10G    Struck-By & Caught-In-Between Hazards (Basic/Intermediate)
Bob Emmerich – Safe-Con, LLC

This interactive 2½ hour session will discuss the hazards that account for the greatest number of preventable fatalities and injuries caused by struck-by and caught-in-between incidents. The session will discuss fatality & statistical data, falling objects, vehicle and equipment strikes, flying objects, crane tip-overs and failures, rigging equipment failure, heavy equipment, highway equipment related fatalities, power tools, causes of crushing fatalities and main-tenance hazards. The presenters use real life examples and accident statistics to show where construction’s greatest hazards exist. Best practices to abate identified hazards are also discussed.