HVAC Contractors

For Employees do you:

Enforce the use of safety shoes, hard hats and eye protection?
Use safety nets, harnesses, lifelines/lanyards when required?
Train employees in proper lifting practices?

For Operations do you:

Provide barricades/covers for roof, wall, floor and other openings?
Properly secure ladders before use?
Take proper safeguards for confined space entry?
Ensure proper ventilation in interior work areas?
Ensure fire extinguishers are tested, accessible and clearly marked?
Control exposure to airborne fibers such as asbestos?
Restrict smoking in and around combustibles and unfinished construction?
Closely control all flammable liquids, solvents, adhesives, catalysts, etc?
Limit quantities of flammable or combustible liquids in use to a one-day supply?
Use detergent cleaners rather than flammable solvents?
Adequately vent temporary heating devices? Provide fuel shut-off devices?
Post "No Smoking" and "No Open Flame" signs where necessary?
Have procedures for inspecting/testing work when is is completed?

WHEN WELDING, DO YOU:
Perform hazardous operations, including welding, only in areas made fire safe?
Restrict welding near flammables or before lines are properly purged?
Confine operations to a cut-off room when possible?
Keep all torches attended?
Use metal stands or insulated surfaces for soldering irons?
Use approved oxygen, acetylene and LPG cylinders? Secured/stored properly?
Use fireproof mats, fire extinguishers and watch person(s)?

For Equipment do you:

Have established scaffolding erection/dismantling and anchoring procedures?
Provide dollies or other conveyances for manual transport of heavy materials?
Ensure that ladders/scaffolding and material hoisting equipment is in good repair?
Ground portable electric power generators if over 5 KW?
Vent fuel-powered generating equipment into open air?
Properly guard and ground electric tools?