Toolbox talks by topic · English
Fire
6 talks on this topic. Each prints as a one-page talk plus a sign-in sheet with the topic and citations already filled in, and each is also published in Spanish.
Toolbox Talk · About 10 minutes to deliver
Hot Work and Fire Extinguishers
Sparks travel 35 feet, a fire watch stays after you stop, and PASS is no use on the wrong class of fire.
29 CFR 1926.150 · 29 CFR 1926.352
Toolbox Talk · About 9 minutes to deliver
Compressed Gas Cylinders
A cylinder with the valve knocked off is a rocket. Caps, chains, upright storage, and twenty feet between oxygen and fuel gas.
29 CFR 1926.350 · 29 CFR 1910.253
Toolbox Talk · About 9 minutes to deliver
Flammable Liquids and Static
It is the vapour that burns, it travels along the ground to an ignition source, and a static spark from pouring is enough.
29 CFR 1926.152 · 29 CFR 1910.106
Toolbox Talk · About 8 minutes to deliver
Combustible Dust
Wood, grain, sugar, aluminium and plastic all explode as dust, and the first explosion is rarely the one that kills people.
29 CFR 1910.22 · 29 CFR 1910.176 · 29 CFR 1910.307
Toolbox Talk · About 7 minutes to deliver
Refuelling
Engine off, cool, on the ground, nozzle touching — the four things people skip because it is only going to take a minute.
29 CFR 1926.152 · 29 CFR 1910.178
Toolbox Talk · About 8 minutes to deliver
Temporary Heat
Salamanders, torpedo heaters and propane: clearance to combustibles, ventilation for the air you are breathing, and cylinders where they belong.
29 CFR 1926.154 · 29 CFR 1926.153 · 29 CFR 1910.1000
Toolbox talks are not the training
A ten-minute talk raises awareness on one topic. It does not satisfy an OSHA training requirement on its own, and it is not a substitute for the training your people are actually required to have. When you need that, it is what we sell.
Browse the course catalog