Safety Program Implementation
24%of exam
JSA/AHAToolbox talksInspectionsRecordkeepingCompetent person
Hazard Identification + Control
28%of exam
Health Hazards + Hygiene
18%of exam
SilicaLeadNoiseRespiratorsErgonomics
Emergency Preparedness
17%of exam
Fire protectionHot workConfined spaceEAPFirst aid
Leadership + Ethics
13%of exam
Supervisor dutiesSafety cultureSWAMulti-employerLiability
Quick Facts
- Exam
- STSC
- Body
- BCSP
- Questions
- 100 MCQ
- Time
- 2 hours
- Pass
- 70%
- Provider
- Pearson VUE
- Recert
- 5 years
- Standards
- 29 CFR 1926
Leading vs Lagging
Leading
- Near-misses
- Inspections
- Training hrs
Lagging
- TRIR/DART
- Lost time
- Past injuries
Proactive vs outcome
Records + Reporting
- Injury log
- OSHA 300
- Annual summary
- 300A, Feb-Apr
- Incident detail
- OSHA 301
- Report fatality
- 8 hours
- Report hospital
- 24 hours
- TRIR base
- x 200,000 hrs
- Leading indicator
- Near-miss, audits
- Lagging indicator
- TRIR, DART
Fatal Four
Falls, Struck-by, Caught, Electrocution
Falls: #1 killerStruck-by: #2Caught-in/betweenElectrocution: contact~60% of deaths
6 ft vs 10 ft
6 ft
- General construction
- 1926.501
- Most tested
10 ft
- Scaffolds
- Subpart L
- 1926.451
Floor vs scaffold
Fall Protection Picker
- Hazard can be removed→Eliminate(Work on ground)
- Open edge/floor→Guardrails(Prevention)
- Keep off edge→Restraint(Cannot reach)
- Fall must be caught→PFAS(Arrest)
- Hole or skylight→Cover(2x load rated)
- Limited use only→Warning line/monitor(Admin)
Fall Protection Triggers
- General construction
- 6 ft1926.501
- Scaffolds
- 10 ftSubpart L
- Steel erection
- 15 ftSubpart R
- General industry
- 4 ft1910
- Guardrail top rail
- 42 in +/- 3
- Stairway handrail
- 4+ risers
Hierarchy ESEAP
Eliminate, Substitute, Engineer, Admin, PPE
Eliminate: bestSubstituteEngineerAdminPPE: last
Shoring vs Shielding
Shoring
- Supports walls
- Prevents cave-in
- Hydraulic jacks
Shielding
- Trench box
- Protects by strength
- Cave-in allowed
Prevent vs protect
Hierarchy of Controls
- Most preferred→Elimination
- Swap safer item→Substitution
- Isolate by design→Engineering
- Change how worked→Administrative
- Last line→PPE(Least effective)
Fall Arrest (PFAS)
- ABC
- Anchor, Body, Connector
- Anchor strength
- 5,000 lb/worker
- Max arrest force
- 1,800 lb
- Max free fall
- 6 ft
- Deceleration limit
- 3.5 ft
- Inspect PFAS
- Before each use
- After impact
- Remove from service
- Suspension trauma
- Rescue in minutes
Lock-Tag-Try
Lock device, Tag it, Try operate
Lock: own lockTag: warningTry: verify zero
GFCI vs AEGCP
GFCI
- Trips ~5 mA
- Simple option
- Per receptacle
AEGCP
- Program option
- Cord testing
- Documented
Device vs program
Scaffolds + Ladders
- Scaffold fall PP
- Over 10 ft
- Plank gap max
- 1 inch
- Height:base ratio
- 4:1 then tie
- Scaffold inspect
- Competent person/shift
- No access by
- Cross-braces
- Ladder extension
- 3 ft above landing
- Ladder slope
- 4:1 ratio
- 3 points contact
- Two limbs + one
Soil Slopes
A=3/4:1, B=1:1, C=1.5:1
A: most stableB: moderateC: least stableRock: no slope
Excavation + Trenching
- Protective system
- 5 ft or more
- Egress within
- 25 ft, 4+ ft deep
- Spoil setback
- 2 ft from edge
- Soil types
- Rock, A, B, C
- Type A slope
- 3/4:1 (53 deg)
- Type B slope
- 1:1 (45 deg)
- Type C slope
- 1.5:1 (34 deg)
- Atmospheric test
