Design & Safety
Safety

Materials related to workplace safety and health hazards, such as: . Amusement industry safety. Technical manuals, checklists, templates, fact sheets, statistics, etc. Safety in the arts and amusement industry. Playground safety. Sports safety. Agricultural safety. Forklift safety. Construction safety. Technical resources for electrical safety, equipment and machinery safety, etc. HazMat. Food safety. Foodborne illness. HCAAP. PPE. Patient safety/sentinel event resources. Needlesticks. Medical device safety.

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Agriculture

Agriculture safety and health databases, fact sheets, guidelines, safety bulletins, guides, farm occupational safety information, and other technical resources.

Aviation

Airport ground vehicle operations safety. SMGCS. FAA & NTSB safety statistics. Weather safety.

Boating-Marine

Full text of boating safety courses. Safe boating tips. Tide prediction. Coast Guard Navigation Center. Beaufort wind force scale.

Compressed Gas

Safety materials related to the handling, storage and transportation of compressed gas cylinders, pressure vessels, etc. Pressure hoses.

Construction

A wide variety of safety materials pertinent to the construction industry and jobsite safety

Construction Fleet

Fleet hazards and recommended controls related to the construction industry

Cranes-Hoists

Safety programs. Operating rules, maintenance procedures, etc. Inspection, maintenace, operation and design requirements for overhead cranes and hoists.

Demolition

Guidance on demolition safety

Dig Safe Contacts

Call before you dig contact information to locate underground utility lines. One Call Centers are provided for each state.

Electrical

General concepts and principles of electrical safety. Electrical safety manuals. Safety meeting outlines. Full text of a lockout - tagout program for the control of hazardous energy.

Elevators

Safety materials, codes, technical bulletins, etc. related to elevator and escalator safety, including construction elevator safety.

Equipment

Safety meeting talks. Safety product information. Escalators, outdoor equipment. Industrial robots. Woodworking machinery safety manual. Industrial robots.

Excavations

Trenching safety tutorial, trenching and excavation safety checklists, trenching and shoring procedures, tunnels and shafts in rocks

Explosives

Full text of federal laws and regulations on explosives such as those from the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. US Dept of Transportation hazardous materials transportation guides.

Fall Protection

How to use fall arrest systems. Requirements for fall protection.

Fatigue

Scientific information on fatigue, sleep, circadian rhythms & performance. Managing fatigue in operational settings. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Safety and health in shiftwork.

Flammables

Guidance on NFPA hazard guidelines related to flammable and combustible liquids and gases, spray painting, fireworks, battery charging, etc.

Food Inspections

FDA inspection guides and manuals for specific food industries.

Forklifts

Full text of fork truck safety program and operator training. Forklift safety guide and inspection checklists. Procedures for the safe operation of lift trucks. Preventing tipover.

Jobsite Safety Manual

Sample jobsite construction safety programs, rules, policies, checklists, SOPs and other materials

Ladders-Platforms

Fact sheets and technical manuals on portable ladders, mobile work platforms, etc.

Machine Guarding

Full text of machine safeguarding programs. Guidelines.

Material Handling

Information on material handling, conveyors, bucket brigades, pallets, pallet standards, conveyor systems, automatic guided vehicle systems, containers, storage systems.

Mobile Equipment

Mobile construction equipment safety considerations - such as excavators, road construction equipment, backhoe safety, front end loader safety, heavy equipment operation safety, etc.

Office Safety

Office safety training materials - programs, checklists, handouts, safety talks, etc.

OSHA Construction

OSHA's requirements for safety in construction including job site safety.

OSHA Fall Safety

OSHA requirements on fall protection systems criteria and practice, scaffolding, fall arrest systems, etc.

Playgrounds

Play area inspection and maintenance program. Large number of documents, handbooks, checklists, etc. on playground and sports safety.

PPE

PPE safety fact sheets and safety meeting outlines. Contact lenses and chemicals. Full text of PPE Program. Technical reference manual. Safety checklists.

PPE-Eyes

Regulations and procedures to take when selecting protective eyewear. Contact lenses and chemicals. Emergency eyewash handbook.

PPE-Gloves

Glove selection charts. Guidelines on glove selection.

Pressure Washing

The physics of pressure washing and its process.

Roofing

Roofing construction safety guidelines, roof access controls, falls from roofs, roof collapse and more.

Sandblasting

Safety and health requirements for sandblasting. Description of sandblasting equipment. What you can do to control the hazards from silica. Canadian safety requirements that must be undertaken by blast operators and other crew personnel for safe sandblast cleaning.

Scaffolding

Scaffolding technical and safety issues

Signs

OSHA and ANSI requirements for safety signs. ANSI pipe marking standards. Requirements for marking workplace hazards.

Slips and Falls

Safety bulletins on slips and falls. Technical information on the control of hazards from walking and working surfaces. Safety checklists.

Swimming

Child drowning prevention. Pool safety rules. Guidelines on pool and spa water chemistry and maintenance. Safety tips. Cryptosporidiosis.

Tools

Guidance on hand tool and power tool requirements for OSHA General Industry, Construction & Maritime Standards. Chain saw safety.

Welding

Welding hazard control bulletins, fact sheets, guidance, resources.

Work Zones

Policies, equipment, devices, best practices for minimizing delay and enhancing safety during highway construction and maintenance operations. NCHRP Report 350. Crash Worthiness of Workzone Appurtenances. Descriptions and contact information for workzone safety campaign programs and materials.