Even though various risk minimization strategies are implemented in controlling the consequences, still accidents are happening due to the involvement of heavy equipment at worksite. This paper focuses on the various occupational hazards and risk associated with heavy machines, mostly cranes and provides...
Summary: There are many hazards associated with heavy equipment and the long list of regulations your company must abide by. Due to the large nature of this equipment, when accidents occur, they are often tragic. While OSHA does not have a specific regulation for each piece of equipment, the...
When working near excavators or other heavy machinery, always maintain a safe distance and never enter the equipment's swing radius without the operator's acknowledgement. Respiratory Hazards Construction work often generates dust, fumes and other airborne contaminants that can pose serious health risks...
To reduce the risk of injury or death, contractors must train employees to be aware of heavy equipment during operation and refrain from wearing loose clothing or apparatuses attached to the body that can get caught up in moving machinery parts. Workers should also stay clear of the radius of...
Falls from cranes and other heavy equipment Unguarded roof and building edges Failure to provide fall protection is the most frequently cited violation of OSHA safety standards. Even the most experienced construction workers can be injured or killed if they are not provided with adequate, functional ...
(Fig.2). These are the months that registered Red and/or Orange code warnings and record numbers of overall hydrological warnings. While the first two pandemic years confirm the seasonal flood hazard pattern associated with high rainfall of late spring-early summer, 2022 appears to be a year ...
Even though these are completely different routes, the adverse impacts associated with either are evident (the latter is discussed in detail in Section 6.2). Several authors (e.g. Li et al., 2006, Li et al., 2009, Hazardous substances in e-waste E-waste contains hazardous metals, such ...
Low bone density as assessed by calcaneal ultrasound has been associated with mortality in elderly men and women. We examined the relationship between bone... DP Trivedi,KT Khaw - Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosi...
Various approaches to reduce and manage societal risks associated with lahar hazards have been applied over the years (Neumann van Padang [1960]; Smart [1981]; Suryo and Clarke [1985]; Pierson [1989]). These approaches fall into four basic categories of mitigation, including hazard avoidance, ...
This connection is consistent with a broad view that it is no longer adequate to bound our research to systems that are themselves secure, and yet are unsafe for the humans associated with the system use (cf Neumann 1995, Baskerville 1990). Practice, as well as ethics, drives us to ...