Lightning: 30 minutes
Read these 4 points to the crew before work, ask the questions, and get signatures. Based on OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) (General Duty Clause); OSHA-NOAA lightning guidance.
Say this
- When thunder roars, go indoors: a building or a hard-top vehicle.
- Booms, cranes and lifts come down. Get off steel and out of trenches with water.
- Wait 30 minutes after the last thunder before going back.
- A trailer or porta-john is not shelter.
Ask the crew
- Where on this site today does "lightning: 30 minutes" matter most?
- What would you do first if it went wrong?
- Who do you tell, and how?
How to give it
Hold it where the work is, at the start of the shift, standing up. Read each point out loud, then point at the real thing on this site: the trench, the ladder, the machine, the cord. Ask the questions and wait for answers; the quiet ones often know the most. Keep it to about 5 minutes so it gets done every day.
Write down anything the crew raises and fix it before the work starts. Everyone signs, including subs and visitors working that shift. Keep the signed sheet with the day's JHA; it's your record that the training happened (OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) (General Duty Clause), and 29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2)).
Sign-in
| Name | Signature | Date |
|---|---|---|
Questions crews ask
How long is the lightning: 30 minutes toolbox talk?
About 5 minutes: read the 4 points, ask the questions, and have the crew sign.
Which OSHA rule is it based on?
OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) (General Duty Clause); OSHA-NOAA lightning guidance.
Tomorrow, the crew signs on one phone.
Free for one site and one camera. $99 a site after. Crew is always free. 7 days of everything free, no card.