Scaffold : Over Head Hazard
TOOLBOX TALK Introduction 1. Review any accidents or "near accidents" from the past week. 2. Describe the hazards of the work as they relate to your project. Explain or show the Safe way of doing the job. 3. Give the Tool Box Safety Talk Workers on scaffolds risk injury from overhead hazards such as falling tools, equipment, and materials and energized overhead power lines. To protect employees from falling objects and electrical shock, take these precautions: * Install overhead protection when there is risk of exposure to falling objects. Types of overhead protection include toe-boards at edges of platforms, screens, guardrails, debris nets, catch platforms, canopy structures. * Designate a fall zone under scaffolding with barricades or dange...