Safety PracticesSafety Practices

Creating a Safe WorkplaceCreating a Safe Workplace

Practicing SafetyPracticing Safety

Keeping the Workplace SafeKeeping the Workplace Safe

Creating a Safe WorkplaceCreating a Safe Workplace

Regulatory AgenciesRegulatory Agencies

Employer ResponsibilitiesEmployer Responsibilities

Health & Safety ControlsHealth & Safety Controls

Safety Orientation & TrainingSafety Orientation & Training

Safety Committees & RepsSafety Committees & Reps

Creating a Safe WorkplaceCreating a Safe Workplace

Safety InspectionsSafety Inspections

Hazard AnalysisHazard Analysis

Correcting HazardsCorrecting Hazards

Environmental InspectionsEnvironmental Inspections

Worker InvolvementWorker Involvement

Regulatory AgenciesRegulatory Agencies

OSHAOSHAOccupational Safety & Health AdministrationOccupational Safety & Health Administration

www.osha.govwww.osha.gov

NIOSHNIOSHNational Institute of Occupational Safety & HealthNational Institute of Occupational Safety & Health

EPAEPAEnvironmental Protection AgencyEnvironmental Protection Agency

CAL-OSHACAL-OSHARegulatory agency in California for OSHA issuesRegulatory agency in California for OSHA issues

Employer ResponsibilitiesEmployer Responsibilities

Employers:Employers:

Required to create a safe & healthy workplaceRequired to create a safe & healthy workplace

Responsible for investigating and addressing Responsible for investigating and addressing safety and environmental hazardssafety and environmental hazards

Must follow all local, state, and federal laws Must follow all local, state, and federal laws regarding safety and the environmentregarding safety and the environment

Employer ResponsibilitiesEmployer Responsibilities

Required to keep accurate records of certain Required to keep accurate records of certain workplace injuries and illnessesworkplace injuries and illnesses

Required to report “near misses”Required to report “near misses”

Must keep a record and report to OSHA any Must keep a record and report to OSHA any workplace injury or illness that results in days workplace injury or illness that results in days away from workaway from work

Required by law to provide financial aid to Required by law to provide financial aid to workers who are injured on the jobworkers who are injured on the job

Health & Safety ControlsHealth & Safety Controls

Hierarchy of Health & Safety ControlsHierarchy of Health & Safety Controls

- Elimination or Substitution- Elimination or Substitution

- Engineering Controls- Engineering Controls

- Warnings- Warnings

- Training & Administrative Controls- Training & Administrative Controls

- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Safety Orientation & TrainingSafety Orientation & Training

Plant Tour Plant Tour – show safety equipment– show safety equipment

Employer should teach workers about:Employer should teach workers about:- company first-aid or first-response procedures- company first-aid or first-response procedures

- Emergency alarms and procedures- Emergency alarms and procedures

- How to inspect a work area & report possible - How to inspect a work area & report possible safety riskssafety risks

- Possible hazards in the workplace to ensure - Possible hazards in the workplace to ensure personal safety & the safety of otherspersonal safety & the safety of others

- Health & Safety Standards- Health & Safety Standards

Safety Committees & RepsSafety Committees & Reps

Safety CommitteeSafety CommitteeIs a group of frontline workers and managers Is a group of frontline workers and managers

looking for ways to improve safetylooking for ways to improve safety

Safety RepresentativeSafety RepresentativeIs a person who helps improve safety in the Is a person who helps improve safety in the

workplace. Safety reps are often production workplace. Safety reps are often production workers who receive training from their workers who receive training from their company or a labor unioncompany or a labor union

Safety InspectionsSafety Inspections

Routine Safety InspectionsRoutine Safety Inspections

Knowledge of OSHA regulationsKnowledge of OSHA regulations

ChecklistsChecklists

Document findingsDocument findings

Hazard AnalysisHazard Analysis

sometimes referred to as sometimes referred to as Job Safety AnalysisJob Safety Analysis

