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Evaluate Environmental, Health, and Safety

Evaluate Environmental, Health, and Safety. Anticipate Hazards Recognize Evaluation Control Measures Evaluation. Levels of Control. Engineering Work Practices Administration Personal Protective Equipment. Green Construction Health and Safety.

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Evaluate Environmental, Health, and Safety

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  1. Evaluate Environmental, Health, and Safety • Anticipate Hazards • Recognize • Evaluation • Control Measures • Evaluation

  2. Levels of Control • Engineering • Work Practices • Administration • Personal Protective Equipment

  3. Green Construction Health and Safety • Site Selection, reduce energy, reduce IAQ problems, safe materials, decrease water use, decrease waste • Designing Green Buildings to interact with the surrounding environment • Many of the products that are currently used in the building industry are toxic to human health, and there are alternatives.

  4. Green Buildings • Green buildings are intended to reduce energy usage, minimize indoor air quality problems, recycle water and waste, and provide a comfortable indoor environment for its occupants. • Green buildings are designed to interact with the surrounding environment. • It is assumed that by using environmentally friendly materials, these buildings are safe for everyone. But, are they really?

  5. Green Construction Health and Safety Issues • Are LEED safer than non-LEED projects ? • Green Construction projects • Skylights, Atriums • Recycling, Congestion at worksite • Coal Ash in concrete • Weatherization – Lead, Asbestos, Fiberglass, Electrical • Solar Power – Electrical, Toxics chemicals, burns, Ergonomics

  6. Recommendations • Sustainability – (environmental, economic, resource, and social aspects) • Government, Advocacy and Policy, Unions • Green Building Rating – LEED, Green Globes, Build it Green, Cradle to cradle • Standards and Research • Prevention through design – Engineering, Administrative • Incorporate health & safety into rating systems • Green Chemistry – Cradle to cradle, Life cycle analysis

  7. Recommendations • Integrate safety and health into green elements of contractor specifications • Training • Develop index of “green” chemicals and exposure risks

  8. Sheet Metal Workers Green Programs Green LEED Training DOL Employment & Training Energy Training Partnership Grant Factsheet on green products and best practices Building Information Modeling

  9. Sheet Metal Workers Green Programs • Wellness Program • Health screening program related to exposure

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