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OSHA Confined Spaces and Lockout/Tagout

Does your company perform work in manholes, pits, tanks, holes, excavations, pipe, or other environments that OSHA may characterize as “permit-required confined spaces”? If so, OSHA regulations apply not only to your workers in “confined spaces”, but also place requirements on your clients. YES!!! Your clients could get cited (as well as your company) because YOU failed to provide documentation before work started to show that your specific employees on that particular project have completed this important, REQUIRED training. Informed and savvy safety managers for your clients in the public and private sector should be requiring you to demonstrate your employee training as well as the confined spaces program for your company before you are allowed to do any of this work on-site.

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Time 8:00am - 5:00pm
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OSHA Excavation & Trenching “Competent Person”

OSHA Safety Regulations require a trained "competent person" to be on-site at all times workers are in trenches and other types of excavations. Experience shows that just one competent person at a site may not be enough to control your liability for the hazards involved as well as the exposure to large citation penalty amounts, workers compensation settlements, and civil lawsuits.

If it has been a few years since you have attended, it is time to refresh and renew your competence in this area. Come, learn and enjoy the brand new format and course materials!

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*Paul MCCain, P.E., President, McCain Special Services, Inc; Authorized OSHA Instructor
Time 8:00am - 5:00pm
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OSHA Excavation & Trenching “Competent Person” … The Advanced Course

Has it been a few years since you attended the introductory course on “Trenching Competent Person” requirements? Are you STILL READY to stand toe-to-toe with an OSHA Officer, answering the detailed questions about safety requirements for excavations LESS THAN 5 FEET DEEP? … DEEPER than 5 feet? Did you know that classifying all soils as Type C might actually result in a citation in many situations, rather than avoid such a risk and expense. This program contains a quick review of the OSHA “Competent Person” requirements, plus the changes that have taken place in the regulation. This program also describes the changes in safety products and technology, and the ripple effect on your citation exposure. Finally, this program examines soil characteristics and performance at a deeper level than was possible in the first course, as well as an array of new engineered product options to be low on bid day.

TOPICS COVERED:

• Latest Trends in Excavation Fatalities and Citations in the Carolinas
• How Other Contractors WIN THE BID by Getting the Site Work Done Cheaper and STAY WITHIN OSHA Regulations
• What the OSHA Inspectors Say You Are Most Likely to MISS in Excavation Safety

Instructor is Paul P. McCain, PE, President, McCain Special Project Services, Inc.; Authorized OSHA Instructor. Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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OSHA Fall Protection Regulations ~ Subpart M

In 2000, OSHA cited contractors for “Fall Protection” violations more frequently than any other regulation in the book. Unfortunately, this is a continuation of an enforcement trend over the past several years. This class looks throughout the OSHA book to locate fall protection rules for various types of construction work. Not only has “Fall Protection” gotten OSHA’s attention, it also has the attention of insurance companies. One study reports that falling accidents account for at least 33% of all deaths on construction sites. Another study reports that falling accidents are the leading cause of general liability lawsuits against general contractors, in cases brought forward by employees of subcontractors. The results of such studies are valuable practical experience for contractor managers to guard against this growing trend in litigation. Facing this reality about today’s marketplace for construction services simply means that your best defense is to be prepared. Your employees MUST KNOW where “Fall Protection” rules apply, not just for your work, but also for other companies whose employees are working around you (in scissor lifts, boom trucks, excavations, roof work, crane personnel platforms, scaffolds, etc.)

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Time 9:00am - 4:30pm
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OSHA Scaffold Safety

OSHA requires a competent person to supervise when a scaffold is "erected, moved, dismantled, or altered,” 1926.451 (a) (4). Attendees will be provided the necessary training to be considered a “competent person” by an OSHA inspector. Attendees will learn the OSHA scaffolding regulations, safety guidelines, and the hazards associated with operations on and around scaffolding.

