BUILDING TRADE SAFETY

1. BUILDING TRADE SAFETY INTRODUCTION TO SAFETY PRACTICES AND OSHA

2. BUILDING TRADE SAFETY • IT IS YOUR LIFE…..take care of it and the lives of those working around you • IN THE LOW VOLTAGE ARENA, YOU WILL BE EXPOSED TO HAZARDOUS WORKING ENVIRONMENTS. • GO HOME TONIGHT IN ONE PIECE! • MAKE SAFETY YOUR HABIT!!!!

3. BUILDING TRADE SAFETY SAFETY STATISTICS • Construction is a high hazard occupation. • During the period from 1980 through 1995, at least 17,000 construction workers died from injuries suffered on the job (OVER 1000 PER YEAR).

4. BUILDING TRADE SAFETY • Construction lost more workers to traumatic injury death than any other major industrial sector during this time period. • Construction has the third highest rate of death by injury: 15.2 deaths per 100,000 workers.

5. BUILDING TRADE SAFETY • Only mining and agriculture experience higher rates. • The leading causes of death among construction workers are falls from elevations, motor vehicle crashes, electrocution, machines, and struck by falling objects

6. BUILDING TRADE SAFETY • Many companies, most construction sites, and many customer sites have safety programs and requirements. • Companies will have a written safety program and perhaps on-site training. • General contractors at the job-site will do the same. • Most GC’s are imposing fines for safety violations.

7. BUILDING TRADE SAFETY TYPICAL FINES: • FAILURE TO WEAR HARD HAT $100.00 FIRST OFFENSE, $250.00-SECOND OFFENSE SITE EXPULSION FOR 3RD OFFENSE. • FAILURE TO WEAR SAFETY GLASSES. • FAILURE TO WEAR BOOTS. • STANDING ON THE TOP STEP OF A STEP LADDER.

8. BUILDING TRADE SAFETY • The motivating factor behind site safety is money. • Litigation in the safety arena constitutes a large portion of our legal system. • Today YOU, your company, your job-site, your government and your customers are taking steps to limit and/or re-assignliabilityin job related injuries including death.

9. BUILDING TRADE SAFETY OSHA(OCCUPATIONAL AND HEALTH SAFETY ADMINISTRATION) • Government agency responsible for establishing, enforcing, and administering safety guidelines. • Purpose is to ensure safe and healthy working conditions. • Assist all states with these efforts and many states have their own versions of OSHA (i.e. conn OSHA).

10. BUILDING TRADE SAFETY OSHA • Conducted 40,000 inspections last year. • Generated 85 million dollars in fines. • You can file a complaint against your employer without fear of retaliation (federal whistle-blower laws)

11. BUILDING TRADE SAFETY WHAT HAPPENS WHEN AN INCIDENT OCCURS • Calling 911 is always a good idea. • If you receive any medical treatment (an aspirin, a band aid or Neosporin) it constitutes an OSHA recordable incident. • All companies are required to keep statistics and supply them on request for OSHA records.

12. BUILDING TRADE SAFETY INCIDENTS • Most companies will have a clinic for you to report to. • Incident must be thoroughly documented and photographed. • Most companies have a safety officer who will report to the site.

13. BUILDING TRADE SAFETY OSHA FACTS • OSHA came into existence in the early 70’s as a federally mandated agency in response to numerous industrial accidents and deaths. • $469,000,000.00 approx. annual budget…much of it spent on education. • Approximately 1150 inspectors nationwide.

14. BUILDING TRADE SAFETY OSHA REQUIREMENTS • Both employers and employees have responsibility for safety. • OSHA recognizes the NEC. • Employers must provide a workplace free from hazards, comply with OSHA standards, and supply training. • Employees have a duty to follow employers safety rules, failure to follow company rules can result in reduction of payments to injured employee.

15. BUILDING TRADE SAFETY TWO OSHA STANDARDS FOR LOW VOLTAGE INDUSTRY • CFR 1926- CONSTRUCTIONSAFETY • CFR 1910- GENERAL INDUSTRY • CFR=CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS

16. BUILDING TRADE SAFETY • PRIMARILY WE USE CFR 1926, HOWEVER. • THE MOST STRINGENT STANDARD OF EITHER 1926 OR 1910 MUST BE FOLLOWED AT ALL TIMES.

17. BUILDING TRADE SAFETY CURRENT OSHA STATISTICS (2011); • 4,609 workers were killed on the job in 2011, (3.5 per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers), almost 90 a week or nearly 13 deaths every day. • This is a slight increase from the 4,551, fatal work injuries in 2009, but the second lowest annual total since the fatal injury census was first conducted in 1992.

18. BUILDING TRADE SAFETY CONSTRUCTION'S "FATAL FOUR" • Out of 4,114 worker fatalities in private industry in calendar year 2011, 721 or 17.5% were in construction. • The leading causes of worker deaths on construction sites were falls, followed by electrocution, struck by object, and caught-in between.

19. BUILDING TRADE SAFETY • These "Fatal Four" were responsible for nearly three out of five (57%) construction worker deaths in 2011, BLS reports. • Eliminating the Fatal Four would save 410 workers' lives in America every year.

20. BUILDING TRADE SAFETY Top 10 most frequently cited OSHA standards violated in FY2011 • Scaffolding, general requirements, construction (29 CFR 1926.451) • Fall protection, construction (29 CFR 1926.501) • Hazard communication standard, general industry (29 CFR 1910.1200) • Respiratory protection, general industry (29 CFR 1910.134) • Control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout), general industry (29 CFR 1910.147)

21. BUILDING TRADE SAFETY Top 10 most frequently cited OSHA standards violated in FY2011 • Electrical, wiring methods, components and equipment, general industry (29 CFR 1910.305) • Powered industrial trucks, general industry (29 CFR 1910.178) • Ladders, construction (29 CFR 1926.1053) • Electrical systems design, general requirements, general industry (29 CFR 1910.303) • Machine guarding (machines, general requirements, general industry) (29 CFR 1910.212)

22. BUILDING TRADE SAFETY • The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is a private non-profit organization that oversees the development of voluntary consensus standards for products, services, processes, systems, and personnel in the United States. • The organization also coordinates U.S. standards with international standards so that American products can be used worldwide. For example, standards ensure that people who own cameras can find the film they need for that camera anywhere around the globe.

23. BUILDING TRADE SAFETY • ANSI was originally formed in 1918, when five engineering societies and three government agencies founded the American Engineering Standards Committee (AESC). • In 1928, the AESC became the American Standards Association (ASA). • In 1966, the ASA was reorganized and became the United States of America Standards Institute (USASI). The present name was adopted in 1969.

24. BUILDING TRADE SAFETY UNDER WRITERS LABORATORY (UL) • UL provides safety-related certification, validation, testing, inspection, auditing, advising and training services to a wide range of clients, including manufacturers, retailers, policymakers, regulators, service companies, and consumers.

25. BUILDING TRADE SAFETY • UL is one of several companies approved to perform safety testing by the US federal agency Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). • OSHA maintains a list of approved testing laboratories, which are known as Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories.