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DELIVERING SOLUTIONS

TRANSFORMINGMARKETS

ENHANCINGLIVES

Getting Personal with Safety

Jim Loftus

Penn State UniversitySept 5, 2013

DELIVERING SOLUTIONS | TRANSFORMING MARKETS | ENHANCING LIVES

My Objective Today

MAKE YOU THINK DIFFERENTLY

ABOUT SAFETY


What ???

• You mean to tell me that you THINK we don’t want to be safe ???

• Really.• This guy’s a loon.• That’s just crazy talk man.• I mean I wear my seatbelt and look both

ways when I cross the street.


My Questions to You …

With a show of hands …– How many of you know someone that has been

hurt in an accident ?– How many of you have had some type of

accident in your life ?

How many of you woke up that day thinkingyou were going to have an accident ?


A Different Way of Thinking ?

• Safety and Risk go hand in hand.

• The higher the Risk, the more chance of an accident.

• Following Safe practices is all about minimizing Risk.

• OSHA rules and regulations, standard procedures, good housekeeping … all are about minimizing Risk.


A Different Way of Thinking ?

• What level of Risk are you willing to live with?• How many of you have played Russian Roulette?

• Of course not, you know a level of Risk you are not willing to accept.

• But what about 10 revolvers with one bullet … 100 … how about 1000 ??

• Safety is no different. Every time you do something that is unsafe, you are playing with a certain number of revolvers.


Just Like These People …

Oh Those Silly Ladders:


Family Outings:


Friends Helping Friends:


HUH ???


Safety Photos


Safety Photos

Ahhhh! Summertime Fun!!


• We laugh … but people do these things.• The hazards are so blatantly obvious,

none of us would …• But what about the hazards that are

around us every day …• What about those hazards that are

present and we may just not realize, or understand …


Sobering Statistics

• More than 110,000 grads and postdocs work in academic labs in the US.

• Chemical Safety Board has collected information on about 120 accidents in labs across the US since 2001.

• 2008 – Death in a lab at UCLA … burns caused by chemical fire.

• 2011 – Death in a Yale machine shop … asphyxiation … hair caught in lathe.

• 2010 – Serious injury in a Texas Tech lab … chemical detonation.


Death at UCLA …

• Investigator: "And when Sheri arrived, do you know if she received any general lab safety training from the university?" Harran: "I don't believe she received generalized safety training. I believe my assistant was told that it was not offered for her category per se." – Cal/OSHA Investigation (KGO-TV 7/2012)


Hazard Recognition

• You can minimize Risk by recognizing hazards beforehand.

• Some hazards are easily recognized, others require some training.

• Let’s see how good you are at recognizing hazards.


Risk is sometimes foundwhere you least expect it !!


It Just Makes Sense …

• Furthermore, in the case of students majoring in science, engineering, or medicine, nearly all of these students will work in an OSHA-regulated environment after graduation, so it is arguably part of their education to teach them OSHA-approved safety practices.– Ronald B. Standler, ©2013


Before you begin … Start With Safety!


Companies with Strong Safety Cultures

Bayer– Creating and maintaining a safe and healthy work environment at each Bayer facility is the right

thing to do for our employees, for the residents of the communities in which our plants are located and for the environment. It's also just plain good business.

Corning Inc.– Corning’s vision is for every employee to enjoy a career free from injury and illness. Our goal is

to provide a safe and healthful workplace that supports positive behaviors, optimizes health and productivity, and minimizes risk and liability.

Dow– A Relentless Drive for Safety : At Dow, when it comes to employee safety, “Zero!" is the rallying

cry. Our Drive to Zero program reflects our passion for safe behavior. We expect our employees to not only act safely, but also look out for their coworkers’ safety.

Shell Oil Company– Life-Saving Rules: Our mandatory 12 Life-Saving Rules reinforce what employees and

contractors must know and do to prevent serious injury or fatality. If they break the rules, employees face disciplinary action up to termination of employment, while contractors can be removed from the site and barred from future work with Shell.


Or would you rather work for these companies ?• We don’t put up with wussies, so put your

big boy pants on and get the hell to work.• In our company accidents are a way of

life – we’ll kiss your boo-boo and make it better.

• We care so much for your safety we’ll supply band-aids and sutures anytime you need them.

• Work through the pain – time’s a’wastin’.


Our Story – Owens Corning Safety

• A process 10 years in the making!


Some of the Things We Do

• Lab Inspections • Job Hazard Analysis • Safe Observations • Monthly Safety Meetings• Training• Weekly “Huddles”, Daily in some Plants• Engineering Design

To get to where we are today required a change in the way we think about safety


What can you do … ?

•STOP!!

• You are all very smart people. THINK before you do something new.

• Talk amongst yourselves … learn what potential hazards exist.

• The more you talk and observe, the better you’ll be at recognizing hazards.


What You Need to Understand

• What you learn here can give you a competitive advantage in your next job … or …

• It can teach you VERY bad habits that will ultimately be hard to break … .

• Do you smoke in the lab ? Wear sandals, shorts ? Use safety glasses, gloves ? Wear hearing protection when you cut the grass ? Text while driving ?

• Whether in the lab, at work, or at home … it all makes a difference !!!!!


What You Need to Understand

"Every day in America, 12 people go to work and never come home. Every year in America, 3.3 million people suffer a workplace injury from which they may never recover. These are preventable tragedies that disable our workers, devastate our families, and damage our economy."

– Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis (4/28/2011)

Believe it or not … this requires a cultural change and will not happen overnight. Be patient and work hard towards a goal of no one being injured.


Safety starts with YOU!

• YOU have an obligation to yourself and your family to come home everyday in the same condition you left.

• YOU have an obligation to your friends and coworkers to insure they go home everyday in the same condition they left.

Building a safety culture really starts with YOU !

THE PINK PANTHER™ & © 1964 – 2012 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved. The color PINK is a registered trademark of Owens Corning. © 2012 Owens Corning.


Final Thought …

• A Highly Safeguarded Industrial Secret

• The Most Important Tool You Will Ever Use … Guaranteed to Make You Safer


• TIME Permitting ….


• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbjSWDwJILs

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