Employee rights and responsibility - ✔✔If you have been discriminated against for asserting OSHA
rights you have the right to file a com plaint
Competent person - ✔✔One who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in
the surrounding or working conditions
Job safety analysis - ✔✔JSA can be used as pre planning tools
Risk assessment - ✔✔A measure of the probability consequences and exposure related to an event
Fall hazard - ✔✔Falls account for 1/3 of all death in the construction industry
Personal Fall arrest systems - ✔✔Have your personal fall arrest system inspected monthly by
a competent person
Using straight ladders - ✔✔If you are stepping from a ladder onto a platform or roof the top of
the ladder should extend at least feet above the point where the ladder touches they platform
Using straight ladders continued - ✔✔When working or climbing on a ladder it is important that
you mantain three point contact
, Vehicle or roadway hazards - ✔✔When working near moving vehicles and equipment you should
wear reflective or high visibility vests or other suitable garments
Oprerating vehicles - ✔✔Always wear va seatbelt
obey all speed limits
Falling objects - ✔✔Use protective measures to catch falling objects
Sloping system - ✔✔Sides if an excavation are cut back to a safe angle using relatively smooth angles
Machine guards - ✔✔Should prevent moving parts of the machine from conning into contact with
your arms, hands, or any part of your body
Electrical safety guidelines - ✔✔Three wire systems is one of the most common safety
grounding systems used to protect you from accidental shock
GFCI - ✔✔Ground fault circuit interruptor
Lockout/tag out - ✔✔Safeguards workers from hazardous energy while they work with machines
and equipment
Respiratory inspection - ✔✔A full face piece mask with chemical canisters is used to protect against
brief exposure
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