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Construction Safety : Health, Practices and OSHA /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Islam, M. Rashad (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill Education, [2022]
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Nature of Construction Operations
  • 1.2 Introduction to OSHA
  • 1.3 Importance of Safe Practices
  • 1.4 Workers? Rights
  • 1.5 Summary
  • 1.6 Multiple-Choice Questions
  • 1.7 Practice Problems
  • 1.8 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
  • 2 Personal Safety
  • 2.1 Basics of Personal Safety
  • 2.2 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
  • 2.3 Head Protection
  • 2.4 Hearing Protection
  • 2.5 Eye and Face Protection
  • 2.6 Hand Protection
  • 2.7 Foot Protection
  • 2.8 Respirator
  • 2.9 Personal Training
  • 2.10 Summary
  • 2.11 Multiple-Choice Questions
  • 2.12 Practice Problems
  • 2.13 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
  • 3 Responsibility, Culture, and Ethics
  • 3.1 General
  • 3.2 Company and Safety
  • 3.3 Contractors and Safety
  • 3.4 Supervisors and Safety
  • 3.5 Office Personnel and Safety
  • 3.6 Employee and Safety
  • 3.7 Safety-First Culture
  • 3.8 Ethics and Safety
  • 3.9 Ethics and Whistle-Blowing
  • 3.10 Summary
  • 3.11 Multiple-Choice Questions
  • 3.12 Practice Problems
  • 3.13 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
  • 4 Accidents in Constructions
  • 4.1 General
  • 4.2 Accident Theories
  • 4.3 Causes of Accidents
  • 4.4 Cost of Accidents
  • 4.5 Incident Investigation Techniques
  • 4.6 Impact of an Accident on the Employer
  • 4.7 Common Human Performance Snares
  • 4.8 Accident Prevention
  • 4.9 Summary
  • 4.10 Multiple-Choice Questions
  • 4.11 Practice Problems
  • 4.12 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
  • 5 Construction?s Fatal Fours
  • 5.1 General
  • 5.2 Falls
  • 5.3 Struck-by-Object
  • 5.4 Electrocutions
  • 5.5 Caught-in-Between
  • 5.6 Summary
  • 5.7 Multiple-Choice Questions
  • 5.8 Practice Problems
  • 5.9 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
  • 6 Worker Compensation and Injured Worker Management
  • 6.1 General
  • 6.2 Workers? Compensation Laws
  • 6.3 Workers? Compensation Insurance
  • 6.4 Types of Disabilities
  • 6.5 Cost Reduction Strategies
  • 6.6 Remedy for Injured Workers
  • 6.7 Compensable Injuries
  • 6.8 How to Obtain Workers? Compensation Benefits
  • 6.9 Death Benefits
  • 6.10 Injured Worker Management
  • 6.11 Summary
  • 6.12 Multiple-Choice Questions
  • 6.13 Practice Problems
  • 6.14 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
  • 7 Hazards Analysis
  • 7.1 General
  • 7.2 Types of Hazards
  • 7.3 Importance of Job Hazard Analysis
  • 7.4 Appropriate Jobs for Hazard Analysis
  • 7.5 Getting Started for Hazard Analysis
  • 7.6 Breaking the Jobs Down for Hazard Analysis
  • 7.7 Identifying Potential Hazards
  • 7.8 Preliminary Hazard Analysis
  • 7.9 Correcting or Preventing Hazards
  • 7.10 Detailed Hazard Analysis
  • 7.11 Hierarchy of Hazard Prevention and Reduction
  • 7.12 Components of Hazard Prevention and Reduction
  • 7.13 Summary
  • 7.14 Multiple-Choice Questions
  • 7.15 Practice Problems
  • 7.16 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
  • 8 Promoting Safety and Preventing Violence
  • 8.1 General
  • 8.2 Safety Rules and Regulations
  • 8.3 Promoting Safety
  • 8.4 Factors of Safety Violence
  • 8.5 Workplace Violence
  • 8.6 Reduction of Workplace Violence
  • 8.7 Prevention of Workplace Violence
  • 8.8 Workplace Security
  • 8.9 Summary
  • 8.10 Multiple-Choice Questions
  • 8.11 Practice Problems
  • 8.12 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
  • 9 OSHA Construction Safety Programs
  • 9.1 History of the OSH Act
  • 9.2 OSHA Standards and the General Duty Clause
  • 9.3 OSHA Jurisdiction and State Programs
