2. Manufacturing 120 Industrial Safety and CPR Bruce Poole Sean Howard (IBEST Instructor)

3. Ladders  One of the most common tools and one of the most dangerous is the ladder.  Ladders and fall protection are two of the top 10 WISHA violations and ladder accidents are one of the most frequent emergency room visits for both industrial and private patients.  On average there are 136,118 ladder related injuries handled by US ERs annually.

4. Stairways (requirements)  Employers must install fixed stairs where: Employees travel between different levels on a predictable and regular basis. Access to platforms is required to give routine attention to equipment under operation. Daily movement between elevations is required to gauge, inspect, and maintain equipment where those work assignments may expose employees to acids, caustics, gases, or other harmful substances. Carrying tools or equipment by hand is a normal work requirement.  Do not use spiral stairways except as secondary exit routes.

5. Stairways (definition)  A stairway or fixed stairs is a series of steps and landings: Leading from level or floor to another. Leading to platforms, pits, boiler rooms, crossovers, or around machinery, tanks, and other equipment. Used more or less continuously or routinely by employees or only occasionally by specific individuals. With 3 or more risers.  A riser is the vertical part of the step at the back of a tread that rises to the front of the tread above.  A tread is the horizontal part of the step. Tread width is the distance from the front of the tread to the back.

6. Proper Stairway Rise and Run

7. Stairs and Stair Railings  Employers must: Make sure stairs have slip resistant treads. Make sure that stairs with four or more risers have railings on the open sides or handrails on at least one side of closed stairways, preferably on the right side while descending. Provide a platform where doors or gates open directly on a stairway. The swing of the door must not reduce the effective width of the platform to less than 20 inches. Make sure stairs less than 44 inches wide at least one handrail, preferably on the right or at least one railing on the open side or both sides if both are open. Ensure stairs more than 44 inches wide have railings on both sides and stairs 88 inches wide or more have railings on both sides and down the center.

8. Fire Safety  All work facilities are required to provide, distribute, charge, test and train employees on the use of portable fire extinguishers.  The only exceptions are: There is a written fire safety policy that requires the immediate and total evacuation of employees from the workplace when there is a fire alarm. There is an emergency action plan and a fire prevention plan which meet WISHA requirements. There are portable fire extinguishers in the workplace that aren’t accessible for employee use.  Review Power Point Slide Set on Fire Extinguisher Use