34.9 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
Appendix
References
Index
