Toolbox Talks

Free, OSHA-referenced safety talks for construction and industrial crews — read online in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Turkish, with print-ready PDFs when your crew needs one.

State editions

Some states enforce their own construction rules that go beyond federal OSHA. These editions are written against those rules.

Electrical Safety

Battery Charging Station SafetyThe 25-foot drenching rule, the explosive mixture OSHA wrote 1926.441 to prevent, and why the lithium-ion packs on your site fall outside it entirely.
Electrical Fire PreventionThe two overcurrent clauses almost nobody follows, the 1984 edition of the NEC that Subpart K still points to, and the four provisions OSHA kept itself.
Electrical SafetyOSHA 1926 Subpart K requirements, shock and arc flash hazards, the live-dead-live verification method, and why care is worthless without testing.
Energized vs De-Energized WorkOSHA's four accepted justifications, the 50-volt threshold everyone quotes without its condition, and why construction's rule is worded differently.
Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI)What 29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1) actually requires, the equipment the rule leaves out, the grounding conductor program alternative, and the faults GFCIs miss.
Grounding & Arc FlashOSHA's only numerical arc flash rule and why it misses most construction, the permanent-and-continuous grounding path, and the 25-ohm rule reversed.
Lockout / Tagout (LOTO)Why 1926.417 never uses the word lock in its requirements, what rendered inoperative actually demands, and why construction has no energy control rule.
Portable Generator SafetyThe ground rod OSHA does not require, the moment a generator becomes a separately derived system, backfeed onto utility lines, and why exhaust kills more.
Static Electricity HazardsThe difference between bonding and grounding, the only resistance range OSHA puts on static control, and why some things can be neither bonded nor earthed.
Temporary Power SafetyThe one concession OSHA grants temporary wiring, the 90-day limit that is not in the construction standard, and the 12-volt rule for lights in tanks.
Underground Electrical HazardsThe difference between estimated and exact location, the 24-hour clause that is not permission to dig, and why OSHA refused to name hand digging.
Working Near Overhead Power LinesWhy one wire has four legal clearances, the 3-foot scaffold distance OSHA had to correct in writing, and why every wire is energized until proven safe.

Toolbox Talks

State editions

Electrical Safety

Fall Protection & Heights

Fire, Hot Work & Emergency

Health & Environmental Exposure

Jobsite Fundamentals & Compliance

Manual Handling & Body Mechanics

Mental Health & Human Factors

Rigging & Lifting

Tools & Machinery

Vehicle Safety