This is a “Hands-On” scaffold assembly class!

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Time 8:30am - 5:00pm
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Steel Erection Standards

This program is written for Foremen, Estimators, and Project Managers for General Contractors, Steel Erection Contractors, Fabricators, Detailers, Crane Rental Firms, as well as Structural Engineers, Architects, and others involved in the steel erection and supply process. Safety personnel working for any of the above should also attend. SEAA Members are invited to attend at CAGC member rate.

TOPICS COVERED:

• Site Preparation and Site Specific Requirements for the Controlling Contractor as Well as the Erector
• Hoisting and Rigging Requirements Including the New Rules Regarding Hoisting of Personnel and Multiple Lift Rigging (Christmas Treeing) Requirements
• Erection/Assembly and Column Anchorage Requirement Including Design and Fabrication Issues
• Steel Joist Erection Requirements
• Pre-engineered Metal Building Erection
• The NEW Fall Protection and Training Requirements

Instructors are Paul P. McCain, PE, President, McCain Special Project Services, Inc.; Authorized OSHA Instructor and Chip Pocock, Safety and Insurance Manager, C.P. Buckner Steel Erection, Inc.; Certified Crane Inspector, Authorized OSHA Instructor.
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Register for class

Standard Practice for Bracing Masonry Walls During Construction

This seminar is tailored for both General and Masonry Contractors and will include the effects and monitoring of wind speed and loads, hazard identification, the limited access zone, scaffolding requirements, and how to provide for adequate wall and bracing system design and implementation.

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Instructors are Edwin C. Weaver, P.E., and Dr. David W. Johnston, P. E. from North Carolina State University.
Time 8:00am - 5:00pm
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OSHA 10-Hour Safety Certification

OSHA requires that all employees be trained to recognize the hazards that exist in their workplace, about safety rules that apply for the work they do, and in the safe working practices to accomplish their work.

This class starts at the front of the OSHA Regulations for the Construction Industry and races through to the other end. Your employees attending this session leave with a much better understanding of the structure of these rules, a knowledge of where to go to learn more, and the most frequently cited violations for each part.

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Time 7:00am - 6:00pm
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Mold & Moisture Intrusion

Moisture problems and the resulting mold contamination have generated significant litigation over the last several years. Mold is not only evidence of a construction defect, it is can also cause property damage and, in some cases, personal injury. Justified or not, owners and occupants will demand that mold contamination be remediated thus exposing everyone involved in the construction process to expensive and time consuming claims. The best way to minimize these claims and one’s potential liability is to learn about mold and the ways to manage the risks of mold contamination. This one-day seminar addresses these issues.

TOPICS COVERED:

• Recent Cases, Status of the Law, Steps to Minimize Liability
• Air, Water, and Moisture Management in Commercial Building Envelopes
• Mold and Mildew Problems in Buildings and Design, Maintenance, and Construction Process Problems
• Health Issues and Identifying and Remediating Mold Contamination
• Insurance Coverage and Solutions
• Panel Discussion

SPECIFICS:

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
CEU: 0.8
PS Cert. Points: 2
Cost: $169

INSTRUCTORS: L. Franklin Elmore, Keith E. Coltrain, Kaye Leonard, Norman L. Nelson, P.E., Taylor Gonsoulin, and Elizabeth C. Bannister with Elmore and Wall, P.A.
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Fleet Safety

WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Intended for senior managers and safety personnel.

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Motor vehicle accidents CONTINUE to be a MAJOR killer of construction workers-and of construction firms. This program can help you establish a fleet safety program. This course covers selecting and managing drivers, non-owned vehicle exposures, accident investigation, and safety policy creation. Not having a fleet safety program can lead to “negligent entrustment” lawsuits that result in multi-million dollar judgments. This is considered one of the “hidden exposures” that many construction companies don’t address until it’s too late.

INSTRUCTOR: Trip Lawton, Safe-T-Net, Inc.
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