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Hazard Guide
Identifying, Assessing, and Controlling Hazards


Cut and Puncture Hazards

Nails, screws or sharp edges sticking up or out from materials or debris.

Cut and Puncture Hazards
Construction Industry Examples
  • Demolished debris placed in the pathway of people.
  • Installs with sharp edges or raised fasteners that are not finished to final stages.
Tips on Identifying
  • Consider workplace layout.
  • Implement ongoing housekeeping practices.
  • Use flagging to mark known hazards.

Control Method Examples:

More Effective

Elimination

Substitution

Engineering Controls

Removing or preventing nails, screws or sharp edges

Administrative Controls

Flagging or communication to warn of the existing hazard; housekeeping practices

PPE

CSA approved work boots, long sleeves, work gloves and other PPE that protects worker from getting cut or punctured

Less Effective
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