  • 9.4 OSHA Recording, Reporting, and Posting Requirements
  • 9.5 OSHA Inspections and Citations
  • 9.6 OSHA Services and Programs
  • 9.7 Summary
  • 9.8 Multiple-Choice Questions
  • 9.9 Practice Problems
  • 9.10 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
  • 10 General Safety and Health Provisions
  • 10.1 General
  • 10.2 Safety Training and Education
  • 10.3 First Aid and Medical Attention
  • 10.4 Fire Protection and Prevention
  • 10.5 Housekeeping
  • 10.6 Personal Protective Equipment
  • 10.7 Acceptable Certifications
  • 10.8 Means of Egress
  • 10.9 Employee Emergency Action Plans
  • 10.10 Summary
  • 10.11 Multiple-Choice Questions
  • 10.12 Practice Problems
  • 10.13 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
  • 11 Occupational Health and Environmental Controls
  • 11.1 General
  • 11.2 Medical Services and First Aid
  • 11.3 Sanitation
  • 11.4 Occupational Noise Exposure
  • 11.5 Illumination
  • 11.6 Ventilation
  • 11.7 Methylenedianiline
  • 11.8 Lead
  • 11.9 Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER)
  • 11.10 Summary
  • 11.11 Multiple-Choice Questions
  • 11.12 Exercises
  • 11.13 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
  • 12 Personal Protective and Lifesaving Equipment
  • 12.1 General
  • 12.2 General Criteria for Personal Protective Equipment
  • 12.3 Head Protection
  • 12.4 Hearing Protection
  • 12.5 Eye and Face Protection
  • 12.6 Respiratory Protection
  • 12.7 Safety Belts, Lifelines, and Lanyards
  • 12.8 Safety Nets
  • 12.9 Working Over or Near Water
  • 12.10 Summary
  • 12.11 Multiple-Choice Questions
  • 12.12 Practice Problems
  • 12.13 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
  • 13 Fire Protection and Prevention
  • 13.1 General
  • 13.2 Fire Protection Equipment
  • 13.3 Injuries and First Aid
  • 13.4 Fire Protection Specifications
  • 13.5 Fire Prevention
  • 13.6 Flammable Liquids
  • 13.7 Summary
  • 13.8 Multiple-Choice Questions
  • 13.9 Practice Problems
  • 13.10 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
  • 14 Signs, Signals, and Barricades
  • 14.1 Accident Prevention Signs and Tags
  • 14.2 Signaling
  • 14.3 Summary
  • 14.4 Multiple-Choice Questions
  • 14.5 Practice Problems
  • 14.6 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
  • 15 Materials Storage, Handling, Use, and Disposal
  • 15.1 General
  • 15.2 Methods of Hazards Prevention in Handling and Storing Materials
  • 15.3 General OSHA Requirements for Storage
  • 15.4 Rigging Equipment for Material Handling
  • 15.5 Handling Other Equipment
  • 15.6 Disposal of Waste Materials
  • 15.7 Summary
  • 15.8 Multiple-Choice Questions
  • 15.9 Practice Problems
  • 15.10 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
  • 16 Tools?Hand and Power
  • 16.1 General
  • 16.2 General Requirements for Tools
  • 16.3 Hand Tools
  • 16.4 Power-Operated Hand Tools
  • 16.5 Abrasive Wheels and Tools
  • 16.6 Woodworking Tools
  • 16.7 Jacks-Lever and Ratchet, Screw, and Hydraulic
  • 16.8 Air Receivers
  • 16.9 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus
  • 16.10 Overall Working Safety
  • 16.11 Summary
  • 16.12 Multiple-Choice Questions
  • 16.13 Practice Problems
  • 16.14 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
  • 17 Welding and Cutting
  • 17.1 General
  • 17.2 Hazards Related to Welding and Cutting
  • 17.3 Safe Practices for Welding and Cutting
  • 17.4 Arc Welding and Cutting
  • 17.5 Fire Prevention
  • 17.6 Ventilation and Protection in Welding, Cutting, and Heating
  • 17.7 Welding, Cutting, and Heating in Way of Preservative Coatings
  • 17.8 Summary
  • 17.9 Multiple-Choice Questions
  • 17.10 Practice Problems
  • 17.11 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
  • 18 Electrical
  • 18.1 General
  • 18.2 Hazards of Electricity
  • 18.3 Causes of Electrical Accidents
  • 18.4 Preventing Electrical Accidents
  • 18.5 Safe Work Practices for Handling Electricity
