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    Formwork must be completed before placing concrete. Major hazards include overloading formwork causing collapse, working at heights without fall protection, electrocution from power tools near wet concrete, overhead powerlines striking equipment, and skin burns from direct contact with wet concrete. Controls include installing guardrails, inspecting formwork, capping rebar, keeping work areas clean, and using GFCI-protected power sources.

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    Formwork must be completed before placing concrete. Major hazards include overloading formwork causing collapse, working at heights without fall protection, electrocution from power tools near wet concrete, overhead powerlines striking equipment, and skin burns from direct contact with wet concrete. Controls include installing guardrails, inspecting formwork, capping rebar, keeping work areas clean, and using GFCI-protected power sources.

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    Formwork must be completed before placing concrete. Major hazards include overloading formwork causing collapse, working at heights without fall protection, electrocution from power tools near wet concrete, overhead powerlines striking equipment, and skin burns from direct contact with wet concrete. Controls include installing guardrails, inspecting formwork, capping rebar, keeping work areas clean, and using GFCI-protected power sources.

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    Formwork—Placing concrete

    Explain dangers
    When it comes to placing concrete, the most
    important consideration is to ensure that
    formwork and falsework are complete. Some
    of the major hazards associated with placing
    concrete include
    • Overloading formwork and falsework,
    especially if concrete piles up in one location
    or is poured too fast
    • Working at dangerous heights near
    perimeters of decks, stairs, and shaft
    openings, or accessing platforms on wall
    and column forms • Before pouring, have extra shores and other
    materials readily available in case of an
    • Electrocution and shock if power tools,
    emergency.
    extension cords, and other electrical
    equipment are used near wet concrete • Always follow the specified pour rate,
    or other wet areas. Concrete buckets and techniques, and procedures.
    concrete pumps can also make contact with
    overhead powerlines. • Monitor the condition of forms before pouring
    • Overhead powerlines, being struck and as concrete is placed. Bulging, slipping,
    by equipment, and pinch points when uplifting, sagging, etc., are signs that the pour
    receiving concrete pumps or buckets should be stopped immediately.

    • Skin burns, severe allergic reactions, and • If using a scaffold to access the top of a form,
    dryness if skin is exposed to wet concrete, ensure it has been properly inspected by a
    if clothing becomes soaked, or if concrete designated competent worker or engineer.
    enters your boots
    • Always use 3-point contact to climb the
    • Slips and trips due to poor housekeeping
    scaffold ladder.
    • Cuts and impalement when rebar is not
    properly protected with caps. • If guardrails are missing from the scaffold, you
    must use a travel restraint system.
    Identify controls • Power supplies and extension cords should not
    be used unless they are equipped with ground
    • Ensure guardrails are in place around
    fault circuit interrupters (GFCIs).
    perimeters, stairs and shafts, and work
    platforms on walls and column forms. • Tape the top of your boots to your pants to
    prevent wet concrete from getting in.
    • Ensure that formwork is inspected by a
    professional engineer or by a competent • If your clothing becomes soaked, change
    worker designated by the professional clothes and clean your skin immediately.
    engineer before the placement of concrete.
    • Workers not involved in the pour should be
    • Ensure that all rebar not part of the pour is kept away from the area.
    properly capped to avoid cuts, abrasions, and
    impalement.
    Demonstrate
    • Inspect the forms before the pour to ensure
    they are free of debris. If the situation allows, take the crew to an area
    where forms are being installed to observe the
    • Ensure the area around the pour is clean to process. Identify GFCI-equipped circuits.
    avoid slips and trips.

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