Task or Process is broken-down into stepsTask or Process is broken-down into steps

Each step is analyzed for Safety hazardsEach step is analyzed for Safety hazards

Document any possible hazardsDocument any possible hazards

Correcting HazardsCorrecting Hazards

Best solution Best solution Eliminate the Hazard Eliminate the Hazard- change the way a product is made- change the way a product is made

- fixing equipment- fixing equipment

- replacing machines- replacing machines

Reduce Hazard in other waysReduce Hazard in other ways- require workers to wear PPE- require workers to wear PPE

- add machine guard, warning lights, signs- add machine guard, warning lights, signs

Environmental InspectionsEnvironmental Inspections

Checking for anything that might cause:Checking for anything that might cause:Air pollutionAir pollutionGround PollutionGround PollutionWater PollutioWater Pollutio

Inspections Required by lawInspections Required by lawChemicalChemical

Worker InvolvementWorker Involvement

Best Safety improvement ideas come from Best Safety improvement ideas come from workersworkers

Law protects workers who report safety, Law protects workers who report safety, health, or environmental problemshealth, or environmental problems

ReportingReportingINCIDENTS – INCIDENTS – anything that poses a potential hazardanything that poses a potential hazard

ACCIDENTSACCIDENTS – required by law to keep records – required by law to keep records

Practicing SafetyPracticing Safety

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Fire SafetyFire Safety

Electrical SafetyElectrical Safety

Personal Protective EquipmentPersonal Protective Equipment

Eye protectionEye protection

Ear ProtectionEar Protection

Head ProtectionHead Protection

Hand & Arm ProtectionHand & Arm Protection

Personal Protective EquipmentPersonal Protective Equipment

Foot ProtectionFoot Protection

Lung ProtectionLung Protection

ClothingClothing

Personal CleanupPersonal Cleanup

Fire SafetyFire Safety

Fire PreventionFire Prevention

Electrostatic DischargeElectrostatic Discharge

Fire ExtinguishersFire Extinguishers

Fire PreventionFire Prevention

Most plant workers are exposed to Most plant workers are exposed to flammable and combustible materialsflammable and combustible materials

Know techniques to help prevent firesKnow techniques to help prevent fires– Oily waste stored in closed metal containerOily waste stored in closed metal container– Use fire-resistant cabinet to store paint, etc.Use fire-resistant cabinet to store paint, etc.– Fuel = Heat = Oxygen work to make fires Fuel = Heat = Oxygen work to make fires

Electrostatic DischargeElectrostatic Discharge

The transfer of an electrical charge when The transfer of an electrical charge when two materials come very close to or in two materials come very close to or in contact with each other.contact with each other.

Create a GROUND to reduce effectsCreate a GROUND to reduce effects

Fire ExtinguishersFire Extinguishers

When fighting small fires, use PASS methodWhen fighting small fires, use PASS method

PPull the pin to unlock the fire extinguisher’s leverull the pin to unlock the fire extinguisher’s lever

AAim low, toward the base of the fireim low, toward the base of the fire

SSqueeze the lever to discharge the agentqueeze the lever to discharge the agent

SSweep the hose back & forth across the fireweep the hose back & forth across the fire

Class of FIREClass of FIRE

Class Class AA – Wood, paper, cloth, plastic– Wood, paper, cloth, plastic

Class Class BB – Grease, oil, chemicals – Grease, oil, chemicals

Class Class CC – Electrical cords, switches, wiring– Electrical cords, switches, wiring

Class Class DD – combustible switches, wiring, metal, iron – combustible switches, wiring, metal, iron

Class Class KK – fires in cooking appliances involving – fires in cooking appliances involving combustible vegetable or animal oils and fatscombustible vegetable or animal oils and fats

Electrical SafetyElectrical Safety

Electrical ShockElectrical ShockThe human body experiences SHOCK when it is part of The human body experiences SHOCK when it is part of

the path through which electrical current flowsthe path through which electrical current flows

