2. Responsibility for Safety:
Employer
• Your Employer must:
– Select safe equipment
– Identify and control hazards
– Establish safety rules and
procedures
3. Responsibility for Safety:
Employee
• You are responsible for:
– Arriving at work in good physical condition
– Completing your tasks as trained
– Following the safety rules and procedures
– Using your brain, not just your back
4. Some Terms
• Accident – an unexpected event
resulting in injury, illness, or property
damage.
• Hazard- a condition that could
cause an injury.
5. New Employee Orientation
• Tour of the work area
• Location of medical care
• Method of reporting injuries
• Location of fire and emergency equipment
• Required personal protective equipment
• Incentive and awards programs
• Housekeeping requirements
• Required department inspections
• Plant safety rules
6. Bulletin
Boards/Communication
• Required federal/state safety posters
• Additional safety posters on a wide
variety of subjects
• Method of obtaining emergency care
• Plant safety rules
• Plant emergency plan and map
• List and location of all chemicals used
in each department
7. Training
• Required training for the job being
assigned
• Use of powered industrial equipment
• Safe handling of chemicals on the job
• Proper lifting and carrying techniques
• First aid and CPR procedures
• Emergency evacuation, weather
emergencies, fire safety procedures
• Information covered by signs and tags
8. Additional Training
• Use of forklifts and cranes
• Machine safety
• Lockout/tagout procedures
• Use of respirators and other personal
protective equipment
• Radiation, fumes, mists, gases, etc.
• Welding and cutting procedures
• Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
9. Incentive Programs
• Some companies use incentive
programs to encourage safe work
habits
– The incentives could include extra time
off with pay, bonuses, social events,
dinners, etc.
10. Food For Thought
• Safety experts agree that a hazardous
condition usually causes many close calls
before it causes a major accident.
• On average a person may have 300 unsafe
acts/close calls before a major accident
occurs.
• You are not guaranteed 300 unsafe acts/close calls
before you are horribly injured and scarred for life (if
lucky)
• Safety committees are developed to allow
employees and supervisors to meet and
discuss safety issues.
12. Examples
• Not wearing required PPE
• Engaging in horseplay, distractions, or
teasing
• Operating any equipment without being
trained properly
• Operating equipment outside its intended
operating range
• Failing to secure or store objects properly
• Failing to warn or give information or
signals to others
13. Examples Continued
• Working on moving equipment
• Carrying, lifting, or loading in unsafe
ways
• Making safety devices inoperative
• Using unsafe or dangerous
equipment or machinery
• Failing to call attention to the unsafe
acts of others.
14. Unsafe Conditions
• Defective tools, equipment, or machinery
• Dangerous work surfaces, work areas, and
elevations
• Inadequate ventilation, illumination, or
work station design
• Inadequate or improper warning
procedures and alarm systems
• Unsafe clothing or protection devices
• Slippery walking surfaces (floors, aisles,
steps)
16. Inspection
• Before you can eliminate unsafe
conditions, someone must first
identify them!
• When you see an unsafe condition
do something about it!
• Safety begins with you, not
‘someone else’
18. Recognizing Hazards
• Hazard- a condition with the potential
to cause injury
• Electrical Hazards
• Chemical Hazards
• Mechanical Hazards
• Environmental Hazards
19. Health Hazards
• Toxic substances
• Routes of entry to the body
– Inhalation 90%
– Absorption second most likely
– Ingestion watch what you eat!
23. Hazard Help
• PPE –Personal protective equipment
– Sometimes the only way to reduce
hazards
– It only works if you use it PROPERLY!
• Engineering controls
– Proper ventilation or a fume capture
device
– Proper barriers , etc.
24. Type of Accidents
• Caught-between accident
• Caught-in accident
• Caught-on accident
• Fall from above accident
• Fall same level accident
• Struck-by accident
• Struck-against accident
• Contacted-by accident
• Exposure accident
• Strain/overexertion accident
25. 719.0
1-07
Fig. 1-7. Typical accident investigation report form
26. Handling Emergencies
• First and foremost STAY CALM!
• Fire
• Natural emergencies
• Chemical spills
• First aid and CPR
27. Safety Off the Job
• The moment you leave the plant your
chances of being injured or killed
TRIPLE! The most dangerous place to
be is in an automobile.
• Wear your seat belt
• Stay calm driving
• Make sure you are machine ready
• Try not to give others reason to target
you
28. Safety in the Home
• Second most dangerous place next
to your vehicle
• If it would be a safety requirement at
work, make it a requirement at
home.
• Just because it is a home
environment, don’t be cheap.
• The person responsible for your
safety is YOU not the manufacturer!
