| Description |
1 online resource (400 pages) : 120 illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- 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 Welding 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 |
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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 -- 32.2 Avoiding Hazards -- 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 |
| Summary |
"This textbook for Construction Safety and Safety Management courses takes a student-friendly approach to the topic, providing a comprehensive overview, up to date information on OSHA standards, and discussing the OSHA.com construction safety training"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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E-Publication PDF |
| Subject |
Building -- United States -- Safety measures
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Building -- Safety measures.
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Building -- Safety measures
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781264257836 |
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126425783X |
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