Safty training?

[Vendetti]

On site safty train, tail gate training. What is the protocol weekly, montly? Do you cover chainsaw safty, PPE's, rigging, Electical hazards and so on? Do you have someone trained in first aid on site? What is your safty training program or have you been putting it off? What doe's it look like to be Osha compliant?
I intend to see that everyone goes home at the end of the day.

 

[TreeClimber57]

On site safty train, tail gate training. What is the protocol weekly, montly? Do you cover chainsaw safty, PPE's, rigging, Electical hazards and so on? Do you have someone trained in first aid on site? What is your safty training program or have you been putting it off? What doe's it look like to be Osha compliant?
I intend to see that everyone goes home at the end of the day.

We have weekly meetings, meetings vary. Monday morning usually.

Cover all you have .. and more ..
Hazard Assessment
Emergency Response
First Aid
Accident Investigation
Workplace Violence
Power tools
Chainsaws=
Electrical Safety
WHMIS
PPE
Ladders & Stairways
Fall Protection
Rigging
Driver Safety
Welding (where needed)

First Aid Training is done by St Johns Ambulance for us.
Safety manual done by separate company who specializes in it.. ours is slightly different than OSHA (company does both OSHA and ours.. and says ours needs to have some additional info in it to be Cdn compliant)
Some training is also from TCIA

 

[treemandan]

On site safty train, tail gate training. What is the protocol weekly, montly? Do you cover chainsaw safty, PPE's, rigging, Electical hazards and so on? Do you have someone trained in first aid on site? What is your safty training program or have you been putting it off? What doe's it look like to be Osha compliant?
I intend to see that everyone goes home at the end of the day.

I usually just ride them all the time... which means I am riding myself as well.

 

[treemandan]

We have weekly meetings, meetings vary. Monday morning usually.

Cover all you have .. and more ..
Hazard Assessment
Emergency Response
First Aid
Accident Investigation
Workplace Violence
Power tools
Chainsaws=
Electrical Safety
WHMIS
PPE
Ladders & Stairways
Fall Protection
Rigging
Driver Safety
Welding (where needed)

First Aid Training is done by St Johns Ambulance for us.
Safety manual done by separate company who specializes in it.. ours is slightly different than OSHA (company does both OSHA and ours.. and says ours needs to have some additional info in it to be Cdn compliant)
Some training is also from TCIA

Good points, you definately want to think to add things you would not normally think about and may not even been part of the job though related.

 

[TreeClimber57]

Good points, you definately want to think to add things you would not normally think about and may not even been part of the job though related.

I didn't think of them Was part of review with our Workers Comp rep.. as well as discussions with a company who sells material. While they may not appear as work related - as in when cutting a tree - they could well be something encountered during the day when working on the job. Refilling saw, chaning knives on chipper, cleaning up spill at job site or shop, etc. It needs to all be considered to be even close to compliant.

 

[squad143]

We have weekly meetings, meetings vary. Monday morning usually.

Great start TreeClimber57.

Additionally it is good to have a quick safety briefing at the start of each job. Talk about/show hazards/important things related to that specific site.

Something as simple as informing your workers of the address, or its location (written and placed on the dash of the truck) in case someone has to quickly call 911.

 

[Toddppm]

I didn't think of them Was part of review with our Workers Comp rep.. as well as discussions with a company who sells material. .

Gack meeting with mine tomm., I'll see if they have anything to add afterwards.

 

[TreeClimber57]

Great start TreeClimber57.

Additionally it is good to have a quick safety briefing at the start of each job. Talk about/show hazards/important things related to that specific site.

Something as simple as informing your workers of the address, or its location (written and placed on the dash of the truck) in case someone has to quickly call 911.

We always have a written - documented pre-work review. Really a farily simple checklist but serves its purpose. Mandatory for our workers comp if ever get an audit.

Also have daily vehicle and equipment checklists.. again mandatory (by DOT).

Lots likely do not do.. but only take a short time.. and worth if if you get inspected.

I will relook at checklist and see what is on it.. and if can add anything. We did not make checklist (either of them).. but they suffice so far.

 

[ROPECLIMBER]

"?'s on safety mettings,"
The company I work for seasonally has weekly safety inspections/meetings,not scheduled so to keep us on or toes, a lot of it is already mentioned, would add,
Access line (especially when working over 60 ft) some times I would just hang a throw line
Ground helper trained on lower controls of bucket
First aid kit and
Areal rescue kit on the ground (gaffs,harness,throw line&wt,150ft climb line,and two way lanyard)
Two hot sticks on ground (to activate bucket in case in wires)
even though we didnt work near wires go figure (They do have some city work and two guys were utility certified.)
each crew leader keeps job discription with address on dash of formans truck,
pre job walk through and briefing, risk assesment, Address was to be witten down in our hours clip board, PPE pre climb tree and gear inspection. nearest land line pointed out (cell out at some jobs)
Any way my question is are these quized inspections required weekly by OSHA or by the companies insurance or both. also is Hazcom training required for climbers that dont work in the PHC division I googled it and was pages of lawer liped jargon that I dont comprende, had to to with labes and containers etc? Also I read somwhere about a arial rescue cetificate required on groundman on site?

 

[mattfr12]

We have weekly meetings, meetings vary. Monday morning usually.

Cover all you have .. and more ..
Hazard Assessment
Emergency Response
First Aid
Accident Investigation
Workplace Violence
Power tools
Chainsaws=
Electrical Safety
WHMIS
PPE
Ladders & Stairways
Fall Protection
Rigging
Driver Safety
Welding (where needed)

First Aid Training is done by St Johns Ambulance for us.
Safety manual done by separate company who specializes in it.. ours is slightly different than OSHA (company does both OSHA and ours.. and says ours needs to have some additional info in it to be Cdn compliant)
Some training is also from TCIA

Ya hand out safety manuals i got them broken up into different categories like avoiding struck by's chainsaw use, driving

it can protect your ass one day if you provide the guidelines and equipment and they have read it and signed off on it can help you get out of a sticky situation

ill send you one or upload it to the forum if you wanna read what i give out? could help you lean in the right direction.some of the info came from the comp people that is standard like he said and some of it was added.

i made up tests after a while screwing around also so i can see if people are even paying attention i don't necessarily make people fill them out. but if someone is applying for a climbing position and i ask them question one can you foot lock i think the last guys answer was yeah i know how to do that on spikes.

i said interesting so you like punching holes in your feet?

 

[ROPECLIMBER]

Mattfr12, thanks, I would sure learn from your handouts and quizes, never new all the rules i broke till I studied for the CA I guess my question's got buried in my ramble, sorry

my question is are these quized inspections required weekly by OSHA or by the companies insurance or both. also is Hazcom training required for climbers that dont work in the PHC division I googled it and was pages of lawer liped jargon that I dont comprende, had to to with labes and containers etc? Also I read somwhere about a arial rescue cetificate required on groundman on site?
Also I am bad with acronyms what is WHMIS
And I guess they would have us do the little quizes and sign them to show verification also this was/is in Colorado, but wouldnt it be the same requirments in all states,

Paul,

 

[mattfr12]

Mattfr12, thanks, I guess my question's got buried in my ramble, sorry

my question is are these quized inspections required weekly by OSHA or by the companies insurance or both. also is Hazcom training required for climbers that dont work in the PHC division I googled it and was pages of lawer liped jargon that I dont comprende, had to to with labes and containers etc? Also I read somwhere about a arial rescue cetificate required on groundman on site?

Also I am bad with acronyms what is WHMIS
And I guess they would have us do the little quizes and sign them to show verification also this was/is in Colorado, but wouldnt it be the same requirments in all states,

Paul,

Most of it no things like aerial rescue for groundsman would be hard to get them to do. a lot of them don't want to climb i think larger companies get an insurance break for doing thies kinds of things like having arial rescue training, CPR and so on but is it mandatory. not that i know of.

