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NELSON & ASSOCIATES

Gary S. Nelson, Ph.D., CSP, P.E.

Workplace Safety Management and Engineering

• General Industry and Manufacturing
• Construction
• Agricultural
• Marine / Offshore
• Multi-employer Worksites
• Job Safety Analysis
• Core Principles of Hazard Control
• Workplace Safety Training
• Safety Inspection Techniques
• Lockout/Tagout
• Color Coding
• Work Permits
• Confined Space Entry
• Causes / Prevention of Dust Explosions

Premises Safety Engineering and Management

• Stairs, Ramps, and Level Surfaces
• Small Changes in Elevation
• Slip and Trip-Type Falls
• Coefficient of Friction Testing
• Falling Merchandise
• Lighting Surveys
• Building Codes – IBC, NFPA, ANSI, ADA
• Commercial, Retail, Public, and Private

Product Safety Engineering

• Hazard Identification, Evaluation, and Control Techniques
• Adequate Warnings and Instructions

Fall Prevention

• Stairs, Ramps, and Level Surfaces
• Floor Holes and Openings
• Design of Fall Protection Systems
• Ladders / Handhold-Foothold Systems
• Scaffolding
• Falls from Vehicles

Materials Handling

• Mechanical Materials Handling
• Manual Lifting and Force Application
• NIOSH, TLV, 3DSSPP Lifting Guidelines
• Crane, Hoist, and Forklift Operations
• Conveyor and Auger Systems
• Load and Cargo Restraint
• Back-up Alarms

Machine Guarding

• Point of Operation
• Functional Components
• Mechanical Power Transmission
• Presence Sensing Devices
• Interlocks

Human Factors Engineering and Ergonomics

• Human Physical, Physiological, Psychological and Cultural Capabilities and Limitations
• Visual Acuity / Line of Sight
• Dark Adaptation
• Reaction Time

• Large current and historical safety engineering library regarding subject matter listed above.
• Special collections:
  • 50 years+ National Safety Council publications.
  • 35 years+ ICB, UBC, SBC, NFPA Building Codes plus all editions of ANSI A17.1 and ADA
  • OSHA since 1971.
  • Special textbook collections regarding Industrial Safety, Machine Guarding, Construction Safety, Manual Lifting, Product Safety, Fall Protection and Prevention, and Human Factors Engineering.
  • 40 years+ Agricultural Machinery Standards.
  • And much more.