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Sample Programs & Guides

• Accident Prevention Program - General Industry (57 KB DOC).
• Chemical Hazard Communication Program
• Hazard Assessment for PPE (297 KB DOC).
• Job Hazard Analysis Assessment for PPE (256 KB DOC).
• PPE Guide - Volume 1 (3.1 MB PDF).

Posters/Publications

Free materials you can view, download and print or order from L&I.

• Danger (Poster).
• Four Steps to Proper Lifting (Flyer).
• High Noise Area, Wear Hearing Protection (Poster).
• Ladder Safety (Poster)
• Preventing Slips and Falls (Flyer).
• Walk, Don't Run (Poster).

Resources from Others

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• Cell tower climbers surface as having the most dangerous job in America (Wireless Estimator).
• Cell Tower Deaths (PBS/Frontline).
• Electric Power Generation – Transmission - Distribution OSHA eTool.
• Electrical Transmission and Distribution Construction Contractors and Trade Association OSHA Partnership Best Practices (147 KB PDF) OSHA Alliance.
• Fatal Falls of Contractor, Teen Workers Highlight Safety Concerns in Telecommunication Tower Work (NIOSH).
• Powered Industrial Trucks (Forklifts) OSHA eTool.
• Tower Hand Dies After 230-Foot Fall from Communication Tower-North Carolina (NIOSH-FACE).
• US Tower Structure Related Fatalities (Wireless Estimator).
• What's wrong with this photo? (Forklift) WorkSafeBC.

Related Topics:

• Accident Prevention Program.
• Accident Reporting.
• Communication Tower Safety.
• Crane Safety.
• Ergonomics.
• Hazard Communication and the Globally Harmonized System (GHS).
• Job Hazard/Safety Analysis (JSA/JHA).
• Ladder Safety.
• Motor Vehicles (Driving Safety).
• Outdoor Heat Exposure.
• Personal Protective Equipment.
• Powered Industrial Trucks (Lift trucks, Forklifts).
• Recordkeeping And Reporting.
• Telecommunications.
  

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