Tool Box Talks Floor Openings

If you can t install a floor or roof covering then talk about what everyone has seen on jobsites in the past and what types of openings they ve.

Tool box talks floor openings. Printer friendly version download project profile. Dress for the job. A carpenter on a floor above calls down to a laborer to hand him a sheet of plywood. Cranes over head wire.

Power tools safety tips. After you talk about floor and roof openings take a look around the job site. If there is an available roof or floor opening install a cover and review how this complies with legislation. There may be floor openings as each new floor in a building is added for personnel and material access and for stairwells elevators or skylights.

This protection is a responsibility of management but it is also a responsibility of the trades. Floor openings construction. Unprotected holes in the floor deck or roof are the cause of many serious injuries. Floor openings on a job site can occur during construction renovations or repairs.

Good protection of floor openings is one way of preventing these falls. Safely covering a floor opening with a piece of plywood requires more than just laying down the material over the hole or even nailing it down. The laborer walks over to a sheet lying on the floor picks it up takes a step or two forward in the act of standing the plywood up and goes sailing right down through the hole in the floor sustaining serious and disabling injuries. Osha defines a floor opening as an opening.

Power line contacts in construction. Floor openings are hazardous because workers may fall through them and or may be struck by objects that fall through openings. The biggest danger is a fall from an elevation. Plywood covers on floor openings.

Osha defines a floor opening as an opening measuring 12 inches or more in its least dimension in any floor roof or platform through which persons may fall what type of hazards are associated with floor opening. Generic safety talks. If you have to remove guardrails or covers to work or hoist in a shaft put the protection back when you are done.