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Elevated Surfaces

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Elevated Surfaces — Is Your Workplace Safe?

Are signs posted, when appropriate, showing the elevated surface load capacity?

Are surfaces elevated more than 30 inches above the floor or ground provided with standard guardrails?

Are all elevated surfaces (beneath which people or machinery could be exposed to falling objects) provided with standard 4-inch toeboards?

Is a permanent means of access and egress provided to elevated storage and work surfaces?

Is required headroom provided where necessary?

Is material on elevated surfaces piled, stacked or racked in a manner to prevent it from tipping, falling, collapsing, rolling or spreading?

Are dock boards or bridge plates used when transferring materials between docks and trucks or rail cars?

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Protective Equipment Is Your Workplace Safe? - Protective Equipment
Is Your Workplace Safe? - Protective Equipment

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$53 million verdict — brake mechanic suffering from mesothelioma

$13.5 million verdict — one of the very first Vioxx trial cases

$15 million settlement — man wound up a paraplegic due to negligent hospital care

$37 million verdict — 2 asbestos lung cancer plaintiffs

$47 million verdict — boilermaker who died from mesothelioma

$2.6 million settlement — ill-fitting prosthesis caused decubitus ulcers

$75 million verdict — historic consolidated trial involving men who had worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in the 1940s and 1950s

$12.7 million verdict — iron worker who was injured due to unsafe working conditions

$8 million settlement — obstetrical malpractice resulted in neurological deficits

$64.65 million award — 4 asbestos plaintiffs

$17.5 million — consolidated trial of 5 mesothelioma victims


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