1. Use the OSHA Standards for the construction industry (http://www.osha.gov/pls
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1. Use the OSHA Standards for the construction industry (http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owastand.display_standard_group?p_toc_level=1&p_ part_number=1926) to answer the following questions (reference the standard number in your response, e.g., 1926.32):
a. What are the requirements for providing escape routes from your structure or worksite? When must you have signs marking the exits?
b. When using a crane, are there requirements for signaling? If so, what are they?
c. What do the standards say about an OSHA inspector’s right to enter and inspect ?the worksite?
d. If you fail to remove lumber with protruding nails from your site on a regular ?basis, you have violated which standard?
e. What is the minimum allowable size of the vertical stabilizer plate in steel ?construction?
f. What standards are work boots held to? Must the worker supply such footwear?
g. What are the OSHA requirements for nail guns?
h. What is the minimum nominal breaking strength of a lifeline that is used as fall ?protection? What is the permissible distance of a fall when using this fall ?protection?
i. What is required when working over water? If a firm is working on a bridge, how ?many safety nets are required?
j. If you have 2,000 workers on your jobsite, how many toilets/urinals must you ?have?
k. What is the maximum allowable exposure to a noise level of 100 dBA? What is ?the max dBA that a worker can be exposed to for impulsive or impact noises? ?What is a dBA (not part of the standard, look elsewhere)?
l. When must fall protection be provided? What are the exceptions?
m. When must hardhats be worn?
Explanation / Answer
A. Exit routes referred as “means of egress” and are covered under OSHA standards 1910.36 (“Design and construction requirements for exit routes”) and 1910.37 (“Maintenance, safeguards, and operational features for exit routes)
Signs are placed for following no. of reasons :
B. Requirements for signaling when using Cranes & Derricks are covered in 1926.1419.
Types of signals. Signals to operators must be by hand, voice, audible, or new signals.
C. 1926.3 : Covers Inspections - Right of Entry.
D. There is no construction standard that specifically addresses the hazards from protruding nails on lumber that is to be carried by employees. However, 29 CFR 1926.95(a) provides that:
[p]rotective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and the extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, shall be provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it is necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation, or physical contact.
In addition, section 5(a)(1) (the General Duty Clause) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) states:
Each employer shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees.
Nails protruding from lumber can cause impalement and cutting hazards.
E. 1926.757 : For Steel Erections, The Minimum allowable size of the vertical stabilizer plate of 6 inch by 6 inch (152 mm by 152 mm) and shall extend at least 3 inches (76 mm) below the bottom chord of the joist with a 13/16 inch (21 mm) hole to provide an attachment point for guying or plumbing cables.
F. Standards Work boots are held to by OSHA are acoording to the 1910.136
Workers are to be provided with Satndard Safety Shoes by the Employers as per 1910.9(a) : Standards in this part requiring the employer to provide personal protective equipment (PPE)
G. 1926.302 Covers Power -Operated Hand Tools (e.g. Nail Guns)
H. 1926.104 Covers Safety Belts, Lifelines & Lanyards.
Minimum breaking strength of 5,400 pounds of Lifeline is used.
J. 1910.141(c) covers the Toilet facilities
For No. Of Employee Over 150 : x2 , X : 1 additional fixture for each additional 40 employees.
For 2000 Workers Minimum Water Closests : 502 : 2500 Water Closests.
If No Women Employees : (2/3) Of Minimum Water Colsests + (1/3) Water Colsests Replaced with Urinals.
K.
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