- When delivering components, understand the limitations of the vehicle and properly load and secure the cargo.
- Gather as much information as you can from accident scene.
- Take pictures with a digital camera or camera phone, and get names and contact information from eyewitnesses.
- Screw guns are not inherently dangerous, but if not used properly, they can cause musculoskeletal injuries.
- Weight, balance, handle shape and diameter, trigger position and size are factors that contribute to their comfort and efficiency.
- One Midwestern manufacturing company uses a screw “machine” in its steel component manufacturing area.
- Heart attacks and sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) are not necessarily synonymous.
- SCA is often caused by an arrhythmia, and occurs when the heart stops pumping and starts to quiver rapidly.
- An AED is an electronic device that administers electric shock to an SCA victim.
- If no AED is available, CPR can be performed on an SCA victim to maintain blood flow to the brain.
- Before developing a first aid kit for your operation, analyze work spaces and review your OSHA Form 300: Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses to note potential hazards.
- Remember that where you place the kits can be as important as what you put inside.
- The most important thing is to put them in places that are centrally located that people will remember.
- Many of us do not get enough sleep, which can lead to mistakes and poor job performance.
- Tips for dealing with fatigue at work include hydration, taking a quick break to refocus and napping.
- For manufacturers sharing shop workers between steel and wood plants, it is prudent to cross-train them on eye protection.
- When drilling metal screws into steel components, employees are exposed to metal shavings and fragments.
- If metal shards get caught in the eye, rust rings can occur.
- Beyond enforcement of PPE, the best thing you can do to encourage the use of eye protection is to find comfortable options for all shop workers.
- The National Weather Service estimates that there are 25 million lightning flashes each year.
- Burns, nerve damage and cardiac arrest can happen when lightning strikes someone.
- Invest in surge protectors to protect computers and other electronics for power surges.
- Cataracts are the most common eye disorder associated with excessive sun exposure.
- Sun over-exposure and damage accumulates over time.
- If possible, limit employees’ sun exposure at your facility.
- Use safe sun practices to keep you and your employees on the right track for preventing sun-related health risks.
- A written HazCom plan is the first step to creating a safeguard against chemical hazards.
- Each hazardous material in the plant must have a current Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) accessible to all employees.
- Educating employees and contractors about dangerous substances will prevent chemical related injuries and illnesses.
- An effective leader empowers people to do things because they want to do it.
- It’s difficult to maintain a solid safety awareness culture if management doesn’t believe safety should be a priority.
- Most leaders exhibit five characteristics: Openness, Conscientiousness, Extroversion, Agreeableness and Neuroticism.
