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OSHA safety and PPE: methods and worked application

A step-by-step hazard assessment applied to a shop task and a roof task, the controls that come before PPE, the six lockout/tagout steps, and worked noise and heat examples.

You will be able to: Run a hazard assessment for a shop task and a roof task, apply the six lockout/tagout steps in order, and work noise and heat examples with every input labelled.

12 min · 12 slides · 8 questions

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A hazard assessment, step by step

This course's method builds on 1910.132(d), which requires an employer to assess the workplace for hazards that need PPE.

The steps: describe the task; list hazards; use controls first; select PPE that fits; check condition; train; record; reassess when work, equipment or understanding changes.

The method is a teaching sequence, not a form that any rule prescribes.

Hazard assessment as a loop of eight stepsEight boxes in a snake: describe the task, list hazards, controls first, select PPE that fits, check condition, train, record, reassess. An arrow returns from reassess to the start. Controls first is highlighted because noise rules put feasible controls before PPE.Hazard assessment loop1Describethe task2Listhazards3Controlsfirst4Select PPEthat fits5Checkcondition6Train7Record8ReassessWhen work, equipment or understandingchanges, start again.A teaching sequence built on 1910.132(d).

Eight boxes in a snake: describe the task, list hazards, controls first, select PPE that fits, check condition, train, record, reassess. An arrow returns from reassess to the start. Controls first is highlighted because noise rules put feasible controls before PPE.

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Describe the task: where, tools, material, height and how long
2
List the hazards, by body part and by energy
3
Controls first: guards, lockout, edge protection and scheduling come before PPE
4
Select PPE that fits and carries its standard marking
5
Check its condition: damaged or defective PPE is not used
6
Train: when and what PPE, how to put it on, its limits, its care
7
Record it: the written certification in a shop, the fall training record on a roof
8
Reassess when the work, the equipment or the understanding changes
A teaching sequence built on the hazard assessment of 1910.132(d) and the controls-first wording of the noise rules; it is not a form any rule prescribes.

Sources

Videos for this lesson

What this video shows: A U.S. Department of Labor video about a worker in upstate New York who collapsed on a hot July day and later died of heat illness; its description says it was only his second day of work. It is not about Texas rules.

Video: Remembering Tim: A life lost to heat illness at work by USDepartmentofLabor, on YouTube. Chosen from the video's published description.

Glossary

Hazard assessment
Under 29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1), the employer's assessment of the workplace to determine whether hazards are present, or likely to be present, that need PPE. A written certification verifies it was done.
Exchange rate (noise)
The number of decibels by which a noise level can rise while the allowed time is halved. OSHA's table rows halve the time for each 5 dBA; NIOSH recommends a 3 dB exchange rate.
Stored energy
Under 29 CFR 1910.147(d)(5), potentially hazardous stored or residual energy that must be relieved, disconnected, restrained or otherwise rendered safe after lockout or tagout devices are applied.
Verification of isolation
Under 29 CFR 1910.147(d)(6), the step in which the authorized employee verifies, before work starts, that isolation and deenergization of the machine have been accomplished.
Acclimatization
Gradually building up time worked in the heat. NIOSH recommends a new worker spend no more than 20% of the usual duration of work in the heat on day 1, with no more than a 20% increase on each additional day.