Safety Orientation/ Emergency Response Training

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Safety Orientation/ Emergency Response Training

• For
• WSU Tri-Cities Campus

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WSU Tri-Cities is committed to

• providing a safe working environment
• providing health safety information
• complying with safety regulations

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WSU-TC Safety Orientation Training is required so
that all employees can

• know WSU-TC emergency safety procedures
• help maintain a safe working environment
• be aware of and know how to use safety resources
  available on this campus

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Safety OrientationSafety Checklist
On the first day of your employment, your
supervisor should go over the Safety Orientation
Checklist which covers

• Potential hazards on your job
• Specific safety training required for your job
• What to do in the event of emergencies
• Who your safety committee representative is
• How to report incidents
• Where the closest first aid kit , fire exit, and
  AED are located.

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Safety Orientation Checklist

• If you have not seen this checklist, let your
  supervisor, or EHS know.

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Maintaining a safe environment involves

• awareness of potential hazards
• use of safe personal work habits
• taking advantage of specific job training

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Potential Actual Job Hazards

• With every job come safety hazards.
• These may be
• Biological
• Chemical
• Electrical
• Physical

Your supervisor should make you aware of the
hazards specific to your job during your safety
orientation
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If you become aware of a new safety hazard in
your job, or on campus

• notify the appropriate person of hazard
• your immediate supervisor
• the department responsible

• complete a Hazard Notification Form. It is
  available from EHS, your supervisor, or posted
  on the Safety Bulletin Board

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Hazard Notification Form Located on Safety
Bulletin Boards
Route to Facilities, EHS or Safety Committee
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HAZARDS AT WSU-TC

• Statistically, the great majority of all injuries
  and time lost at WSU-TC are due to ..

Personal Work Habits
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WSU-TC Promotes Personal Work Habit Awareness and
Training

• Ergonomics
• Proper lifting
• Slip, trips fall prevention
• Training available online at

http//www.tricity.wsu.edu/BC-RS/Tri-Cities/Traini
ng/Ergonomics20Training/ERGONOMICSat20WSU-TC.ppt
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Ergonomics

• Everyone at WSU-TC may download the ergonomic
  software Stretchbreak to their computer from
• http//www.tricity.wsu.edu/ctc/Files/Stretchbrea
  k.exe Choose 'Open' when prompted to do
  so. Press 'Ok' and 'Next' until the installation
  is finished.
• This software interrupts work at specified
  intervals, and presents very short but effective
  exercises you can do at your desk in less than
  one minute. It is one of the most successful
  preventative measures against carpel tunnel
  syndrome and other repetitive motion injuries
  caused by computer use.
• EHS will do free ergonomic workstation
  assessments- Contact EHS at 372-7163
• WSU-TC requires ergonomics training for all
  employees.

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Proper Lifting

• Lifting posture is particularly important
• Spread feet apart about shoulder width
• Bend your knees
• Tighten stomach muscles
• Keep your head up, and chin out
• Keep load close to the body
• Lift slowly and evenly
• Avoid twisting while lifting

Office Ergonomics

Reduce Risk!

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Change work habits

Avoid repetition

Counts!

Move!

(facilities 372
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Stretch Break
(EHS 372
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available...Contact Computer Ser
vices)

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Rearrange work area if necessary

problems

Work within reach



5.
Apply ergonomic principles at home as well as
work.
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Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls

• Make wide turns

And Falls.


When climbing to reach something high, Use
proper equipment (not your swivel desk chair!)
and have a spotter.






On Stairs

Eliminate clutter

Use handrails

Take one step at a time
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Job-Related Safety Training

• Your supervisor is responsible for safety related
  training. They can provide it or arrange for
  Environmental Health and Safety to teach a class.
• Always let your supervisor, or EHS know if you
  need additional training.

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Job-Related Safety Training

• Examples of Specific Job Related Training
• (Responsibility of Supervisor)
• Driving Safety Training
• Lockout Tag Out
• Back Injury Protection
• Hazardous Waste Generator Training
• Laboratory Safety
• Food Sanitation
• Ergonomics

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WSU-TC Safety Resources and Information

• Safety Orientation
• Checklist and training- (you are currently
  taking the training)
• Accident Prevention Plan
• Each Department should have one, show you
  where it is, and go over
  it with you.
• Safety Bulletin Board
• Located upstairs in the East hall across from
  room 254

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WSU-TC Safety Program Information
MSDS
A P P
Safety Manual

• Safety Policy and Procedures Manual -online
• http//www.wsu.edu/manuals_forms/HTML/SPPM/S00_Int
  ro_and_Indexes/S02.01_Table_of_Contents.htm
• Department of EH S (372-7163)
• Department of Public Safety (335-8548)

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WSU-TC Safety Program Campus Resources

• EHS
• Managers/Supervisors
• Safety Committee

• Purpose
• to discuss and resolve campus wide health
  safety issues
• to promote health and environmental safety
• Campus-wide representation- each department has
  an elected or appointed representative
• Monthly meetings- meetings are open to ANYONE!

