30-hour construction industry osha outreach training program

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Focus Four: Caught-In or -Between Hazards

30-Hour Construction Industry OSHA Outreach Training Program


Topics

• What is a caught-in or -between hazard?

• What are the common types of caught-in or -between hazards in construction?

• How can I protect myself from caught-in or -between hazards?

• What is my employer required to do to protect workers from caught -in or -between hazards?


What is a caught-in or -between hazard?

Injuries resulting from a person being squeezed, caught, crushed, pinched, or compressed between two or more objects, or between parts of an object.

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Events that should be classified as Caught include:

• Cave-ins

• Being pulled into or caught in machinery and equipment

• Being compressed or crushed between rolling, sliding, or shifting objects such as semi-trailers and a dock wall, or between a truck frame and a hydraulic bed that is lowering


2016 Fatality Statistics

• Private industry total: 4,693

• Construction industry: 991

• Caught-In or -Between:


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What are the common types of caught-in or -between hazards in construction?

• Machinery that has unguarded moving parts causing caught-in or -between incidents

• Buried in or by

• Pinned between


Unguarded Machinery


Buried In or By

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Pinned Between


How can I protect myself from caught-in or -between hazards?

• Use machinery that is properly guarded

• Use other methods to ensure that machinery is sufficiently supported, secured or otherwise made safe

• Protect yourself from being pinned between equipment, materials, or other objects

• Protect yourself on excavation sites

• Training


Use machinery that is properly guarded

• Never remove a safety guard when a tool is being used.

• Be sure to avoid wearing loose clothing or jewelry that can be caught in moving parts.


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Use other methods to ensure that machinery is sufficiently supported, secured or otherwise made safe

• Make sure that your equipment is de-energized and cannot be started accidentally



Protect yourself from being pinned between equipment, materials, or other objects

• Be aware at all times of the equipment around you and stay a safe distance from it



Protect yourself on excavation sites

• Do not work in an unprotected trench that is 5 feet deep or more.

• Enter or exit a trench or excavation only by using a ladder, stairway or properly designed ramp that is placed within the protected area of the trench.

• Do not work outside of the confines of the protection system!


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Training

• Make sure you have the proper training on the equipment and hazards of your job so that you can do your work safely.



What is my employer required to do to protect workers from caught-in or -between hazards?

• Provide guards on power tools and other equipment with moving parts

• Support, secure or otherwise make safe equipment having parts that workers could be caught between

• Take measures to prevent workers from being crushed by heavy equipment that tips over


Causes of Crushing Fatalities

Caught under the truss boom during dismantling

Caught between crane and carriage

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• Take measures to prevent workers from being pinned between equipment and a solid object

• Provide protection for workers during trenching and excavation work

• Provide means to avoid the collapse of structures scaffolds



Poor Worker Position

This worker is out of the driver’s mirror view.


• Provide means to avoid workers’ being crushed by collapsing walls during demolition or other construction activities

• Designate a competent person

• Provide training for workers


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Barricade Swing Radius

• Barricade the swing radius.

• Maintain a minimum 2-foot distance from fixed objects.


Dumping Trucks

• Stay clear while unloading or dumping.

• Raised bed = instability.

• Watch for spillage out of the end gates.


Pinned In or Under Equipment

• A truck driver was working between the frame and dump box of a dump truck.

• The dump box dropped suddenly, crushing his head.

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Wear Your Seat Belt!

• Always wear the seat belt.

• Only ride in the seat provided.

• Do not ride in buckets, on fenders, or on steps.


Maintenance Hazards

Secure and verify equipment supports.



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Hazard?

Boulder = Crushing Hazard

No protective system in this excavation


Caught-in-between hazard for workers

Hazard?


Pinch point hazards from unguarded machinery

Hazard?

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Gloves, long-sleeved shirts, jewelry, or loose-fitting clothing can be hazardous if caught in moving parts

Hazard?


Proximity of structures

Absence of protective systems

Worker placed in hazardous confined space

Ladder misuse

Hazard?


Caught in between dozer track and wall hazard

Hazard?

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Strike hazard to operator’s cab due to improper machinery use

Caught in between wrecking ball and dumpster hazard

Hazard?


Unstable scaffold footing due to absence of base plate

Hazard?


Summary

During this lesson, participants of this course have been given an overview of common caught-in or –between hazards, ways to protect yourself, and what employers must do to protect workers from caught-in or –between hazards.

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Caught-In or -Between Hazards Review

1. Caught-in or -between hazards are related with excavations [trenches]; therefore, the hazard considered to be the greatest risk is:

a. Cave-ins

b. Severing of underground utilities

c. Equipment falling into trenches


2. One who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings, or working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous to employees, and who has authorization to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate them is a/n ___________.

a. Competent person

b. OSHA Compliance Officer

c. Qualified person



3. To protect against caught-in or –between hazards, a worker should not only avoid wearing loose clothing or jewelry, but also a worker should avoid:

a. Operating equipment/machinery while wearing a seatbelt

b. Working with equipment/machinery that has not been locked-out

c. Using equipment/machinery that is guarded


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4. Providing worker training on the safe use of the equipment being operated is the responsibility of the:

a. Employerb. Worker

c. State OSHA consultation



5. Workers should not work in an unprotected trench that is 5 feet deep or more. The type of protection installed may be sloping or benching; trench box or shield; and _____________.

a. Stabilizing

b. Steadying

c. Shoring



6. To prevent being pinned between equipment or other objects, workers should avoid _____.

a. Using a trench box or shield during excavation work

b. Placing themselves between moving vehicles and an immovable structure, vehicle, or staked materials

c. Removing a safety guard when a tool such as, a circular saw or power drill, is being used.


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