December 1, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.
By Midwest Roofing Contractors Affiliation (MRCA).
Security by no means goes out of fashion! Clean up in your security practices with MRCA’s Toolbox Talks.
Enclosed are your SHARP Plus Coaching supplies for this month. These supplies are offered in each English and Spanish. Use the hyperlinks beneath to view/obtain:
Security Toolbox Talks:
Reminder that every one MRCA toolbox talks will be discovered on-line. Change into a member right this moment for entry to quite a lot of assets!
It is very important observe that the SHARP Plus supplies offered are supposed to offer you info to help you in protecting your workers protected and in compliance with OSHA necessities. Whereas each effort has been made to make sure that every subject is updated and correct, the MRCA and the MRCA Security Committee disclaim any legal responsibility for the accuracy of those SHARP Plus supplies. Neither the MRCA or the MRCA Security Committee will be held liable for the content material of those supplies.
The Toolbox Talks are designed to be introduced on the jobsite. These supplies are offered as a information for you and are supposed for use as a useful resource to correctly practice your workers in security. They needn’t be used within the order they’re offered, nor ought to they be used to the exclusion of every other supplies that you simply really feel could also be extra applicable or well timed.
Proof of attendance, at every session must be retained for no less than 5 years following the coaching. It’s the duty of the person to make sure that its workers perceive and adjust to the supplies included in addition to all OSHA requirements.
It is crucial that every one discipline managers and supervisors are nicely grounded in security and obtain sufficient security coaching on an annual foundation. Employee coaching must be centered on these hazards to which the employee has potential for publicity. Examples embody particular coaching on hazard communication procedures, fall protections techniques, ladders, scaffolding, fireplace extinguishers and emergency procedures, amongst others.
Solely you’ll be able to establish hazards to which your workers could also be uncovered. You’re required to coach your workers on all hazards a prudent employer would establish. Please don’t really feel that you have to rigidly comply with the SHARP Plus supplies despatched to you. You should determine what coaching is required in your workers. Coaching must be performed to satisfy the protection objectives of your organization. Whereas compliance with OSHA is required, the protection of your workers and your organization’s need to behave in an expert method ought to drive your security program. Contractors within the building trade are seeing a big enhance in issues by constructing homeowners and common contractors as to the extent of coaching, staff’ comp expertise and OSHA document of the subcontractors who search work from them.