  • 18.6 General Safety Requirements
  • 18.7 Summary
  • 18.8 Multiple-Choice Questions
  • 18.9 Practice Problems
  • 18.10 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
  • 19 Scaffolds
  • 19.1 General
  • 19.2 Types of Scaffolds
  • 19.3 General Safety Requirements
  • 19.4 Additional Requirements Applicable to Specific Types of Scaffolds
  • 19.5 Aerial lifts
  • 19.6 Summary
  • 19.7 Multiple-Choice Questions
  • 19.8 Practice Problems
  • 19.9 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
  • 20 Fall Protection
  • 20.1 General
  • 20.2 Duty to Have Fall Protection
  • 20.3 Fall Protection Systems Criteria and Practices
  • 20.4 Fall Protection Plan
  • 20.5 Training Requirements
  • 20.6 Summary
  • 20.7 Multiple-Choice Questions
  • 20.8 Practice Problems
  • 20.9 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
  • 21 Helicopters, Hoists, Elevators, and Conveyors
  • 21.1 General
  • 21.2 Helicopters
  • 21.3 Material and Personnel Hoists
  • 21.4 Base-Mounted Drum Hoists
  • 21.5 Overhead Hoists
  • 21.6 Conveyors
  • 21.7 Summary
  • 21.8 Multiple-Choice Questions
  • 21.9 Practice Problems
  • 21.10 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
  • 22 Mechanized Equipment, Motor Vehicles, and Marine Operations
  • 22.1 General
  • 22.2 Safety Regulations for Mechanized Equipment
  • 22.3 Safety Regulations for Motor Vehicles
  • 22.4
  • Safety Regulations for Material Handling Equipment
  • 22.5 Safety Regulations for Pile-Driving Equipment
  • 22.6 Safety Regulations for Site Clearing
  • 22.7 Safety Regulations for Marine Operations and Equipment
  • 22.8 Summary
  • 22.9 Multiple-Choice Questions
  • 22.10 Practice Problems
  • 22.11 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
  • 23 Excavations
  • 23.1 General
  • 23.2 Specific Excavation Requirements
  • 23.3 Requirements for Protective Systems
  • 23.4 Soil Classification
  • 23.5 Summary
  • 23.6 Multiple-Choice Questions
  • 23.7 Practice Problems
  • 23.8 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
  • 24 Concrete and Masonry Construction
  • 24.1 General
  • 24.2 Requirements for Equipment and Tools
  • 24.3 Requirements for Cast-in-Place Concrete
  • 24.4 Requirements for Precast Concrete
  • 24.5 Requirements for Lift-Slab Construction Operations
  • 24.6 Requirements for Masonry Construction
  • 24.7 Summary
  • 24.8 Multiple-Choice Questions
  • 24.9 Practice Problems
  • 24.10 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
  • 25 Steel Erection
  • 25.1 General
  • 25.2 Hazards in Steel Erections
  • 25.3 General Safety Measures in Steel Erections
  • 25.4 Site Layout, Site-Specific Erection Plan, and Construction Sequence
  • 25.5 Hoisting and Rigging
  • 25.6 Structural Steel Assembly
  • 25.7 Column Anchorage
  • 25.8 Beams and Columns
  • 25.9 Open Web Steel Joists
  • 25.10 Systems-Engineered Metal Buildings
  • 25.11 Fall Protection
  • 25.12 Summary
  • 25.13 Multiple-Choice Questions
  • 25.14 Practice Problems
  • 25.15 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
  • 26 Underground Construction, Caissons, Cofferdams, and Compressed Air
  • 26.1 General
  • 26.2 Underground Construction
  • 26.3 Safety Regulations for Caissons
  • 26.4 Safety Regulations for Cofferdams
  • 26.5 Compressed Air
  • 26.6 Summary
  • 26.7 Multiple-Choice Questions
  • 26.8 Practice Problems
  • 26.9 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
  • 27 Demolition
  • 27.1 General
  • 27.2 Types of Demolition
  • 27.3 Methods of Demolition
  • 27.4 Demolition Hazards
  • 27.5 Steps of Demolition
  • 27.6 Preparatory Operations
  • 27.7 Stairs, Passageways, and Ladders
  • 27.8 Chutes
  • 27.9 Removal of Materials through Floor Openings
  • 27.10 Removal of Walls, Masonry Sections, and Chimneys
  • 27.11 Manual Removal of Floors
  • 27.12 Removal of Walls, Floors, and Material with Equipment
  • 27.13 Storage of Waste Materials
