FAX TRANSMITTAL
Weekly Safety Meeting
For The Construction Industry
| Safety Meeting Outlines | 1601 Las Plumas Ave., San Jose, CA 95133-1613 (408) 347-3400 | Vol.16 | No.03 | Week of 01-21-19 |
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DAMAGED EQUIPMENT
PRIMARY POTENTIAL PHYSICAL HAZARDS
- FALLS FROM ELEVATION
- STRUCK BY OBJECTS
- CAUGHT IN-BETWEEN OBJECTS
- ELECTRICAL SHOCK/ELECTROCUTION
PRIMARY EXPOSURES FOR MECHANICAL CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
- Use of damaged equipment, such as damaged ladders, chain falls, jacks, rigging equipment, generators, etc.
- Failure to immediately remove damaged equipment from service
- Failure to properly tag damaged equipment out of service so that no one else uses it
SAFE WORK PRACTICES
- Carefully inspect all your equipment each time before you use it.
- Start by making sure there are no missing parts or pieces.
- Look for broken, bent, cracked, burned, melted, charred, cut, abraded, torn, distorted, etc. parts and pieces.
- Watch for wear indicators, such as pronounced rounding of metal parts, red tracer yarn in some types of worn rigging slings, etc.
- When you come across damaged equipment, take it out of service immediately.
- Know your company’s procedures for taking damaged/defective equipment out of service, including the protocol for attaching conspicuous damaged equipment warning tags to damaged equipment, and where to place the damaged items at the jobsite.
- Make sure that anyone else who could come across the damaged equipment can quickly and easily determine that it should not be used or placed back into service by carefully following your company’s procedures for taking damaged/defective equipment out of service.
SAFETY REMINDER
If you see damaged equipment, do not ignore it.
Special Topics For Your Project:
Employee Safety Recommendations:
Meeting Attended By:
Supervisor's Signature
These instructions do not supersede local, state, or federal regulations.