- Over 4 ft
- Inspect
- Daily + after rain
Cranes + Steel (Subpart CC/R)
- Powerline clearance
- 10 ft up to 50kV
- Annual inspect
- Qualified person
- Shift inspect
- Competent person
- Operator
- Certified (NCCCO)
- Signal person
- View obstructed
- Demolition survey
- Before start
- Connectors
- 15-30 ft trained
Electrical + LOTO (Subpart K)
- GFCI or
- AEGCP program
- GFCI trips
- ~5 mA imbalance
- Cord inspect
- Before each day
- LOTO covers
- Stored energy
- Each worker
- Own lock + tag
- Lock-tag-try
- Verify zero energy
- Qualified worker
- Approach boundaries
Heat: WRS
Water, Rest, Shade plus acclimatize
Water: hydrateRest: breaksShade: coolAcclimatize: 7-14 days
Stroke vs Exhaustion
Heat stroke
- Hot skin
- Confusion
- Call 911
Heat exhaustion
- Cool clammy
- Heavy sweat
- Rest + water
Emergency vs warning
Silica + Lead
- Silica PEL
- 50 ug/m3 TWA
- Silica action level
- 25 ug/m3
- Silica standard
- 1926.1153
- Table 1
- 18 tasks + controls
- Silica disease
- Silicosis, lung cancer
- Lead PEL
- 50 ug/m3
- Lead action level
- 30 ug/m3
- Lead standard
- 1926.62
Noise, Respirators, Asbestos
- Noise PEL
- 90 dBA TWA
- Noise action level
- 85 dBA
- Respirator rule
- 1910.134
- Before respirator
- Medical, fit, train
- PPE cost
- No cost to worker
- Asbestos PEL
- 0.1 f/cc TWA
- Heat stroke
- Hot skin, 911
- Heat exhaustion
- Cool, clammy skin
Fire, Hot Work, Confined Space
- Extinguisher each
- 3,000 sq ft
- Max travel
- 100 ft to unit
- Hot work clear
- 35 ft combustibles
- Fire watch
- 30+ min after
- O2 entry range
- 19.5-23.5%
- Test order
- O2, flammable, toxic
- PRCS roles
- Entrant, attendant, super
- Confined space
- 1926.1200
Competent vs Qualified
Competent
- Identify hazards
- Authority to fix
- Supervisor role
Qualified
- Degree/skill
- Solves problems
- Engineer role
Authority vs expertise
Who Inspects?
- Scaffold each shift→Competent person
- Excavation daily→Competent person
- Crane shift check→Competent person
- Crane annual→Qualified person
- Soil classification→Competent person
- Engineered anchor→Qualified person
Roles + Authority
- Competent person
- Identify + authority
- Qualified person
- Degree/skill solve
- Stop Work Authority
- Any worker halts
- Multi-employer
- Create/expose/correct/control
- Willful violation
- Highest penalty
- Fatality + willful
- Criminal possible
- Supervisor duty
- Correct hazards now
Common Traps
6 ft vs 10 ft
Construction is 6 ft ≠ Scaffolds are 10 ft
Competent vs qualified
Competent has authority ≠ Qualified has expertise
Action level vs PEL
Action level triggers monitoring ≠ PEL is exposure limit
Shoring vs shielding
Shoring prevents cave-in ≠ Shielding protects worker
Anchor vs arrest force
Anchor holds 5,000 lb ≠ Force capped 1,800 lb
Fatality vs hospitalization
Fatality reported 8 hrs ≠ Hospitalization 24 hrs
Last Minute
- 1.Weights: 23.9 / 28.5 / 17.8 / 16.6 / 13.2
- 2.Fall protection trigger 6 ft
- 3.Guardrail 42 in; anchor 5000 lb
- 4.Excavation protection at 5 ft
- 5.Soil slope types A B C
- 6.Crane line clearance 10 ft
- 7.Silica PEL 50 ug per m3
- 8.Confined space O2 19.5-23.5%
- 9.Fatality 8 hr; hospitalization 24 hr
- 10.Competent = authority to fix; qualified = expertise
- 11.Hierarchy: eliminate first, PPE last
- 12.Hot work clearance 35 ft
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