Prevent electrical shockPrevent electrical shock

Lock-out / tag-outLock-out / tag-outA process used to prevent machines from starting or A process used to prevent machines from starting or

releasing energy while being repaired or maintainedreleasing energy while being repaired or maintained

Keeping the Workplace SafeKeeping the Workplace Safe

Workplace PrecautionsWorkplace Precautions

Hazardous MaterialsHazardous Materials

Hazard CommunicationHazard Communication

Handling Hazardous MaterialHandling Hazardous Material

Responding to EmergenciesResponding to Emergencies

Workplace PrecautionsWorkplace Precautions

VentilationVentilation

ErgonomicsErgonomics

LightingLighting

Exit Doors & AislesExit Doors & Aisles

Color CodesColor Codes

FloorsFloors

Workplace PrecautionsWorkplace Precautions

HousekeepingHousekeeping

Ladders, Scaffolds & Lift BasketsLadders, Scaffolds & Lift Baskets

Loading DocksLoading Docks

Safe Work PermitsSafe Work Permits

Clean Rooms & LabsClean Rooms & Labs

COLOR CODESCOLOR CODES

RedRed – Danger, Stop, or Emergency – Danger, Stop, or Emergency

OrangeOrange - Warning - Warning

YellowYellow - Caution - Caution

BlueBlue – Information or Caution – Information or Caution

WhiteWhite - Storage - Storage

GreenGreen - Safety - Safety

MagentaMagenta – Radiation Caution – Radiation Caution

or Black on Yellowor Black on Yellow

Safety Work PermitsSafety Work Permits

Confined SpacesConfined SpacesA dangerous or potentially dangerous atmosphereA dangerous or potentially dangerous atmosphere

Material that could potentially drown a personMaterial that could potentially drown a person

Structure that could trap or suffocateStructure that could trap or suffocate

Hot WorkHot WorkOSHA recommends hot work be done in special areas OSHA recommends hot work be done in special areas

where there are no flammable materials (35 ft.)where there are no flammable materials (35 ft.)

RadiationRadiationSpecial PPE may be requiredSpecial PPE may be required

Hazardous MaterialsHazardous Materials

Hazardous material is a substance that poses a Hazardous material is a substance that poses a danger to human health or the environment.danger to human health or the environment.

Chemical HazardsChemical HazardsMay be solids, liquids, gases, mists, dusts, fumes, or May be solids, liquids, gases, mists, dusts, fumes, or

vaporsvapors

Biological HazardsBiological HazardsInclude bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other infectious Include bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other infectious

agents that can cause death, injury, or illnessagents that can cause death, injury, or illness

Blood-borne pathogens are viruses that can cause Blood-borne pathogens are viruses that can cause disease and are found in the blood of people disease and are found in the blood of people infected with the virusinfected with the virus

Hazard CommunicationHazard Communication

Workers have a right to knowWorkers have a right to knowOSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard (HCS)OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard (HCS)

Material Safety Data SheetsMaterial Safety Data SheetsMSDS provide information for workers to identify MSDS provide information for workers to identify

hazardous materials and conditionshazardous materials and conditions

Hazardous Material Identification SystemHazardous Material Identification SystemHMIS is used by some employers to communicate HMIS is used by some employers to communicate

information about hazardous materialsinformation about hazardous materials

Handling Hazardous MaterialHandling Hazardous Material

Compressed GasesCompressed Gases

Hazardous Material AccidentsHazardous Material Accidents

Exposure MonitoringExposure Monitoring

Hazardous WasteHazardous Waste

Storage MethodsStorage Methods

Transport and DisposalTransport and Disposal

Responding to EmergenciesResponding to Emergencies

Emergency PlanEmergency Plan

Emergency DrillsEmergency Drills

Evacuation RoutesEvacuation Routes

Emergency Response TeamsEmergency Response Teams

First Aid & CPRFirst Aid & CPR