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Web Tool Provides Quick Start on OSHA Compliance
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently unveiled a new construction module for its “Compliance Assistance Quick Start” Web tool designed to help employers and workers identify resources that will help them comply with safety requirements and prevent workplace injuries and illnesses.
Visitors to the page can generate a set of compliance assistance materials tailored to their job sites.
Step 1 of the Quick Start resource for builders provides an introduction to OSHA requirements that address some of the leading hazards at construction sites, including those related to falls, stairways and ladders, scaffolding, electrical, trenching and evacuation, and motor vehicle safety and highway work zones.
A link is provided to find the OSHA standards that are most frequently cited by OSHA inspectors.
Noting that most construction job sites involve multiple employers — such as general contractors, construction managers and subcontractors — OSHA also provides a link to information on its multi-employer citation policy.
Step 2 lists information resources on a number of other OSHA standards that may apply to a job site. Topics include personal protective equipment; hand and power tools; concrete or masonry products; cranes, derricks, hoists, elevators or conveyors; welding, cutting or brazing; residential construction; steel erection; fire safety and emergency action planning; and hazard communication standards.
The Quick Start provides further links to information on surveying the workplace for additional hazards; developing a job site safety and health program; training employees; recordkeeping, reporting and posting; and additional compliance assistance.
For more information on construction safety issues, e-mail Rob Matuga at NAHB, or call him at 800-368-5242 x8507.
 Protect Your Workers and Your Profits
The “Jobsite Safety Video,” available through BuilderBooks.com, provides an overview of the key safety issues residential builders and workers need to focus on to reduce accidents and injuries. Based on the “NAHB-OSHA Jobsite Safety Handbook,” this DVD is intended to be used as part of an essential residential construction safety-training program and includes two 20-minute videos. To view or purchase this DVD online, click here, or call 800-223-2665.
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