1. Safety Hazards for Asbestos Abatement Workers
Other Safety Concerns
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Safety Hazards for Asbestos Abatement Workers
SLIDE #1 (Tray 2 – 39): Safety Hazards for Asbestos Abatement Workers
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2. Other Safety Concerns
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SLIDE #2 (Tray 2 – 40): A temporary light with a poor splice and poorly place -- not of the low-power portable variety recommended. The aluminum reflector gets hot.
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3. Other Safety Concerns
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SLIDE #3 (Tray 2 – 41): A similar problem found in the previous slide w/o the splice concern.
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4. Other Safety Concerns
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SLIDE #4 (Tray 2 – 42): All-around poor housekeeping, including potential trip hazards.
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5. Other Safety Concerns
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SLIDE #5 (Tray 2 – 43): Power panels covered with one layer, not two, of critical barrier poly – and hopefully locked and tagged out.
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6. Other Safety Concerns
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SLIDE #6 (Tray 2 – 44): A poorly dressed-out abatement worker shoveling asbestos. (Questions: Is heat stress a problem? Is the shovel metal or plastic? Is this the time to be scooping up this ACM waste? This is slide #81 from Tray 1)
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7. Other Safety Concerns
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SLIDE #7 (Tray 2 – 45): Poor electrical maintenance and handling of wire – at least a trip hazard – and code violations very likely.
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8. Other Safety Concerns
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SLIDE #8 (Tray 2 – 46): More electrical wiring and connection hazards, as well as trip hazard.
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9. Other Safety Concerns
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SLIDE #9 (Tray 2- 47): Improper use of a ladder and working in a tight spot. (There is someone standing on the ladder.)
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10. Other Safety Concerns
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SLIDE #10 (Tray 2 – 48): An improperly dressed-out abatement working using a chair for a ladder or portable scaffold.
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11. Other Safety Concerns
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SLIDE #11 (Tray 2 – 49): Improper use of ladder and perhaps heat stress? Or just poor work habits?
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12. SLIDE #12 (Tray 2 – 50): Several trip hazards.
Other Safety Concerns
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SLIDE #12 (Tray 2 – 50): Several trip hazards.
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13. SLIDE #13 (Tray 2 – 51): Trip hazards and poor critical barrier work.
Other Safety Concerns
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SLIDE #13 (Tray 2 – 51): Trip hazards and poor critical barrier work.
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14. SLIDE #14 (Tray 2 – 52): Trip hazards and tardy cleanup.
Other Safety Concerns
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SLIDE #14 (Tray 2 – 52): Trip hazards and tardy cleanup.
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15. Other Safety Concerns
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SLIDE #15 (Tray 2 – 53): Steps where airlines may be a trip hazard. (Question: What about the poly on the steps – do you see some-thing not right?)
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16. Other Safety Concerns
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SLIDE #16 (Tray 2 – 54): One way to prevent slipping of the stair poly.
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17. Other Safety Concerns
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SLIDE #17 Tray 2 – 55): Improperly dressed-out abatement workers who may fall at any moment, especially the worker second from the right.
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18. Other Safety Concerns
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SLIDE #18 (Tray 2 – 56): A repeat from the previously slide, only add ACM with metal lathing.
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19. Other Safety Concerns
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SLIDE #19 (Tray 2 – 57): Improperly dressed-out abatement worker in a just plain sloppy regulated area.
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20. Other Safety Concerns
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SLIDE #20 (Tray 2 – 58): Improperly dressed-out abatement worker wearing a half-face respirator w/air hose gripping metal lathing.
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21. Other Safety Concerns
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SLIDE #21 (Tray 2- 59): Disposal of waste bags where the worker on the ground to the right is not dressed-out, while the workers in the truck are. And, Who or what is going to fall over the edge first? (Workers in back of truck have continuous-flow helmets on.)
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