Buildings and Confined Spaces

Confined Spaces Alert-DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 86-110 
(This Alert requests the assistance of managers, supervisors, and workers in the prevention of deaths that occur in confined spaces.)

Fixed Industrial Stairs: OSHA Standard 1910.24
(This is a condensation of Standard 1910.24. This standard contains specifications for the safe design and construction of fixed general industrial stairs, including interior and exterior stairs around machinery, tanks and other equipment, and stairs leading to or from floors, platforms or pits.)

General Housekeeping Requirements: OSHA Standard 1910.22
(This is a condensation of Standard 1910.22. While this standard specifically exempts permanent places of employment where agricultural work is performed, it should be evident that the intent was to exclude out-door work in agricultural production only)

General Means of Egress: OSHA Standard 1910.37
(This standard 1910.37 , and along with 1910.36 and 1910.38 are important for any agricultural employer who might have an operation which has a number of employees in a building or structure.)

Guarding Floor and Wall Openings and Holes: OSHA Standard 1910.23
(This is a condensation of Standard 1910.23. This document is not intended to be totally inclusive but rather to highlight the information and requirements in the complete OSHA standard that owners and managers of agricultural businesses should understand.)

National Ag Safety Database (NASD) 
(Ag Safety & Health Publications and information.)

NIOSH Warns Farmers of Deadly Risk of Grain Suffocation 
(According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), grain farmers and their families may face deadly hazards when working with grain bins. At least nine farmers recently suffocated to death in stored grain after being buried alive.)

NIOSH Warns: Manure Pits Continue to Claim Lives
(According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), farm workers are risking their lives every time they enter a manure pit.)

Preventing Deaths of Farm Workers in Manure Pits 
(Many farm workers appear to be unaware of the immediate danger posed by entry into manure pits. Like other types of confined spaces, manure pits present special problems regarding worker awareness of hazards. The dangerous atmospheric conditions may exist intermittently.)

Preventing Entrapment and Suffocation Caused by the Unstable Surfaces of Stored Grain and Other Materials
(Managers, supervisors, and workers are requested to help prevent the accidental entrapment and subsequent suffocation of workers trapped by the unstable surfaces of stored grain and other materials.)

Preventing Fatalities Due to Fires and Explosions in Oxygen-Limiting Silos 
(This Alert requests the assistance of fire department personnel, farm owners and workers, and silo manufacturers in the prevention of fatalities due to fires and explosions occurring in oxygen-limiting silos.)

BE AWARE, BE ALERT, BE ALIVE!