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Elevating work platforms:
The 5 leading causes of deadly accidents and how to prevent them
January 2013
Work at elevation always exposes workers to the hazard of a deadly fall. The use of mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs, also known as aerial work platforms or AWPs), such as boom lifts and scissor lifts, can provide a measure of safety. Unfortunately, the enhanced safety provided by guardrails as well as the ability to have both hands free to work and a place to put tools and equipment are to some degree offset by the hazards of the elevating equipment itself. . . .
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Featured resource: Check your welding, cutting, and brazing safety
January 2013
Whenever workers are welding, cutting, or brazing, they are at risk. Fire is the most obvious hazard, but compressed gas cylinders, electricity, and hazardous welding fumes also pose hazards. Check your welding, cutting, and brazing operations for safety with this checklist, adapted from federal OSHA. . . .
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Crushing injuries:
Investigations find victims weren't trained on job hazards; Prevent this common killer
August 2012
In May, California's Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (CA-FACE) program released its investigation reports on two workers who were fatally crushed at work. The two incidents occurred under very different circumstances--one worker was in an excavation, and the other was performing maintenance on a vehicle. But the program's recommendation for preventing the hazard was the same: Both workers should have been trained in the hazards of their jobs. . . .
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Construction:
Watch out for that bulldozer!
How to keep pedestrians safe around moving equipment
July 2012
At a Glendale worksite, a carpenter was struck and killed by a front-end loader when he walked through the area where the loader was operating to retrieve work materials from storage and was in the loader's blind spot. Cal/OSHA cited the employer for a violation of Construction Safety Orders (CSO) Section 1592 for failing to control its earthmoving equipment in a way that protected workers on foot. It was assessed an $18,000 fine. . . .
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OSHA and NIOSH release nail gun safety guide
November 2011
Federal OSHA and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health have teamed up to publish a new guide designed to help employers and workers prevent work-related nail gun injuries. The guid . . .
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Contractors:
Who Is Responsible for Safety on Multi-Employer
Worksites? A Primer for Controlling Employers
November 2011
Cal/OSHA's rules for multi-employer worksites define the roles for four different categories of employers, with the heaviest burden falling on the "controlling employer" at each worksite. These rules are found in Article 4.5 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations and apply to both general industry and construction industry employers. If you're involved in a multi-employer site, you need to know who the controlling employer is and what that means for your safety responsibilities. . . .
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