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The Safety Committee
2008
Advisors Administration Lori Selby EHS
Lezlie Couch Human Resources Julie Nelson
Chairman Steve Jordan
Library Harvey Gover Library- PNNL Annanaomi
Sams Nursing Bonnie Bates Radio Brandy
Huey Science Carol Coker Student Affairs Linda
Miller Student ASWSU USTUR Dot
Stuit WHISPRS Charlee Parker
Computer systems Don Frame Business
Wanda Walters Engineering Steve
Jordan Facilities Andy
Percifield FEQL
Elizabeth Culburt Education
Judy Morrison Lab Science Meg
Mercer Liberal Arts Kristi Gutierrez
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Who is Responsible for Safety at WSU-TC?

• EVERYONE!
• Chancellor
• Safety Committee
• Managers, Supervisors
• Safety Representatives
• YOU

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Safety is the responsibility of the individual

• Safety begins with you
• use good safety sense
• take advantage of training
• use information from training to make good safety
  decisions
• report suggestions or safety concerns to
  immediate supervisor
• document reporting of any problems which cannot
  be immediately resolved

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First, take the problem to your direct
supervisor. Many times it can be fixed at this
level.
If the problem involves the whole campus (ie.
Putting speed bumps in the parking lot) you may
want to talk with your Safety Committee
Representative who can bring the issue to the
Safety Committee.
Chancellor
EH S
Campus Safety Committee
If you are still not satisfied, bring your
concern directly to the Safety Committee. The
committee meets on the 2nd Monday of the month,
and is open to anyone on campus
Managers
If your supervisor ignores your concern, take it
directly to their supervisor.
If not, the supervisor can approach his
supervisor who can refer it to her supervisor,
who can eventual take it to the Safety Committee,
or ask the chancellor to intervene.
Safety Committee Representative
Supervisor
Group Leader
Individual
How to get a Safety Problem Resolved at WSU-TC
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Washington State University Tri-Cities Emergency
Response Plan

• 2008

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Basic Emergency Information
? CALL 911?
WSU- TriCities Campus does not have any
security, fire, or first aid personnel. We
depend on these services from the City of
Richland. Therefore, if you need an ambulance, a
fire truck, or a policeman. CALL 911

• Security
• Fires, chemical spills hazards
• Accidents/injuries
• Reporting incidents

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Basic Emergency Information
? When you CALL 911?

• State your location (WSU- CIC, East or West
  building) and the problem
• Send someone out to meet the responder who can
  fill them in on the emergency and bring them to
  where they are needed
• You will probably be asked to stay on the phone
  until the emergency responders arrive.

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Basic Emergency Information
? CALL 2-7234 (Point Of Contact)?

• Although the Tri-Cities does not have emergency
  personnel, there is a Point of Contact (POC)
  available to help you whenever the campus is
  open.
• The POC has a list of faculty and staff contact
  numbers, a list of people on campus trained in
  first aid, and can help you get help in a crisis
  or assist you until help arrives .
• This number is not to be used instead of 911, but
  after 911 is called, or for incidents that may
  not warrant calling 911, but are nonetheless
  potential emergencies.

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In Case of Emergencies ? CALL 911?

• Security/Police CALL 911

• Security Safety Tips
• Report any suspicious activities or incidents to
  campus point of contact 2-7234
• Work during regular campus hours
• If you must work when the campus is closed, be
  sure your supervisor or someone knows that you
  will be on campus at that time.

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In Case of Emergencies ? CALL 911?

• Fires, chemical spills
• Pull the closest fire alarm (near every exit)
• If possible and safe, follow up with a 911
  phone call to provide details

• Evacuate to designated staging area
• East/West Building Cougar Garden on the South
  side of the building
• CIC Parking lot - west side of the building

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In Case of Emergencies ? CALL 911?

