This informational booklet provides a generic, non-exhaustive overview of the OSHA standard for Crane or Derrick Suspended Personnel Platforms.

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OSHA has announced a new National Emphasis Program (NEP) to target worksites where employees are at risk for developing silicosis. Do you know enough about Silicosis? This manual provides information on Crystalline Silica and includes a copy of OSHA's CPL 03-00-007 which became effective on 1/23/08.

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One of the tools a superintendent can use on a construction project is to keep track of safety compliance and hazard abatement, is a safety checklist.  Since checklists on clipboards or in binders can be cumbersome on a jobsite, this booklet is designed to fit in a pocket so the checklists are available whenever needed.  Since it is bound, it can be easily stored with a daily log so that it is available in the event of a dispute or other legal entanglement.  There is a place on the title page to insert the superintendent's name and a date range of included checklists.

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If you are a General Contractor, you are responsible for the safety performance of your subcontractors and their subcontractors - so says the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA). In fact, the "controlling contractor" may be cited for the same hazard(s) for which the subcontractor is cited. This booklet explains the differences between creating contractors, exposing contractors, correcting contractors and controlling contractors. All contractors should be aware of their responsibilities under the Multi-Employer Worksite Policy.

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Jobsite Safety Reference Manual (Pocket Edition)

Quick reference jobsite safety booklet for use by construction field personnel. This is the pocket-size edition of the 6" x 9" booklet "Construction Field Personnel: Jobsite Safety Reference Manual," published by Hogan's Safety Seminary.

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This booklet provides details on all types of Personal Protective Equipment for all industries.  It is a great desk reference for safety professionals, superintendents, foremen and anyone else who must use personal protective equipment.  Of significant value is an appendix that lists the OSHA standard for each section of the OSHA manual requiring the use of PPE

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Fall Protection Employer's Kit - It's A Snap!

This "kit" provides information on how much accidents may cost your company; statistics and summaries of construction fall fatalities and catastrophes which have occurred in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska; summaries of OSHA construction regulations related to fall hazards; personal fall protection information; a chart of OSHA standards most frequently cited in the construction industry as a result of employees exposed to fall hazards; fall protection posters; and Disaster Facts Accident Reports related to falls.

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This booklet is for employers, foremen, and supervisors, but we encourage employees to use the information as well to analyze their own jobs and recognize workplace hazards so they can report them to you. It explains what a job hazard analysis is and offers guidelines to help you conduct your own step-by-step analysis.

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This next in the Hogan's Safety Seminary Series is designed to help employers with Hazard Communication Compliance. It answers some of the most frequently asked questions about HazCom

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This booklet is designed to help you, the employer, plan for the possibility of an emergency or disaster that affects you, your employees, and your business. The best way to protect yourself, your workers, and your business is to expect the unexpected and develop a well-thoughout emergency action plan to guide you when immediate action is necessary.

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William James wrote extensively on pragmatism. Pragmatism’s premise is that “the truth of an idea can never be proven,” and James suggests that we focus ourselves on the “cash value” or usefulness of an idea. I think that this series of lectures on pragmatism should be required reading for safety professionals. The pragmatic approach suggested herein by “the Father of American Psychology,” William James, has great relevance to the way modern safety professionals approach their daily tasks.

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Construction-Trenching & Excavation

Like the other books in this series, this booklet is designed as a desk reference for safety professionals and jobsite superintendents/foremen when dealing with Trenching & Excavation issues on their jobsites. It also serves well as a hand-out companion for trenching and excavation training sessions or for the trenching and excavation portion of an OSHA 10 or 30 hour course.

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Concrete and masonry construction standards are complex and are impacted by several other standards. If you are working in construction, you are probably exposed to concrete and masonry on the jobsite. If you are a concrete and/or masonry contractor, you need to be intimately aware of these safety guidelines. This booklet is designed to be a desk reference for concrete and masonry contractors as well as safety professionals. It is a great handout companion for your concrete and masonry safety training sessions, or for the concrete and masonry portion of an OSHA 10 or 30 hour course.

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Ladders are a significant hazard on construction sites. Many workers use ladders improperly making the hazard worse. Both ladders and stairways play a significant role in many falls on construction sites too. As a result, many safety directors spend a great deal of time training and re-training their workforces on this important issue. Well, here's the perfect hand-out for your next training program. Or maybe you just want to provide your foremen and superintendents with a handbook for the jobsite.

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Fall Protection in the Construction Industry

This is the handout material (including powerpoint presentation handouts) for the Southwest Florida Section of the American Society of Safety Engineers' 2006 Fall Protection in the Construction Industry Seminar. It is offered here for those who were unable to attend the program, and as reference material for safety professionals when preparing their own seminar.

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This is another in the popular Safety Seminary Series that provides construction field personnel with a quick reference guide to some of construction's most hazardous issues. This 28 page guide includes a series of quick checklists for field use.

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If you work in the construction industry constructing building, bridges, etc., fall hazards probably dominate as the most frequent and most serious safety issues with which you must deal. This booklet is designed as a desk reference for safety professionals and jobsite superintendents/foreman; and as a hand-out companion for your fall protection training sessions.

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A Guide to Scaffold Use in the Construction Industry

This publication is the ideal "hand-out" for construction safety trainers when presenting the scaffolding portion of an OSHA 10 or 30 hour class, or for a standard scaffold safety training session. This book addresses some of the most common questions about OSHA's scaffold standard. It is organized in a question an answer format to highlight the pertinent information that employers and employees need to know. In addition, each answer references the regulatory text where that particular information can be located. Included is copy of the regulatory text regarding scaffolding from 29 CFR 1926; and new in the revised version, the inspection procedures used by OSHA for enforcing Subpart L - please note that the standards change and you should always verify the most current data from OSHA.

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Have you ever found yourself reading your favorite treatise, job specification's general conditions, contract document, RFP, etc. and found reference to an acronym with which you are not familiar? . Well, in this booklet, you will find many of the answers to most of your acronym questions. Listed here are many acronyms to which you may find reference in the construction and safety industries.

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This booklet provides a generic overview of the OSHA topic - Access to Medical and Exposure Records - and is intended as a quick reference to the requirements of that standard. This booklet makes a nice handout for training sessions or as a desk reference to quickly review the highlights of the standard.

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All workers on a construction project should keep a daily log noting anything of significance. Remember, these logs become legal documents that can protect you and your employer in the event of disputes or other legal entanglements. From a safety standpoint, you should be sure to make notations when you instruct an employee or subcontractor on specific safety requirements too. This documents your attention to safety detail and, in multi-employer jobsite situations, can protect you from a citation by OSHA. This volume contains enough forms for one month.
 

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Here is a 150 page notebook ideal for use by Safety Directors, Superintendents, Foremen, etc. to keep track of notes made in the field regarding jobsite safety activities. The book is spiral bound for ease of use in the field. What a great way for you to make your field notes and to store them for future reference.

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