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This quick reference tool provides critical information on 84 safety and health topics that are specific to work performed by mechanical service technicians, including information on the newest and most frequently used refrigerants, substantive changes to NFPA 70E, and new information on how to properly administer CPR.

NFPA 70E – 2021 states that each employer shall implement and document an overall electrical safety program that directs activity appropriate to the risk associated with electrical hazards. This model program will help you develop an electrical safety program that is specific to your company’s needs.

NFPA 70E – 2021 requires employers to establish a written lockout/tagout program. And, when complex lockout/tagout is required, employers are also required to establish a written complex lockout/tagout plan that is specific to each application. This model simplifies the process, saving you time.

The current version of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)’s Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace is NFPA 70E – 2021. This bulletin addresses work on HVAC equipment pushing 480 volts or less, comparing the 2018 and 2021 versions of the NFPA70E.

Quick rescue is paramount to keeping workers safe while they are suspended in fall arrest harnesses after falling from an elevation. Having a safety program and plan in place to address the needs of these workers is critical to minimizing suspension trauma and meeting OSHA requirements. MCAA’s model program and accompanying model plan can be tailored to address various project fall arrest system applications and ensure the safety of your company’s most important asset, its workers.

MCAA/MSCA is pleased to announce the release of a new refrigerant safety training resource for members. The resource, which includes a PowerPoint safety training presentation and accompanying notes for the instructors will help you bring your service technicians and other affected workers up to speed on the most current ASHRAE refrigerant designations and safety classifications, new and existing refrigerant safety concerns, toxicity and flammability protective measures, and much more.

It’s critically important for all mechanical service firms to have a current, sound company safety program. The program should describe the safety policies, safety procedures, and safe work practices the company is implementing to help protect its service technicians and other workers from workplace hazards. The model program, which can be easily tailored to meet specific company needs, includes everything from an initial sample safety policy statement to required safe work practices for 33 different mechanical industry-specific safety and health subjects.

MCAA believes that ergonomics should be a standard part of every company’s overall safety program. Recently MCAA partnered with The Center for Construction Research and Training (CPWR), Washington University in St. Louis, and Best Built Plans to develop and record a webinar on Creating a Contractor Ergonomics Program to Reduce Soft Tissue Injuries Among Construction Workers. The webinar is ideal for helping viewers understand the vital components of a successful ergonomics program, and why the components are so vital.

As our great nation returns to work it’s critical mechanical construction and service firms properly protect their employees and others from COVID-19. Along with the MCAA Model COVID-19 Return to Work Exposure Control Plan, MCAA is providing several accompanying documents, including the OSHA Guidance on Returning to Work and the Critical Industries Requirements Summary.

As our great nation returns to work it’s critical mechanical construction and service firms properly protect their employees and others from COVID-19. Along with the MCAA Model COVID-19 Return to Work Exposure Control Plan, MCAA is providing several accompanying documents, including the COVID-19 Return to Work Exposure Control Plan 25-Question Multiple Choice Test and the COVID-19 Return to Work Exposure Control Plan 25-Question Multiple Choice Test Answer Key.

As our great nation returns to work it’s critical mechanical construction and service firms properly protect their employees and others from COVID-19. Along with the MCAA Model COVID-19 Return to Work Exposure Control Plan, MCAA is providing several accompanying documents, including the COVID-19 Return to Work Employee Safety Training PowerPoint and the COVID-19 Return to Work Employee Safety Training Instructor Notes.

As our great nation returns to work it’s critical mechanical construction and service firms properly protect their employees and others from COVID-19. Along with the MCAA Model COVID-19 Return to Work Exposure Control Plan, MCAA is providing several accompanying documents, including the COVID-19 Jobsite Screening Questionnaire and the COVID-19 Company Screening Questionnaire. These two questionnaire templates are available for download and customization.

As our great nation returns to work it’s critical mechanical construction and service firms properly protect their employees and others from COVID-19. MCAA is pleased to provide a MCAA Model COVID-19 Return to Work Exposure Control Plan. The plan is specific to the mechanical construction and service industry, and includes the COVID-19 Return to Work Exposure Control Plan Checklist.

As our great nation returns to work it’s critical mechanical construction and service firms properly protect their employees and others from COVID-19. Along with the MCAA Model COVID-19 Return to Work Exposure Control Plan, MCAA is providing several accompanying documents, including the COVID-19 Temperature and Symptom Screener Training PowerPoint and the COVID-19 Temperature and Symptom Screener Training Instructor Notes.

MCAA’s recently revised Guide to Steel and Copper Piping System Pressure Testing Safety includes information on pressure testing hazards, associated injuries, primary causes of pressure testing failures, general pressure testing safety, safe work practices for hydrostatic testing, and safe work practices for pneumatic testing. The guide also provides direction on pre-test safety planning, and sample checklists to help improve safety during your company’s hydrostatic and pneumatic pressure testing operations.

Protect your workers with the safe work practices in this guide. It covers the hazards associated with RF radiation exposure, the health effects posed by these hazards, and how to avoid overexposure. A checklist helps workers assess their work areas for sources of RF radiation. See the related tools for educating your workers.

