Paint Talk - Professional Painting Contractors Forum - Workplace Safety http://www.painttalk.com No other topic is as important as this one. Safety first! en Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:21:47 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.painttalk.com/images/misc/rss.jpg Paint Talk - Professional Painting Contractors Forum - Workplace Safety http://www.painttalk.com Do we need someone CPR cert. on site? http://www.painttalk.com/f11/do-we-need-someone-cpr-cert-site-10436/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:14:40 GMT Does the OSHA requirements for having a CPR certified person on a job site apply only to commercial, to all companies, only a certain size??? Anyone... Does the OSHA requirements for having a CPR certified person on a job site apply only to commercial, to all companies, only a certain size??? Anyone know more about this. Thanks. ]]> Workplace Safety DeanV http://www.painttalk.com/f11/do-we-need-someone-cpr-cert-site-10436/ Ladder standing on a roof http://www.painttalk.com/f11/ladder-standing-roof-10232/ Fri, 20 Aug 2010 01:05:28 GMT I have to paint the exterior trim on the second floor of this house which has an overhang, well too steep to stand a step ladder or even just stand... I have to paint the exterior trim on the second floor of this house which has an overhang, well too steep to stand a step ladder or even just stand and paint. The overhang is too far out to use a ladder from the ground.

What I've gathered on this site is that roof jacks and a plank are the easiest/best method to secure the bottom of the ladder? I can fabricate something easily from there to protect the shingles and make a level platform to stand on.

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]]> Workplace Safety Fresh_Start http://www.painttalk.com/f11/ladder-standing-roof-10232/ Most recent Accident http://www.painttalk.com/f11/most-recent-accident-10166/ Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:00:50 GMT Today I was in my seal coating truck, slammed on the brakes to miss a dog (never will again) and the main line from the tank to the pump busted off. ... Today I was in my seal coating truck, slammed on the brakes to miss a dog (never will again) and the main line from the tank to the pump busted off. Well there was not enough hose to fix it on the spot. So I had to take the shirt off my back to clog the pipe. Luckily this happened right next to a church construction site and some of the workers saw what was going on and came with coolers of water to wash me off. So then I went to ACE to get the stuff to fix my rig. So in between clogging the pipe and fixing the pipe I got covered with about 5 gallons of Coal Tar Emulsion Sealer. It was so hot today the stuff pretty much baked the stuff pretty much baked on to me.

So I got to spend half a day in the ER with 2nd degree chemical burns on about 25-40% of my body (between knees and ankles, forearms, face, and chest). I'm at home now. Feeling better but it is just the meds. Going to be fine but i feel like I am on fire and the skin is about to burn off the bone. It feels like a burn you get from carrying a thinner rag in your pocket times 10 and on most my body.

Morale of the story don't let your dog get in my path on the road from now on, I will run it over. ]]> Workplace Safety WAGGZ http://www.painttalk.com/f11/most-recent-accident-10166/