About the PHC division i don't dabble to much in that field so I'm as lost as you are.

and i don't think their required i worked at bartlett for a few years and a safety talk usually consisted of eating donuts and hearing how someone else got hurt. so that we didn't make the same mistakes i think our safety meetings are a little better.

usually don't rant about random stuff more like if theirs ice on the ground be wearing your chaps and about if falling off the tree and so on.

 

[ROPECLIMBER]

Thanks , mattfr12,
Aspen tryed to keep them real and I took the job for the experience of doing it right, but the Arborist instructor that covered tree worker safty in the Arbotist prep class i took last spring went on about huge OSHA fines and even it were just me working by myself I needed a cpr a arial rescue
guy and a patriege in a pear tree , made me scared to go to work, talked about OSHA pulling up with video of a noncomplient crew and writing out a 25,000 fine,
Paul,

 

[sgreanbeans]

Hey Matt, I would like to see those checklist.

 

[2treeornot2tree]

Hey Matt, I would like to see those checklist.

me too Please

 

[deevo]

me too Please

I got a few from TCIA site, but yeah Matt I would like to see yours as well.

 

[derwoodii]

These are some Australian work place safety adverts sobering and compelling by design.

[video=youtube;L1RRXhqC1gw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1RRXhqC1gw&feature=fvwp&NR=1[/video]

This advert is an emotional look at the consequence of not putting safety first. Two police officers arrive to break some bad news to a young family.

This is the ultimate reminder that the most important reason for making your work place safe is not at work at all.

[video=youtube;ffC9FfMYpW4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffC9FfMYpW4[/video]

 

[Iustinian]

If I recall correctly, aerial rescue training is required once annually. On each job site at least 2 people are required to be CPR/first aid certified (bc what if only one is than what happens when the CPR certified guy is the one that gets injured?) and new hires are supposed to be CPR trained within 30 days. We always make a point that everyone knows where bid form is that has the address on it, and if 911 gets called that its important to let them know that its a "high angle rescue situation" so that they can show up with the right gear/personnel.

 

[deevo]

If I recall correctly, aerial rescue training is required once annually. On each job site at least 2 people are required to be CPR/first aid certified (bc what if only one is than what happens when the CPR certified guy is the one that gets injured?) and new hires are supposed to be CPR trained within 30 days. We always make a point that everyone knows where bid form is that has the address on it, and if 911 gets called that its important to let them know that its a "high angle rescue situation" so that they can show up with the right gear/personnel.

I am going to try and do aerial rescue practice quarterly this year (if time allows) I get our rescue dummy from the firehall to play our victim. We did 4 different scenarios in November, everything went very smooth. Remember, if you or someone has to be rescued out of a tree, 9 times out of 10 the fire dept likely won't be able to get their aerial truck into a backyard or tight spot, and none of them are likely trained in tree aerial rescue. My dept as well, not equipped or trained, same with some of our local big city dept's. They are only trained to a certain level. That's why you better have another climber on site and groundies who know what to do if an emergency ever arose. Here's a few pics of me doing it. Used a big sugar maple in my back yard. If you have all the right equipment, ie. pulleys, extra lanyards it's fairly easy to do. I also have a dedicated aerial rescue kit on site at all times now. When doing the EHAP course you must show proof of a competent aerial rescue using the methods they teach. I am the only one in Ontario who has fully completed the TCIA EHAP program (it's on the TCIA site) You can never be over prepared!

 

[2treeornot2tree]

You are right about the fire company not knowing what to do in a tree rescue scenaro. I am High angle rescue certified threw the fire department, and they never actually mentioned tree work. Every time we did a mock rescue it was loading a patient off the side of a building or rock face into a stokes basket. I might make a suggestion to the chief about doing a mock tree rescue for us and neighboring departments.