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Physical Hazards

Aerial work equipment (scissor lifts, boom lifts, personnel lifts)

Automobiles and light trucks

Block and tackle, chains or pulleys

Cold weather

Combustible materials

Compaction equipment

Compressed gas

Compressors (air, gas)

Confined space

Construction materials (wet cement, epoxy resins, cement dusts, alcohols, lime, metalworking fluids, turpentine, paints, adhesives)

Containers (drums, roll-off, super sac)

Conveyors - Material (conveyor belts, bucket conveyors)

Conveyors - Personnel (escalators, elevators, moving walkways)

Corrosive materials

Cranes and crane trucks

Dust / Fluff

Demolition equipment and activities

Earthmoving equipment (dozers, graders, excavators, trenchers, rollers, compactors, backhoe, skip loader)

Electrical equipment (transformers, switching gear, breakers, high voltage lines)

Elevated loads

Elevated work platform or stairs

Excavations/trenches

Explosive materials

Flammable materials and liquids

Flammable/reactive chemicals

Floor equipment (vacuums, buffers, sweepers)

Generators (electrical)

Grated decks

Grounds keeping equipment (lawnmowers, snow blowers, edging equipment,etc.)

Hand tools

Heaters and boilers (steam)

Heavy manual lifting/moving

High pressure water or air use

Hot or cold surfaces

Hot weather

Ignitable materials and liquids

Inadequate lighting

Inclement weather - lightning, high wind, snow, rain, sleet

Jacks

Ladders (portable, fixed)

Lifting equipment (cranes)

Lifting equipment (forklifts, hoists)

Light (optical) radiation (i.e. welding operations, etc.).

Manufacturing equipment and motion of machinery

Noise (Sound Pressure Level), dBA

Overhead obstacles (power lines or pipelines, block and tackle, lights, structures)

Overhead utilities (electrical, gas, water, etc.)

Oxidizers

Painting equipment

Pipelines - aboveground (hazardous materials)

Pipelines - underground (hazardous materials)

Poor Housekeeping

Portable Toilets

Power tools (electric, gas, hydraulic, pneumatic)

Pressure washers

Pressurized cylinders, lines, or equipment

Ramps

Reactive materials and liquids

Remote location

Repetitive motion or other ergonomic concerns

Rolling or pinching objects

Rotating equipment

Rough terrain

Scaffolding

Sharp objects

Slippery surfaces (water, ice, snow)

Snow removal equipment

Structural integrity

Sweepers (ride-on)

Tanks

Trenches and trench shoring

Trucks, tractors, and semi-trailers

Uneven surfaces (curbs, gutters, drains, etc.)

Utilities - aboveground (power, natural gas, water, etc.)

Utilities - overhead (power, natural gas, water, etc.)

Utilities - underground (power, natural gas, water, etc.)

Vibration

Welding/Cutting/Burning Equipment

Wires, cables, hoses

Work around, in, and/or over water