Benchmark your practices and protect your workers with the information in this guide. It covers common hazards, injuries from improper line breaking operations, common causes of line breaking incidents, and general line breaking preparations. A checklist is included to help ensure that line breaking is done consistently. See the related tools for educating your workers.

The video teaches viewers how to work safely in excavations. Topics covered include: soil types and how they are impacted by weather, safe access and egress, the importance of atmospheric monitoring and what to do in case of an excavation cave-in.

This pocket guide highlights key training points from MCAA’s Excavation Safety for Mechanical Construction Safety Training Video.

This documentation sheet can be used to document who has received the training contained in MCAA’s Excavation Safety for Mechanical Construction Safety Training Video.

Verify that workers are retaining key training points from MCAA’s Excavation Safety for Mechanical Construction Safety Training Video with this test, designed to be used in conjunction with the Excavation Safety for Mechanical Construction Safety Training Test Answer Key.

Check your workers’ responses to the Excavation Safety for Mechanical Construction Training Test to ensure they’re retaining key training points.

Encourage your employees to practice sound safety procedures by establishing an effective safety incentive program. This publication offers tips from those who have developed successful programs.

MCAA’s Guide to In-Person Safety Training explores effective techniques to help you achieve your safety training goals.

This guide will assist you in determining whether an injury or illness must be recorded and reported. It will also help you comply with applicable requirements in OSHA’s recordkeeping rule.

The video teaches viewers how to protect themselves while working with aerial lifts. Topics covered include: load capacities, inspection and function testing, what to do in case of a problem, fall prevention and protection, and safe operating procedures.

This pocket guide highlights key training points from MCAA’s Aerial Lift Safety Training Video.

This documentation sheet can be used to document who has received the training contained in MCAA’s Aerial Lift Safety Training Video.

Verify that workers are retaining key training points from MCAA’s Aerial Lift Safety Training Video with this test, designed to be used in conjunction with the Aerial Lift Safety Training Test Answer Key.

Check your workers’ responses to the Aerial Lift Safety Training Test to ensure they’re retaining key training points.

This video will help you combat unsafe driving behaviors by teaching your supervisors how to properly screen drivers, the components of effective driver training, how to monitor driver behavior, and how to ensure proper inspection and maintenance of the company’s fleet.

MCAA’s Guide to Silica Safety incorporates provisions in OSHA’s new Respirable Crystalline Silica Standard. The guide provides mechanical construction employers with the information they need to help their workers protect themselves from overexposure to respirable silica.

NFPA 70E – 2018 states that each employer shall implement and document an overall electrical safety program that directs activity appropriate to the risk associated with electrical hazards. This model program will help you develop an electrical safety program that is specific to your company’s needs.

NFPA 70E – 2018 requires employers to establish a written lockout/tagout program. And, when complex lockout/tagout is required, employers are also required to establish a written complex lockout/tagout plan that is specific to each application. This model simplifies the process, saving you time.

This video teaches viewers to identify warning signs and take appropriate action to prevent workplace violence. It also shows viewers how to protect themselves and others if they find themselves in an active workplace violence situation.

This pocket guide highlights key training points from MCAA’s Workplace Violence Prevention and Protection Safety Training Video.

This documentation sheet can be used to document who has received the training contained in MCAA’s Workplace Violence Prevention and Protection Safety Training Video.

Verify that workers are retaining key training points from MCAA’s Workplace Violence Prevention and Protection Safety Training Video with this test.

Check your workers’ responses to the Workplace Violence Prevention and Protection Safety Training Test to ensure they’re retaining key training points.

This video walks the viewer through the most common causes of steel and copper piping system pressure testing failures, pretest walk-downs, and general safe work practices for hydrostatic and pneumatic pressure testing.

This documentation sheet can be used to document who has received the training contained in MCAA’s Safe Pressure Testing of Steel and Copper Piping Systems Safety Training Video.

This pocket guide highlights key training points from MCAA’s Safe Pressure Testing of Steel and Copper Piping Systems Safety Training Video.

Verify that workers are retaining key training points from MCAA’s Safe Pressure Testing of Steel and Copper Piping Systems Safety Training Video with this test.

Check your workers’ responses to the Safe Pressure Testing of Steel and Copper Piping Systems Safety Training Test to ensure they’re retaining key training points.

This video covers mandatory respiratory protection training requirements for workers using air-purifying respirators.

Verify that workers are retaining key training points from MCAA’s Respiratory Protection Safety Training Video with this test, designed to be used in conjunction with the Respiratory Protection Safety Training Test Answer Key.

Verify that workers are retaining key training points from MCAA’s Respiratory Protection Safety Training Video with this answer key, designed to be used in conjunction with the Respiratory Protection Safety Training Test.

This documentation sheet can be used to document who has received the training contained in MCAA’s Respiratory Protection Safety Training Video.

This pocket guide highlights key training points from MCAA’s Respiratory Protection Safety Training Video.

This series of safety talks deliver basic information about the most common hazards mechanical service contractors face on the job and how to avoid them.

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This checklist can be easily customized to help keep you organized and on track when you perform safety inspections.