2024
Please see the completed projects from your M-CODED committee!
Float Stage Transportation Procedure: Throughout the course of a project, float stages will need to be moved from one location to another in order to execute the work. Please see the procedure for the transportation of float stages.
Job Hazard Analysis: Moving Float Stages: Template for JHA on Moving Float Stage
Barge Access: Due to the specialized nature and location of our work, gangway & walkway systems are critical to the safety of our employees, subcontractors, inspectors, and visitors as well as to the efficiency of building our jobs. With barges in constant motion on the water due to changing tides, listing of barges, vessel traffic and current, the selection, installation and maintenance of access systems is essential when providing safe access to and from barges, and to other work areas on the water including but not limited to false work members and waterfront structures. Click on the link above for full article.
Barge Access PowerPoint: This is a Template for Member use and is intended to be customized by the end user with jobsite-specific hazards, policies, procedures, and pictures/videos
Other News Stories
Helmet for Longshoremen 05 May 2024 Head injury claims are 40% more expensive than injuries involving other body parts, are 3 times more likely to result in a fatality than other types of injuries, and serious head injury incidents adversely affect the employee and their family potentially forever.New Solutions at Work: Small Vehicle Visibility Flags; Top Handler Spreader Container Deflectors & YAK TRAX – A Simple Solution for Slippery Conditions 25 Mar 2024 What is it? Solutions-at-Work or “SAW” are individual ideas where a Member of the Mutual looked at an existing hazard and, through their employee’s years of experience, knowledge, or creativity, developed a Solution to the problem that eliminated or reduced the hazard to employees and the chance of injury.
3 New Operational Alerts: Climbing For Module Access; Container Falls On Top Handler Cab & Did You Have Training On That New Equipment? 25 Mar 2024 Operational Alert’s, inform Signal Mutual Members of serious incidents or a significant near-miss within the Mutual. If you have similar operations, please share this Operational Alert with operation managers, supervisors, equipment operators, and all affected employees. It is imperative that management, at all levels review their operations for similar hazardous conditions, acts, and their controls.
New Focus on Safety: Developing Your Emotional Intelligence & Tips for Delivering Your Safety Message 25 Mar 2024 The SMIA Safety Committee and Signal Safety Team have created a library of topics for Safety Meetings, or Toolbox Talks called Focus on Safety