  • 27.14 Removal of Steel Construction
  • 27.15 Mechanical Demolition
  • 27.16 Summary
  • 27.17 Multiple-Choice Questions
  • 27.18 Practice Problems
  • 27.19 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
  • 28 Stairways and Ladders
  • 28.1 General
  • 28.2 General Safety Regulations
  • 28.3 Safety Regulations for Stairways
  • 28.4 Safety Regulations for Stairrails and Handrails
  • 28.5 Safety Regulations for Ladders
  • 28.6 Summary
  • 28.7 Multiple-Choice Questions
  • 28.8 Practice Problems
  • 28.9 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
  • 29 Toxic and Hazardous Substances
  • 29.1 General
  • 29.2 Asbestos
  • 29.3 Thirteen Carcinogens
  • 29.4 Vinyl Chloride
  • 29.5 Inorganic Arsenic
  • 29.6 Beryllium
  • 29.7 Chromium (VI)
  • 29.8 Cadmium
  • 29.9 Benzene
  • 29.10 1,2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane
  • 29.11 Acrylonitrile
  • 29.12 Ethylene Oxide
  • 29.13 Formaldehyde
  • 29.14 Methylene Chloride
  • 29.15 Respirable Crystalline Silica
  • 29.16 Summary
  • 29.17 Multiple-Choice Questions
  • 29.18 Practice Problems
  • 29.19 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
  • 30 Confined Spaces in Construction
  • 30.1 General
  • 30.2 Confined Space Hazards
  • 30.3 Before Entering a Confined Space
  • 30.4 Rescue Procedures
  • 30.5 General Safety Regulations
  • 30.6 Permit-Required Confined Space Program
  • 30.7 Permitting Process
  • 30.8 Entry Permit
  • 30.9 Training
  • 30.10 Duties of Authorized Entrants
  • 30.11 Duties of Attendants
  • 30.12 Duties of Entry Supervisors
  • 30.13 Rescue and Emergency Services
  • 30.14 Employee Participation
  • 30.15 Summary
  • 30.16 Multiple-Choice Questions
  • 30.17 Practice Problems
  • 30.18 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
  • 31 Blasting and the Use of Explosives
  • 31.1 General
  • 31.2 General Safety Regulations
  • 31.3 Blaster Qualifications
  • 31.4 Surface Transportation of Explosives
  • 31.5 Underground Transportation of Explosives
  • 31.6 Storage of Explosives and Blasting Agents
  • 31.7 Loading of Explosives or Blasting Agents
  • 31.8 Initiation of Explosive Charges-Electric Blasting
  • 31.9 Use of Safety Fuse
  • 31.10 Use of Detonating Cord
  • 31.11 Firing the Blast
  • 31.12 Inspection after Blasting
  • 31.13 Misfires
  • 31.14 Underwater Blasting
  • 31.15 Blasting in Excavation Work under Compressed Air
  • 31.16 Summary
  • 31.17 Multiple-Choice Questions
  • 31.18 Practice Problems
  • 31.19 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
  • 32 Electric Power Transmission and Distribution
  • 32.1 General
  • 32.2 Avoiding Hazards
  • 32.3 General Safety Regulations
  • 32.4 Medical Services and First Aid
  • 32.5 Job Briefing
  • 32.6 Enclosed Spaces
  • 32.7 Protective Equipment and Tools
  • 32.8 Materials Handling and Storage
  • 32.9 Grounding for the Protection of Employees
  • 32.10 Testing and Test Facilities
  • 32.11 Summary
  • 32.12 Multiple-Choice Questions
  • 32.13 Practice Problems
  • 32.14 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
  • 33 Cranes and Derricks in Construction
  • 33.1 General
  • 33.2 Assembly/Disassembly
  • 33.3 Inspections
  • 33.4 Wire Rope-Inspection
  • 33.5 Safety Devices
  • 33.6 Operation
  • 33.7 Work Area Control
  • 33.8 Tower Cranes
  • 33.9 Derricks
  • 33.10 Floating Cranes/Derricks and Land Cranes/ Derricks on Barges
  • 33.11 Summary
  • 33.12 Multiple-Choice Questions
  • 33.13 Practice Problems
  • 33.14 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
  • 34 Ergonomics Program
  • 34.1 General
  • 34.2 Musculoskeletal Disorder (MSD)
  • 34.3 Risk Factors for the MSD
  • 34.4 Ergonomic Improvements by Employers
  • 34.5 Primary Elements of a Complete Ergonomics Program
  • 34.6 Summary
  • 34.7 Multiple-Choice Questions
  • 34.8 Practice Problems
  • 34.9 Critical Thinking and Discussion Topic
  • Appendix
  • References
  • Index.