The first set of construction toolbox talk guides based on Oregon fatalities was published and made available on the OR-FACE website on March 2013. The overarching goal of these toolbox talk guides is to provide supervisors/leaders with documents to increase interaction and positively influence safe behaviors. The format uses evidence-based safety communication principles and real-world (Oregon) relatable events.
Since then toolbox talk guides have been created and published for other Oregon high risk industries–logging and transportation. It has been a popular resource at conferences and on the website. This summer Ashley Chase, OSU graduate student summer intern, translated several into Spanish. OR-FACE published this month the following and are available at the OR-FACE Toolbox Talk Guides webpage.
- Un trabajador de excavación fue matado por un ensamblaje volando cuando un gancho falló (Excavation worker killed by flying rigging when hook fails).
- Instalador novato de tablas de yeso muere en una caída de 7 pies (2 metros) de un andamio (Novice drywall installer dies in 7-foot fall from scaffold).
- Trabajador de la construcción de viviendas se cayó dentro de un hueco de ascensor (Home construction worker falls down elevator shaft).
- Trabajador de construcción muere cuando se asoma del armazón protector de un minicargador y es aplastado (Construction worker dies when he leans out of the protective cage of a skid steer forklift).
More of these guides will be published in the next few months so look for these and other resources on the OR-FACE website.
