Walking-Working

Surfaces

Housekeeping is more than being tidy

• All areas are clean, orderly, and sanitary

• Floors are clean and dry

• Areas free of protruding nails, splinters, holes, or loose boards

1a

Permanent aisles

• Kept clear

• In good repair

• No obstructions

• Appropriately marked

• Sufficiently wide

2a

Open pits, tanks, vats, ditches, etc

• Protect with:• Covers • Guardrails

3a

Floor loading limits

• Marked on plates

• Conspicuously posted

4a

Floor and wall openings and holes are guarded when

• Four feet or more above adjacent levels

5a

Ladders and stairs

• Injuries occur when ladders: • Move • Slip • Fall • Break

6a

Ladders and stairs

• Injuries occur when: • Employees carry things

in their hands when they fall

6b

Ladders and stairs

• OSHA sets requirements for design, construction, and use of:

• Portable wood ladders

• Portable metal ladders

• Fixed ladders

• Stairs

6c

Ladders and stairs

• Tips for ladders: • Inspect before use • No metal ladders

near electrical lines • Use for intended

purpose

6d

Ladders and stairs

• Tips for ladders:• Set up on firm, solid

surface • Lock spreaders on

stepladders • Use 4 to 1 rule to

set up straight ladders

6e

Ladders and stairs

• Tips for ladders: • Use both hands • Stay off top steps • Don't move occupied

ladders • Hoist items up to you • Work within side rails

6f

Ladders and stairs

• Tips for stairs: • No slippery,

wet, or icy conditions

• Free of clutter • Use handrails • See your path

6g

Scaffolding

• Scaffold injuries occur while:

• Working on the scaffold

• Climbing between levels

7a

Scaffold terms

• Bearer • Brace • Coupler • Crawling board • Double pole • Guardrail

8a

Scaffold terms

• Heavy duty scaffold

• Horse scaffold

• Ladder jack scaffold

• Ledger

• Light duty scaffold

8b

Scaffold terms

• Maximum intended load • Medium duty scaffold • Mid-rail • Putlog • Runner

8c

Scaffold terms

• Toeboard

• Tube and coupler scaffold

• Tubular welded frame scaffold

• Two-point suspension scaffold

• Working load

8d

Scaffold design, construction

• Sound footing

• Safely support maximum intended loads

9a

Scaffold design, construction

• Poles, uprights are plumb, rigidly braced

• Secured to permanent structures

9b

Scaffold design, construction

• Proper grades of timbers and planking

• Nails, bolts

9c

Scaffold design, construction

• Spans for planks

• Planks overlapped, secure

• Planks extend over end supports

9d

Scaffold design, construction

• Safe access

• Damaged are out of service, repaired

9e

Scaffold safe work practices

• Don't move or alter while occupied

• No work during storms, high winds

• Remove ice, snow and apply sand

10a

Scaffold safe work practices

• Hoisted items need tag lines

• Protection during hot work

• Screen to guard workers below

10b

Mobile ladder stands, scaffolds

• Designed and built:

• Strong enough to support weight

• Using sturdy materials

11a

Mobile ladder stands, scaffolds

• Work platforms: • Rigidly braced • Wide enough • Guardrails,

toeboards above 10 feet

• Maximum height

11b

Other working surfaces

• Dockboards

• Forging machine area

• Veneer machinery

12a

Other working surfaces

• Dockboards:

• Built to industry standards

• Secured in position

• Handholds provided

• Prevent rail car movement

12b