PAINTING  CONTRACTORS

For Employees do you:

• Require the use of eye protection for scraping or chipping?
• Require use of safety harnesses/lanyards for work at high elevations?

For Operations do you:

• Take precautions to help protect the public from physical harm or property damage?
• Provide barricades, covers or equivalent protection for all open areas?
• Take proper safeguards for confined space entry?  Use the buddy system?
• Ensure proper ventilation in interior work areas?
• Assign only experienced workers to abrasive blasting or spray painting operations?
• Determine wind direction/velocity prior to stripping or spraying operations?
• Prohibit exterior spraying or abrasive blasting on windy days?
• Mix paints with a paddle or mechanical device rather than with hands?
• Use forced ventilation where natural ventilation is inadequate?
• Continuously inspect surfaces for charring during/after burning of paint?
• Use blowtorches only in areas made fire safe?  Never leave torches unattended?
• Ensure fire extinguishers are accessible and clearly marked?
• Prohibit smoking, open flames and spark-producing equipment near combustibles?
• Closely control all flammable liquids (paints, solvents), and rags?  Limit inside use to one shift supply.
• 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:

• Regularly inspect, adjust, and clean UL approved gas/kerosene/oil space heaters?
• Use only liquid-fired heaters equipped with a safety fuel shut-off device?
• Provide dollies or other conveyances for manual transport of heavy materials?
• Inspect and clean tools and equipment prior to returning them to stock?
• Inspect safety valves/pressure gages/air hoses on compressed air systems?
• Equip all blasters and spraying apparatus with dead man control valves?
• Vent fuel-powered generating equipment into open air?
• Properly guard and ground electrical tools?
• Have vehicles specially outfitted to carry and secure equipment and materials?