Exigency of OSHA Standards Concerning Indian Telecom Riggers

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-50
Author(s):  
Malla Satya Prasad ◽  
K. S. Srinivas
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Communication ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Health Administration ◽  
Work Activity ◽  
Safety Standards ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Tower Structure ◽  
Cable Laying ◽  
Basic Parameters

Telecom towers play the utmost important role in mobile communication whereas riggers (tower workers/climbers) are the backbone to erect and maintain such tower infrastructure. Work on telecom towers includes tower structure work, hoisting and de hoisting of various types of antennas, RF cable laying and connectorization. The purpose of this article is to identify gaps among stakeholders in adopting safety standards to protect telecom tower riggers in Indian telecom domain and proposed framework for establishing Occupational, Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards for Indian telecom tower riggers to fill the gap and create a conducive atmosphere among telecom companies and tower infrastructure providers while utilizing the services of riggers. This article tabulates basic parameters that are required to find “rigger-man-hours” on each work/activity of rigger on the telecom tower. This will enable telecom companies to forecast their regular riggers requirement as well to assess the future demand across geographical areas of the country.

scholarly journals Florida Solid and Hazardous Waste Regulation Handbook: Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)

EDIS ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 2004 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael T. Olexa ◽  
Aaron Leviten ◽  
Kelly Samek
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Resource Economics ◽  
Cooperative Extension Service ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Hazardous Wastes ◽  
Extension Service ◽  
Health Administration ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
Safety Standards ◽  
Safety And Health

Congress passed the Occupational Safety and Health Act to assure that the workplace environment is safe and healthy. To fulfill this purpose, OSHA authorized the Secretary of Labor, who is the head of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, to set and enforce safety standards for employees working in dangerous circumstances such as handling hazardous wastes. This is EDIS document FE447, a publication of the Department of Food and Resource Economics, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, UF/IFAS, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Published December 2003. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fe447

Analysis of workplace compliance measurements of asbestos by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (1984–2011)

2015 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 615-629 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dallas M. Cowan ◽  
Thales J. Cheng ◽  
Matthew Ground ◽  
Jennifer Sahmel ◽  
Allysha Varughese ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Health Administration ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
The U.S

Eula Bingham—Experience Bares “The Real World” and Smart Politics Saves Lives

2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-93
Author(s):  
Mary Lee Dunn ◽  
Polly Hoppin ◽  
Beth Rosenberg
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Turning Points ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Professional Life ◽  
Health Administration ◽  
The Real ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Look Back ◽  
The Future

Eula Bingham, toxicologist and former head of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, is now at that place in her professional life where she can look back over her long career and identify its turning points and evaluate what worked and what didn't, what was important and what of lesser significance. In two interviews, she also looks at the present and the future and expresses concerns about the way we live now.

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