Toolbox talks by topic · English
Tools
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
Hand and Power Tools
Inspect it, use it for what it is for, keep the guard on — and why a damaged cord is a tool you stop using today.
29 CFR 1926.300 · 29 CFR 1926.301 · 29 CFR 1926.302
Toolbox Talk · About 9 minutes to deliver
Grinders and Abrasive Wheels
The guard, the eighth-inch gap, the ring test, and why nobody stands in front of a wheel for the first minute.
29 CFR 1926.303 · 29 CFR 1910.215
Toolbox Talk · About 8 minutes to deliver
Compressed Air and Hoses
Thirty psi for cleaning, never at a person, and why a whipping hose is worse than the pressure that drives it.
29 CFR 1926.302 · 29 CFR 1910.242
Toolbox Talk · About 8 minutes to deliver
Hydraulic Injection Injuries
A pinhole leak you cannot see, a fluid stream that goes through skin, and a wound that looks like nothing and costs a finger.
29 CFR 1910.147 · 29 CFR 1926.20
Toolbox Talk · About 7 minutes to deliver
Pressure Washing
Three thousand psi cuts skin without touching it, and the wound looks like a scratch for the first hour.
29 CFR 1926.28 · 29 CFR 1910.132 · 29 CFR 1926.404
Toolbox Talk · About 8 minutes to deliver
Chainsaws and Clearing
Kickback happens in the time it takes to flinch, and the tree you are cutting is rarely the thing that hits you.
29 CFR 1910.266 · 29 CFR 1926.604 · 29 CFR 1910.132
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.
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