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This Confined Space flow chart provides guidance for confined space entry activities.

The purpose of the Crane and Hoist Safety Program is to establish safe work practices and inspection procedures to help ensure that the operators of overhead cranes, as well as the Cornell University community are protected from potential hazards associated with the movement of equipment and material using a crane, hoist and related equipment.

The counterweight anchor system provides a temporary tie-off point for personnel performing work on flat roofs or structures.

This Electrical Safe Work Practices program has been developed to help individuals recognize and avoid electrical hazards. The goal is to reduce and manage the risk of electrical arc flash hazard, shock, equipment damage, and fire.

Guidelines of event displays and decorations, open flame devices and candles and helium filled balloons.

The purpose of this program is to ensure that Cornell University employees have a means to properly analyze elevated work tasks where fall hazards are present and determine appropriate personal protection against falls in accordance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Construction and General Industry regulations.

Cornell University’s fall protection philosophy is to eliminate fall hazards where feasible and to follow the hierarchy of controls when elimination isn’t feasible.

Hot work has a significant impact on University operations such as fires, explosions, indoor air quality issues, incidental alarms, occupant disruptions.