Hands on Safety for Hands on Tools

What safety rights should construction and manufacturing workers expect to be available on the job? Many workers often ask this basic question after an injury. Since the inception of OSHA in the early 1970's workers have gained more control of their working environment and better working standards. Still, after fifty years, some of the basics of why OSHA was created have been lost to fancy program names and company safety programs claiming zero injuries. These are noble programs. Safety Professionals know there is no such thing as zero risk. Therefore, this book outlines the basics of safety success.

Hands-on safety for Hands-on Tools teaches you, the working person, some basic memory tools to set yourself up for success on every single task, every single time. If any element of these simple rules is missing, OSHA says you do not have to place yourself at risk. Most responsible business owners now want the same thing; however, they are not always directly involved with the hands performing the work.

You will learn the five workers' rights, the pros and cons of improvisation, the safety hierarchy of controls, and hazard and safeguard awareness. In addition, we will teach you how to build integrity, have the courage to speak out, communicate safety issues clearly, while keeping yourself and coworkers safe.

This book can promote a worker-level safety improvement program from the working hands. You know better than front-line supervision and management how work really is executed in the field. You have years of experience. This book will now give you the voice, the knowledge, and the organization to partner with your employer to effect real safety change.