Concrete Construction Safety

Safety meetings are mandatory every Monday! Completed topics must be turned in to the Shop Office Tuesday Morning!

Concrete construction can create unique hazards to individuals working on jobsites. The following guidelines can help ensure a safeand healthy workplace:Concrete Dust, Silica, and Chemicals:• When mixing, cutting, drilling, grinding, or working around concrete and there is the exposure of dust present, the following safety

measures should be followed:• Recognize when silica dust may be generated and plan ahead to eliminate or control the dust at the source• When cutting concrete, wet saws or wet saw kits will be used as an engineering control to protect employees and others• When wetting is not feasible, appropriate safety measures should include adequate ventilation and use of dust masks. If there

is exposure to the public, appropriate posting notices should be displayed.• Routinely maintain dust control systems to keep them in good working order.• Practice good personal hygiene to avoid unnecessary exposure to other jobsite contaminants such as lead.• Wear disposable or washable protective clothes at the jobsite when warranted by exposure.

• Shower (if possible) and change into clean clothes before leaving the jobsite to prevent contamination of cars, homes, and otherwork areas.

Reinforcing Steel and Wire-Mesh:• Uncapped rebar is a common impalement hazard frequently found on job sites• Cal/OSHA requires that “Employees working at grade or at the same surface as exposed protruding reinforcing steel or other similar

projections, shall be protected against the hazard of impalement by guarding all exposed ends that extend up to 6 feet above gradeor other work surface, with protective covers, or trough”

• Wire-mesh can cause puncture wounds and abrasions if not properly protected and handled• Wear gloves to protect your hands from lacerations and the rust on rebar and wire-mesh. Make sure that all tetanus shots are up

to date.• Workers should measure for proper fit before laying the wire-mesh down.• Securing the ends or turning the wire-mesh over will help to prevent recoiling.• All protruding reinforcing steel must have impalement guards to eliminate the hazards of impalement.

Construcción con Concreto

Construcción de concreto posee peligros únicos a individuales trabajando en el sitio de trabajo. Sigue estas pautas para asegurar unseguro y saludable sitio de trabajo.Polvos de Concreto, sílice, y químicos:• Cuando mezclando, cortando, perforando, pulverizando, o trabajando alrededor de concreto o pre-mezclado, Use una mascara o

respirador, Exposición a polvo de sílice frecuentemente requiera que empleados usen respiradores.• Los químicos en concreto pueden irritar, hasta quemar la piel. Cuando eso sucede lavase completamente con agua tibia

inmediatamente.Acero de reforzar y malla de alambre:• Malla de alambre puede causar heridas perforaciones y abrasiones si no protegido y manejado propiamente.• Use guantes para proteger manos desde laceraciones y herrumbre en barras de refuerzo y mallas de alambre. Este seguro que

todas las vacunas de tétanos son corriente.• Trabajadores deben medir por propio ajusta antes de acostar la malla de alambre.• Asegurando las puntas, o volteando la malla ayudara prevenir enroscarse.• Asegurando las puntas, o volteando la malla ayudara prevenir enroscarse.• Todas las barras de refuerzo que sobresalen deben tener escudos de empalamiento para eliminar los peligros de empalamiento.• Capas estilo hongo no pueden ser usadas como protección de empalamiento solamente aprobado.• Barras de refuerzo no cubiertas comúnmente son peligros de empalamientos frecuentemente encontrados en sitios de trabajo

Weekly Tailgate Safety Meeting Date:Supevisor/Foreman________________________________ Job#_____________

Concrete Construction Safety - (Continued from front)

Foreman’s Check List:Posting Notices Accessible - Identify LocationGCC Code of Safe Practices AccessibleUSA Notified/Lines Marked (800) 227-2600PG&E Notified/10’ Rule (800) 743-5000Required Cal/OSHA Permit(s) obtainedEmergency Exit Routes/Meeting Location IdentifiedSpecial Hazards IdentifiedFire Extinquishers Charged & AccessibleFirst Aid Kit Stocked and AccessibleTrenching operations & requirements reviewedFlagging Operations ReviewedHousekeeping/Storage & Handling Requirements ReviewedPersonal Protective Equipment ReviewedEquipment Inspected (faulty/damaged equipment must betagged and returned to the Santa Rosa Yard)MSDS are available for all substances present at the jobsiteHazard inspections and corrections are documented

Reminders:Work-related injuries MUST be reported immediatelyGCC uses designated medical providers for treatment ofwork-related injuriesAll accidents and near-miss incidents must be reportedNo employee can enter a trench exceeding 5’ deep unlessadvised that is is safe by the competent personMSDS sheets are available for review - do not work with anyproduct that you are not familiar withDo not enter areas where substances are being used by othercontractors, unless trained on the proper safety precautionsHorseplay is not permittedDaily jobsite walkthroughs must be performedNo employee is permitted to perform any task that they havenot been trained to performAll potential and/or identified hazards must be reported toallow for immediate correction and communication ofexposure to other workersDiscuss parking arrangements for the project

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Special Topics for Project (address specific exposures, MSDS reviewed, etc.):________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Safety Recommendations & Employee Comments:_____________________________________________________________________________________________

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Tailgate Meeting Attended By (employees are required to sign/print name):Signature includes confirmation of the following:• In the last week I have not suffered any work-related injury or illness that has not been reported to my Supervisor• In the last week I have not been denied my authorized 10-minute breaks• In accordance with Prop 65 requirements, I have been notified that at I may be working in areas, or with products, which

contains chemicals known to the State of Californa to cause Cancer and Birth Defects or Other Reporductive Harm

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Su firma incluye la confirmación de lo siguiente:• En la semana pasada no he sufrido ninguna lesión o enfermedad relacionada con el trabajo que no haya sido reportada a mi Supervisor.• En la semana pasada no he sido prevenido de tomar mis descansos autorizados de 10 minutos.• De acuerdo con los requerimientos de la Prop. 65, se me ha notificado que yo pudiera estar trabajando en áreas o con productos que

contienen químicos conocidos por el Estado de California como causantes de Cáncer, Defectos de Nacimiento u otro Daño Reproductivo.

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