Dedicated to Nancy Griggs.  This is this show is brought to you by safety. FM. The following program is rated for mature audiences and may contain adult language, adult situations and frank safety discussions. Names in certain details have been changed to protect the safe and the unsafe. But believe me, every item and here is true. This edition of Safety Wars is dedicated to the memory of Nancy Griggs First Aid and CPR on construction sites. Today. On Safety wars, few topics raised more controversy in the back office of companies than First Aid and CPR requirements. This is one of the pieces of training that falls through the cracks. Some companies even feel that First Aid and CPR training is all that is necessary and neglect all the other training. They'd rather go and fix things after the fact than prevent accidents and injuries. As a result, safety takes a back seat to emergency response. So, in response to some of the feedback where you have received over the years on what OSHA requirements are for First Aid and CPR, I decided to put together this episode on what the actual requirements are the same. Basic rules apply for all work places for today. I will talk about construction question one. Are you actually a construction site? First thing you need to do is determine whether you are on a construction site, you're in general industry, maritime, or in an agricultural workplace. OSHA defines construction as work for construction, alteration and or repair, including painting and decorating. Question two, What are the relevant regulations for first aid on a construction site In 29 CFR 1926.23, 1st aid services and provision for medical care shall be made available by the employer for every employee covered by these regulations, and 29 CFR 1926.50. It also says provision shall be made prior to the commencement of the project for prompt medical attention in case of serious injury. And furthermore, if you don't have an infirmary clinic, hospital or physician that is reasonably accessible in terms of time and distance of the work site, which is available for the treatment of injured employees. A person who has a valid certificate in first aid training from whatever organization that can be verified by documentary evidence shall be available at the work site to render first state, This leads to question # three as to how do we define reasonably accessible and all their letters of interpretation? Yeah. And says 3 - four minutes. Now, this is the next question. That's critical. How do I determine the response time for emergency services? And the answer is that it depends on what state you live in the area of the us that I live in has response times that range from 8-25 minutes. If you're in a rural area of the United States, you may have a much longer response time. So, most job sites as well as workplaces are not able to meet any of these requirements with a simple call to 911 and I'm not saying anything against emergency responders. The other thing is realized that emergency responders may have other things going on, which might increase response times, especially in smaller communities. Mm I never thought I would ever use CpR. A couple of weeks ago, we ended up using an out of family member, my mother in law nancy Griggs. And unfortunately we were not successful. However, I shudder to think what would have happened if we were totally untrained, unprepared and froze under the pressure of the situation. We will be dealing with deep grief and guilt rather than just grief. That is why training and practice are both important. So your response becomes automatic and you don't have to think you're in that skills based mode. This does not mean that we are not looking at what our response was and had to improve it the next time. God forbid there is the next time that this happens. So what's the advantage of using JCP technical services on this end of the training? We offer an integrated package for all your training needs, especially a focus on preventing accidents and then how to respond if they do happen, including with accident investigations, we are focused on your needs as an employer to have successful outcome. Series situations for everybody involved, especially the person who gets hurt and then we seven and help you manage them, contact us at gym at safety words dot com. And let's sit down and we can talk about what your training needs are first aid and cpR training absolutely critical needs at your work site For safety words, this is jim proposal. 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