On Friday July 20, 2018, a Chicagoland worker was impaled in the thigh by a piece of rebar that was being used as wall reinforcement. The worker’s colleagues cut him down and he was rushed to Northwestern Memorial Hospital. The rebar that impaled the worker’s thigh was 3/4 of an inch. Rebar, conduit and other […]
- June 7, 2017
- Ben Voitl
- Comments Off on Are You Still Using Mushroom Caps for Conduit Stub-Ups?
Mushroom caps are not intended or manufactured to protect workers from impalement, they are used to protect individuals from cuts and scrapes.
Using mushroom caps on your conduit stub-ups, you are creating a willful OSHA violation, while increasing your chances for worker injuries and impalement. By using a mushroom cap, you are only identifying there is a hazard, thus any injury would be considered a “willful,” as they knew it was a hazard but refused to eliminate it.
This article from Delta Construction Corp explains the dangers of using Mushroom Caps to protect your conduit stub ups.
http://www.deltaconstcorp.com/safety-topics/impalement-protection
Protective measures should only be implemented whenever a hazardous condition cannot be eliminated. “Stub-EASE” ELIMINATES the hazard!
Ben Voitl | bvoitl@emergentsafety.com
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