MASONRY  CONTRACTORS

For Employees do you:

• Enforce the use of gloves, safety shoes, hard hats, respirators and eye protection?
• Train workers in proper lifting techniques?  Provide material handling equipment?
• Require the use of safety harnesses/lanyards for above ground work?

For Pre-Job do you:

• Locate and mark utility lines/electrical equipment prior to starting work?
• Conduct a thorough study to ensure structural integrity?

For Operations do you:

• Restrict the public from work areas by using warning signs, lines, and barricades?
• Secure material and equipment, especially on windy days?
• Adequately brace and secure masonry during erection?
• Use only materials meeting specifications and building codes?
• Perform proper testing of all concrete mixtures?
• Follow specifications for cold-weather masonry construction and quality control?
• Mix concrete and mortar outside when possible?  Ensure proper ventilation?
• Store bagged cement and lime in temperature and humidity controlled areas?
• Store fuel in tanks or cylinders conforming to NFPA standards?
• Properly maintain and inspect fire extinguishers?  Mount in appropriate locations?
• Test fireplaces to ensure proper functioning and that flashing is properly installed?
• FOR TILE AND MARBLE INSTALLATION, DO YOU:
• Restrict access to tile/marble cutting areas?  Use a wet saw to cut marble or stone?
• Rope off areas below stonework to restrict access to other tradesmen and public?
• Use corrosion resistant metal ties?
• Ensure good mortar joints to prevent water entering behind the stone?
• Inspect stone at the site for cracks and natural flaws which may cause cracking?
• FOR SCAFFOLDING, DO YOU:
• Follow proper anchoring procedures?
• Use planking above sidewalks to protect public from dropped objects?
• Enforce strict regulations against loose items on upper levels?
• Follow manufacturer'/suppliers' recommendations for scaffolding use?
• Use adjusting screws instead of blocking for scaffolds on uneven grades?
• Regularly inspect/maintain scaffolding, ladders, hoists, and ropes?

For Equipment do you:

• Ground portable electric power generators if over 5 KW?
• Vent fuel-powered generating equipment into open air?
• Ensure portable heating devices are equipped with automatic shutoffs?
• Render machinery inoperative at night?