Safety and Health Planning
The ASSP A10 Committee for Construction and Demolition Operations standards and others are developed through consensus and approved by the American National Standards Institute, which governs the process. Let’s familiarize ourselves with some highlights of ANSI/ASSP A10.1, Pre-Project and Pre-Task Safety and Health Planning, a consensus standard designed to move construction and demolition safety and health forward, provide additional support to OSHA regulatory requirements and supplement guidance from other governmental bodies.
For more information on the series of ASSP A10 standards from the Committee on American National Standard Construction and Demolition Operations, please visit www.assp.org/standards/standards-topics/construction-and-demolition-operations-a10.
1. “Any task that presents a probability of death, serious physical harm or significant impairment without appropriate safety or health protective measures” is known as a ______ task.
2. One way to ensure that safety and health design is included in contract documents and specifications is to incorporate Prevention through Design as a risk-reduction strategy.
3. Many constructor candidates do not have to provide any safety and health performance criteria and records to be considered for a project.
4. Safety and health plans and procedures should first be considered at which meeting between the construction owners and contractors?
5. Each constructor candidate should provide a report including, but not limited to, safety staff assigned to the project; safety and health training time allocated; and anticipated safety and health resources such as a substance abuse program and PPE.
6. Safety and health training requirements for projects should include the following at a minimum:
7. Safety and health training for supervisors should include information on how to establish a safe project work environment, project-specific safety and health orientation and site emergency procedures.
8. Contractors should provide ______ to facilitate consistency and uniformity of approach within and between work teams when addressing hazards associated with specific tasks.
9. When evaluating a contractor’s safety and health performance record, the ANSI A10 committee recommends using ______ to more accurately gauge performance.
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