36 Section 1 Preparing to Build Extending Your Knowledge 1. Use the Internet or a catalog from a safety equipment company. Find five different types of personal protective equipment (safety glasses, hard hats, etc.) and identify the number of choices offered in each category. Determine why they are different. 2. Research safety measures appropriate to working with air-powered (pneumatic) tools. 3. Write a detailed description of a situation in which you have seen a construction worker on the job—something you observed while riding by in a car would be fine. Research the OSHA standards that would apply to that person. 4. Working in small groups, research one of the following hazards on the OSHA website: A. Electrical hazards B. Struck-by hazards C. Caught-in/ between hazards D. Fall hazards E. Confined spaces F. Excavation G. Welding hazards H. Explosion hazards Prepare a presentation describing the hazard, identifying examples of the hazard that may be found on a jobsite, and listing actions that could be taken to eliminate or minimize the risk from the hazard. Share your presentation with the class. 5. Working in small groups, prepare a presentation on one of the following categories of work clothing or personal protective equipment: A. Footwear B. Pants C. Shirts / jackets D. Gloves E. Hard hat F. Eye protection G. Face shields H. Ventilation devices In your presentation, identify various types of items available and the situations when each type should be used. Demonstration the correct way to wear or use the clothing or equipment. Describe and demonstrate proper care, maintenance, and storage for the clothing or equipment. Academic and STEM Activities 1. Language Arts. List five products other than lumber commonly used on construction sites. Obtain Safety Data Sheets for those products. SDS can often be downloaded on the Internet or obtained from retailers that sell those products. Some SDS might be available in your school. Write a report on one of those products, explaining the information you found on the SDS and recommendations for working with that product. Note: Prior to 2012, SDS were called Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS). 2. Science. Research how the user can get a shock from an electrically powered tool that is improperly grounded and the effects of electrical shock on the human body. Develop a list of safety measures appropriate to working with electrically powered tools. Communicating about Carpentry 1. Speaking and Listening. Create a poster of a carpenter practicing proper safety while working. Identify the safety measures the carpenter is taking while working by using arrow pointers. As you work with the group, discuss the meaning of each term. Afterward, display your posters in the classroom as a convenient reference aid for discussions and assignments. 2. Speaking and Reading. You are a construction foreman in charge of your work crew. It is your responsibility to ensure the safety of your workers in the event of a fire. You must post signs in the work area to educate your workers on the different types of fires and how to extinguish them. Research the types of fires and categorize them as Class A, Class B, or Class C. Create your signs in the form of a presentation. Share the presentation with the class, as though the class were your crew. Ask for and answer any questions your crew may have. 3. Speaking and Listening. Review the examples of unsafe conditions and unsafe acts listed in the chapter. Working in small groups, brainstorm to identify additional examples of unsafe conditions and unsafe acts. Share your list with the rest of class. 4. Speaking and Listening. Review the impacts of accident costs described in this chapter. Working in small groups, brainstorm to identify other indirect costs of workplace accidents. Share your list with the rest of class. Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc.