OSHA Guide for the Construction Industry

Our OSHA Guide For The Construction Industry makes your job easier by providing construction employers with the basic tools for a safer worksite. The Guide focuses on those standards most frequently overlooked and violated by employers in the construction industry, including a list of the top 20 most-violated construction industry standards. Informative and easy-to-understand, The Guide includes pertinent safety checklists and forms, plus a directory of state and federal health and safety agencies. Other topics discussed include: Separate, in-depth chapters on excavation and trenching, asbestos, fall protection, and scaffolds Hazard Communication and an explanation of Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) within the context of the HazCom Standard Recordkeeping, reporting, and posting requirements, including the 300, 300A, and 301 Forms, plus instructions on their use Digest of OSHA construction industry standards, including discussion of fines and penalties Training chapter that explains how to identify training needs, gives an overview of OSHA training fundamentals, and summarizes training requirements by topic Checklist of commonly required safety plans and five sample plans that can be copied and used, plus a CD of these five plans with interactive features that allow users to modify, save, and print the following plans using Microsoft Word: Emergency Action, Fall Protection for Residential Construction, General Health and Safety for Construction, Hazard Assessment and PPE, and Hazard Communication OSHA overview chapter that defines employer and employee rights and responsibilities, gives inspection procedures and tips, lists common defenses to OSHA citations, and more Updated annually.H. Ray Kirk is the author of 'OSHA Guide for the Construction Industry' with ISBN 9780735559301 and ISBN 0735559309.