Construction Industry Digest

Construction Industry Digest
Author:
Publisher: Occupational Safety & Health Administration
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2002
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Contains construction industry safety and health standards. Provides guidance to employers, supervisors, and safety and health personnel for compliance with OSHA standards in the construction worksite.

Construction Safety Handbook

Construction Safety Handbook
Author: Mark McGuire Moran
Publisher: Government Institutes
Total Pages: 486
Release: 2003-07-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1591919673

This much anticipated new edition provides employers and employees with a day-to-day guide to reducing accidents and injuries, ensuring compliance, avoiding fines and penalties, and controlling workers' compensation costs. You'll not only find comprehensive discussions on all of the construction safety regulations found in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 29 Chapter 1926, but you'll also find the actual legal text of the regulations and overviews for each sub Chapter for easier reference. This Construction Safety Handbook covers both the obvious and the hidden dangers of construction and addresses the latest changes in OSHA standards, including new recordkeeping requirements, new ergonomic guidelines, new requirements in the Steel Erection standard, and new additions to signs, signals, and barricades requirements. Written in plain English, this comprehensive handbook provides you with the legal background, practical advice, and ready-to-use written compliance programs you need to ensure your sites meet workplace safety requirements, protect workers, and comply with the standards. Each Chapter provides a description of the requirements of the standard, and a sample written compliance program, checklists, and the appropriate citations from the 29 CFRs. The latest changes in enforcement and inspection policy are also detailed, and a list of OSHA's most frequently cited construction standards is given.

The Complete Guide to OSHA Compliance

The Complete Guide to OSHA Compliance
Author: Joel M. Cohen
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 430
Release: 1995-12-13
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780873716819

The Complete Guide to OSHA Compliance is an easy-to-understand, one-stop resource designed to help safety professionals, industrial hygienists, and human resources personnel ensure compliance with existing and upcoming OSHA regulations. This essential book explains employer and employee rights and responsibilities, and it provides everything you need to know about employer standards and standards for specific operations. The Complete Guide to OSHA Compliance describes the process of injury/illness recordkeeping and the reporting system required by OSHA. It also explains how to conduct a self-audit to determine whether a company is in full compliance. Furthermore, it informs companies of their rights in an inspection and explains how to handle citations and appeals, should they arise.

OSHA Handbook for Small Businesses

OSHA Handbook for Small Businesses
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 74
Release: 1997-04
Genre: Industrial hygiene
ISBN: 0788142003

Assists small business employers to meet the legal requirements imposed by, and under, the authority of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 and achieve an in-compliance status voluntarily, prior to an inspection performed pursuant to the Act. The materials in this handbook are based upon the Fed. OSHA standards and other requirements in effect at the time of publication, and upon generally accepted principles and activities within the job safety and health field. Describes a 4-point workplace program; starting your voluntary activity; and self-inspection.

OSHA Quick Guide for Residential Builders and Contractors

OSHA Quick Guide for Residential Builders and Contractors
Author: Jonathan F. Hutchings
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998
Genre: Building
ISBN: 9780070318373

Set up an OSHA compliance program on your own PC--in just minutes. Get up to speed with all the new federally-mandated OSHA regulations for residential contractors with the OSHA Quick Guide for Residential Builders & Contractors. Expert Jonathan F. Hutchings gives you all the strategies, procedures, & forms needed to develop a cost-effective OSHA compliance program on your PC... saving you hundreds of dollars in consultant's fees! This complete OSHA compliance kit features a proven 10-step program that guides you through each phase of implementing an SB198 Safety Program. You get everything you need to quickly establish proper storage procedures... design MSDS & Right-To-Know stations... prepare for, & pass, an OSHA inspection... avoid & defend against costly violations... & more. The bundled disk includes 100+ ready-to-use forms, reports, & documents you can use to achieve OSHA compliance fast.