• Medical accidents injuries CALL911
• If the victim is unconscious (even if they
  regain consciousness) call 911.
• Administer First Aid measures you feel qualified
  to provide until help arrives
• First aid kits are available at many locations
  and in all departments
• First aid/CPR training is provided for interested
  employees
• Gather the required information to report the
  accident to the appropriate departments

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First Aid Kit Locations
Check with your supervisor to identify the
nearest first aid kit

• Student Service Office
• West Building Receptionist Office
• High Bay Laboratory
• All East Building Laboratories
• East Building Shops

• CIC
• Business Links
• UCPE Receptionist
• Shipping and Receiving Office
• Copy Center

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Reporting ALL Emergencies

• ALL 911 emergencies (police, fires, chemical
  spills, medical) require

• WRITTEN reports and verbal notification to
• Supervisors
• Campus Management
• EHS Lezlie Couch (372-7163)
• EHS Pullman contacts all regulatory authorities.

• Report forms available from Business Office
• Sophie Valdez (372-7260) - Payroll

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Reporting Accidents Injuries

• IMMEDIATELY report all accidents which result in
  death or serious injury or patient
  hospitalization by phone to

• the WSU Department of EHS on TC
  campus Lezlie Couch 372-7163
• EHS_at_tricity.wsu.edu
• (Or Pullman EHS 335-3041)
• AND Human Resources Office

WE MUST GET THIS INFORMATION TO PULLMAN WITHIN
24 HRS
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Organization o f Emergency Teams on WSU-TC Campus
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Responsibility

• Every WSU-TC employee must have a part in the
  Emergency Plan for it to succeed. You must know
  your responsibility and be prepared to perform it.

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Evacuation

• Before the alarm sounds, know your
• a. Evacuation Route
• b. Staging Area
• c. Staging Area Supervisor

(Posted on the back of each classroom door)
(Cougar Garden or CIC parking lot)
(Whoever is wearing an orange vest)
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Evacuation

• 2. Exit the building when you hear a fire alarm.
  
• Take personal belongings with you
• Close your door as you leave.
• Report to your staging area.

Unless you see smoke, take a moment to grab CAR
KEYS, purses, backpacks or anything else which
you may need before the next day. Even if the
alarm is false, some procedures take several
hours, such as a bomb threat, which dictates
that the entire building must be searched by
dogs, before anyone can enter. Of course, if the
incident is real, you will not be allowed back in
the building either. Be sure in cases where the
campus is closed that you are able to get
homenot stuck in the parking lot because your
keys are still in your office
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Evacuation

• 3. Stay at the staging area until you are
  released.

Most frequently, alarms are a drill or false
alarm. You will be returning to the building
soon. Even in a real emergency we do not want a
mass of exiting traffic blocking the entrance of
emergency vehicles. We will release you as soon
as we know what is going on.
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Evacuation

• Faculty and Supervisors
• 1. Keep a list of students/ staff in your
  possession on campus.

Although we have this information, most of it is
computerized, and in a real emergency would not
be easily accessible. Accountability for students
and staff by faculty and supervisors is most
efficient means of knowing that everyone is safe.
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Evacuation

• Faculty and Supervisors
• 2. Make sure students/staff are aware of
  evacuation procedure.

This should be done for staff on their first day
of work during a brief safety orientation Faculty
should take 2 minutes the first day of each class
to go over evacuation procedures.
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Evacuation Team

• Faculty and Supervisors
• 3. If an alarm sounds, take the student/staff
  list with you. Close your door after the last
  student has left. Direct your students to the
  appropriate staging area.

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Evacuation Team

• Faculty and Supervisors
• 4. At the staging area, account for all of your
  students and report information, including any
  injuries, to the Staging Area Supervisor.

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Evacuation

• Faculty and Supervisors
• 5. Stay at staging area until released.

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Evening EvacuationAfter 500 PM

• 1. All faculty shall direct students to the
  staging areas.
• 2. Stay at staging area until you are accounted
  for and released. The evening staging area
  supervisors will vary.
• 3.Take instructions from the fire chief.
  Cooperate to maintain order.

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Evacuation Team

• You are responsible for reporting and
  communicating the status of your area of
  responsibility.
• You are not responsible for rescue, or for unduly
  risking your life or safety.
• Be aware of any special needs or disabilities in
  your classes. Contact Facilities Director if you
  foresee evacuation challenges, and he will help
  you work something out.

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Shelter-in

• There are some emergencies in which evacuation
  would not be an appropriate procedure. Some of
  these include
• 1. Severe weather
• 2. Hanford accident
• 3. Physical accident
• 4. Violence

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Shelter-in

• 1. We will get information to you as quickly as
  possible.
• 2. Follow directions.
• 3. Stay in your room unless told to go to another
  specific location.

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Shelter-in

• Faculty and Supervisors
• Remain in your room with your students and try
  to keep people calm.

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Washington State University Tri-Cities Emergency
Response Plan

• In an emergency,
• the plan means nothing,
• but the planning is everything...

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