ISBN13: 9780966626537

2011 Cal/OSHA Pocket Guide for the Construction Industry

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This is the brand new version for 2011. It has been reformated to 4 x 7" to make it fit even more easily in a hip pocket or shirt pocket. This handy guide is intended for use by workers, employers, supervisors, and safety personnel. It is a quick field reference that summarizes selected safety standards from the California Code of Regulations that pertain to the construction industry. The major subject headings are alphabetized and cross-referenced within the text. Eight-page Index. 176 pages, 4" x 7" trim size.

Your California Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIP Program) and The Cal/OSHA Pocket Guide for the Construction Industry

A written Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIP Program) should be the foundation for all of your other safety and health programs and is required for every workplace regulated under Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations (T8 CCR). The Cal/OSHA Pocket Guide to Construction Industry 9780966626537 can be a solid part of an IIP Program. It puts in the pocket of every employee an easy-to-read explanation of safety issues for most situations encountered at a construction site.

Proactive safety and health programs are an effective way to prevent workplace injuries and illnesses and reduce the costs of doing business. In such programs employers and employees work together, safety and health is always a part of the decisions made, and all employees and supervisors are fully trained to work safely. The benefits of effective, proactive safety programs include:

-Higher productivity and employee morale
-Higher quality of work and products produced
-Fewer worker injuries
-Lower compensation insurance cost and absenteeism
-Lower employee turnover

Remember, the effectiveness of all your safety programs depend on how well you actually put them into practice and maintain them. This Pocket Guide can be a concrete, effective, and documented part of your IIP Program.

Table of Contents

About this Pocket Guide
Workplace Safety and Health
Access
Administrative Requirements
Aerial Devices and Elevating Work Platform Equipment
Airborne Contaminants and Dust
Air Compressors
Asbestos
Blasting (Abrasives/Sand)
Blasting (Explosives)
Carcinogens
Code of Safe Practices
Competent Person
Concrete Construction
Confined Spaces
Corrosive Liquids
Cranes
Demolition
Dust, Fumes, Mists, Vapors, and Gases
Electrical
Elevators, Lifts, and Hoists
Emergency Medical Services
Engine Exhaust Emission
Erection and Construction
Ergonomics in Construction
Excavation, Trenches, and Earthwork
Explosion Hazards
Fall Protection
Fire Protection and Prevention
First Aid
Flaggers
Flammable and Combustible Liquids
Forklifts
Forms, Falsework, and Vertical Shoring
Guardrails
Hazard Communication Program (Haz-Com)
Heat Illness Prevention
Heavy Construction Equipment
Hot Pipes and Hot Surfaces
Housekeeping/Site Cleaning
Injury and Illness Prevention Program
Ladders
Laser Equipment
Lead
Lighting
Lock-out/Block-out Procedures
Machine Guarding
Multi-employer Work Sites
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Pile Driving
Pressurized Worksites
Qualified Person
Ramps and Runways
Roofing Operations
Scaffolds
Silica Dust
Stairways
Toeboards
Toilets/Washing Facilities/Sanitation
Tools and Equipment
Traffic Control
Training
Tunnels and Tunneling
Welding, Cutting and Other Hot Work
Wood Preservative Chemicals
List of Acronyms
Acknowledgments
Contact Information
Index