Important Elements of Conducting an Effective Tailboard Meeting OSHA 29 CFR PART (c)

 OSHA Requirements  Employer Responsibilities  Employee Responsibilities  Tailboard subjects to Cover  Practical Application of Tailboards at the Work Site

 OSHA 29 CFR PART (c)  The employer shall ensure that the employee in charge conducts a job briefing with the employees involved before they start each job. The briefing shall cover at least the following subjects:

 Hazards associated with the job  Work procedures involved  Special precautions  Energy source controls  (Lock-out/Tag-out)  Personal protective equipment requirements (PPE)

 At least one before the start of the first job if work or operations performed during the work day are repetitive and similar.

 Additional briefings are required if significant changes, which might affect the safety of the employees, occur during the course of the work.

Brief discussion if work is routine however More extensive if:  Work is complicated or particularly hazardous  And/or employee cannot be expected to recognize and avoid the hazards involved in the job

 Work to be completed and associated work practices  Jobsite hazards  Work area limits  Emergency action plan  Personal protective equipment (PPE)

 Crew members responsibilities  Voltage of line being worked  Minimum approach distance (MAD) that must be maintained  Any controls in place to reduce over- voltages, i.e., reclosing features, cut-out, use of PPE, etc.

 Minimum number of insulation devises (rubber gut’s, blankets, stick’s) needed to safely perform the work

Pertinent measurements of the structure being worked:  Distance from conductor to structure  Type of construction  Span Length  Phase separation

 Types of live line work method that will be used  Rigging loads that will be encountered  Line feed direction/nearest open point  Site safety, public safety, isolation

 Identify worksite hazards  Work rule compliance  Minimum number of insulators (rubber hose, blankets, sticks) to perform the job  CPR/First Aid- Rescue techniques

 Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs)  Crew member responsibilities  Documenting the job briefing

On a Three Man Crew Who is the safety observer trained and proficient in the work being performed with the right to stop any job when an unsafe act is observed ?

 Employer runs risk of citation if compliance officer finds, through questioning, that crew members do not agree on what was covered

 If an accident occurs, documentation of job briefing becomes very important.

 Job briefing documents are not required to be kept and may be destroyed upon completion of job at hand, BUT……

 An employee working alone need not conduct a job briefing.  Employer shall ensure that the tasks to be performed are planned as if a briefing were required.

 DOCUMENTATION

 REMEMBER TO COVER THE FIVE SUBJECTS OUTLINED BY OSHA PRIOR TO THE START OF EVERY JOB

 Hazards associated with the job  Work procedures involved  Special precautions  Energy source controls (Lock-out/Tag-out)  Personal protective equipment requirements

 IMPORTANT ELEMENTS of JOB BRIEFING’S (TAILBOARDS) OSHA 29 CFR PART (c) PROGRAM END