Winston-Salem, NC — The Steel Erectors Association of America has created a downloadable poster for the tenth annual National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction – set for May 1-5.
The voluntary OSHA occasion is meant to forestall fall-related deaths and accidents by elevating consciousness of hazards. This 12 months’s poster options recommendation and suggestions for pre-task conferences. Among the ideas for “before” a gathering:
- Identify duties that contain probably the most threat.
- Decide if workers will want refresher coaching on the dangerous duties.
- Determine if an interpreter will likely be wanted for non-English-speaking employees.
And “after”:
- Supervisor ought to conduct periodic checks to make sure the plan is being adopted.
- Ask for suggestions on the way to enhance the conferences.
Then, what the poster calls as “The Basics” are coated: These embrace:
- The supervisor internet hosting the assembly close to the work space.
- Putting up barricades to forestall entry, if wanted.
- Establishing and speaking the method.
The poster additionally provide concepts for getting groups concerned within the pre-task conferences, reminiscent of assigning a unique particular person to guide every assembly, reviewing correct private protecting tools to put on, and having the crew establish hazards and how they’d repair them.
Two posters from earlier years – 11 Tips for Post-Fall Recovery and 7 Tips for Planning a Stand-Down Event – are nonetheless out there.
