Western Summit Constructors, Inc'

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Western Summit Constructors, Inc.
ABC Safety Committee Crane Accidents
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Overview

• Are you prepared for a crane incident on your
  site
• When disasters strike!
• Emergency Action Planning
• Post accident investigation
• Cost and Impact of a accident to the project

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Choices

• Disasters just dont happen.
• They happen because people make poor choices.
• Poor choices come back to visit you when you
  least expect them.

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The First Step

• People cause accidents, they just dont happen.
• Accidents occur more often due to lack of
  planning, or identifying workplace hazards
• It is imperative that the project team and the
  safety team spend time creating a Project
  Exposure Assessment. The assessment identifies
  items such as
• Confined Space
• Fall Exposures
• Airborne Contaminates

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When you least expect
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When Tragedy Comes Calling
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When It Strikes

• What do I do?
• Who do I call?
• Is everyone alright?
• OSHA may show up!
• Emergency Services are on the way!
• The Media is flying overhead!
• People are starting to leave the site!
• The police just pulled into the site!

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Your worst nightmare!
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You Need a Plan

• Emergency Action Planning
• Your organization must have an Emergency Action
  Plan, and training associated with the plan
• Why have the plan?
• To assure that you provide the safest and most
  secure workplace possible for our employees and
  others on site
• To eliminate confusion.
• To safeguard the companys and clients property
  and equipment

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Got a little too close!
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Oh No!
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I thought the line was dead!
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His last mistake
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Operator Not Trained
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What does it do to the project?
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When it rains it poors!
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Its not suppose to look like that!
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Whats that snapping noise?
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Gravity Kills
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Side Loads Kill
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Boy are we in trouble!
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Having a bad day!
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Oh )!
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Summary

• Are you prepared for a crane incident on your
  site
• When disasters strike!
• Emergency Action Planning
• Post accident investigation
• Cost and Impact of a accident to the project

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Dont let this be your project.
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Q A

• ANY QUESTIONS?