... they come into play in a construction contract. In some high profile projects, an owner can offer an incentive bonus to have components of the project, or even the entire project, completed by a specific date. Consider a high rise apartment building. The owner has a strong incentive to get it complete...

... requirement. In other parts of 1910 Subpart O we have more prescriptive standards that address specific equipment such as; woodworking machinery, abrasive wheel machinery, mills and calendars (for rubber and plastic), mechanical power presses and other equipment. There are numerous types of equipment...

... updated their publication several times since, with the most recent being in November 2010. The American Standard for Testing and Materials, (ASTM) produce two of the most widely recognized standards for playground equipment; ASTM F1487, Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Playground...

..., if any of them, were truly committed. I suggested to them that we don t understand what it is to be committed. And that the difference between good intentions and true commitments was in five key specifications: 1. What you are committed to is self-chosen. 2. The commitment you chose MUST be a specific...

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...Session No. 657 Comparison of Global Safety Management Systems: CSA, ANSI, OHSA s 18000 Series and ILO Eldeen Pozniak, BA, BSc, CEES, CHSC, CHSMSA, CRSP Pozniak Safety Associates, Inc. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Today we are going to discuss safety management systems and specifically some...

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... H].1 The level of function-specific training that a person signing the shipping paper must complete is significant. He must know all the aspects of classifying, packaging, and communicating hazardous materials. After all, if you don t know what s required, how do you now someone else has performed...

... involves understanding the company's strategic plan and developing safety goals that correspond with that plan. Goal setting should also be incorporated into the project in order to achieve attainable project-specific safety objectives. Goal Setting on the Corporate Level As a safety professional...

... analyzed, they were not being addressed. Had the quality of those incident investigation reports been higher, the design causal factors would more than likely have been at a higher level. Some industry specific accident studies show that in as many of 60 percent of cases, design causal factors were...

... were doing the same thing, and competitive pressures were mounting to lower the bar on specifications wherever possible. The result was a lessening of attention to the performance delivered by the products and an increase in confusion among end-users about what the products would do in their operations...

.... For example, OSHA requires we post signs to identify confined spaces. We also post signs to remind employees to wear personal protective equipment as they enter specific areas. However, safety signs must compete with other facility signage for visual awareness in the workplace. Other competing signs are ADA...

.... Well-written specifications are an integral part of risk control for any business and any product, whether being procured for internal use, or sold as a product on the open market. Moneys spent on specifications return many fold to the corporation / producer / designer over the life of the product...

... applicable. After researching the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards, it was determined OSHA standard 29 CFR 1926.54 exists for lasers associated with the construction industry but there was no specific OSHA standards for general industry. OSHA Technical Manual, Section III...

... or suppliers of industrial equipment would also benefit from the definition of ergonomic workstation and product specifications. Applicable Topic Areas: Construction, Engineering, Ergonomics, Government, Health, Human Behavior, Industrial Hygiene, Insurance, International Safety, Loss Control, Management...

.... These findings resulted in the adoption of Federal regulations which specifically established occupational and environmental sound level exposure limits. Therefore, reducing the amount of sound generated by machine tools has become another important design parameter for the machine supplier. To achieve...