Heavy Equipment Safety Topics

Safety toolbox topic on the primary sources of injury to heavy machinary operators.

Heavy equipment safety topics.

Our jobsite toolbox talks are concise content rich resources that can be utilized to engage the workforce prior to or during a work shift. Heavy equipment safe practices introduction. Definition of heavy equipment. Of these heavy equipment incidents 35 are the result of contact with equipment.

Many of these incidents could have been avoided by following simple safety measures. The hazards do not go away when the equipment leaves the project or facilit y. Our today s topic is heavy equipment safety. The primary sources of injury to operators and other personnel working around heavy equipment are.

We will cover defination hazards safety precautions type of heavy equipment. Working in the presence of heavy equipment applies to all o g employees contractors and visitors. Who this topic applies to. When heavy equipment is in operation construction job sites are dangerous places.

Noisy equipment dust earth vibrations swinging buckets booms forks back up alarms and heavy duty truck. The number of reported injuries and fatalities involving heavy equipment is on the rise. This can even apply to pedestrians traveling on the road. Striking individuals or other vehicles with the equipment particularly its blade.