PPE Safety Orientation Production

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PRODUCTION
PPE Personal Protective Equipment Safety
Orientation
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Think about Personal Protective Equipment as a
barrier a shield keeping
a hazard AWAY from your body.
There are different kinds of PPE designed
approved to keep specific hazards
away from your eyes, face, ears, hands feet. At
Trussway, specific tasks job assignments have
been identified where PPE is required. The
company provides PPE at NO COST to employees.
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PPE only works when you
Use It Properly!

• To properly select use PPE for a job or task,
  you must understand the equipment's purpose
  limitations
• PPE must not be altered or removed, even though
  you may find it uncomfortable
• Remember Sometimes equipment is uncomfortable
  simply because it does not fit properly
• Any discomfort from using your PPE (sweating,
  binding) is nothing when compared to metal or
  wood going into your eye, losing your good
  hearing or other potential injuries

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If you have a
about your PPE
QUESTION
Ask your supervisor immediately!
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Hard Hat Head Protection Visibility

• Wearing a proper hard hat is
  required when working in the yard
• It protects your head from overhead
  hazards (others working above
  you, places
  where objects can
  drop down on you)
• Bright-colored hard hats also give
  you additional visibility in
  the yard where forklifts other
  moving equipment are being used

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Eye Protection You only have 2 eyes
How important is eye protection? Well, how
important is your sight? An eye? There are jobs
specific tasks in the workplace that
the company has identified as having
potential eye injury hazards. Thats why eye
protection is MANDATORY when performing this kind
of work.
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Eye injuries happen in a
BLINK!
It only takes a brief, unlucky
moment to change your life
cost you your sight. CAUTION
safety are
always important. PREVENTION comes
first. Next, eye protection provides a practical
BARRIER to the hazard just in case.
Nail penetrating the eye
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Eye injuries happen in a
BLINK!
The company provides eye protection suitable for
work to be performed. Employees must use this
protection!
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• Regular sun glasses eyewear wont provide
  impact protection
• Safety eyewear will have ANSI Z87.1
  stamped or marked on the frame lens
• Even prescription glasses are NOT safety glasses
  if they dont have the ANSI Z87.1 identification

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Safety Glasses with Side Shields protect you
from

• Direct exposure to wind-blown dust debris
• Sawdust particles wood chips at or around saws
• Nails deflected particles during nail gun
  operations
• Other eye injury hazards for specific tasks

REMEMBER Wear your safety glasses in areas where
signs say they are required!
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HEARING PROTECTION is another type of PPE that
is explained during special training.
Cutting lumber building trusses can be noisy
work. Thats why Trussway has established a
Hearing Conservation Program to protect
employees. You will receive a special orientation
about this program. Just remember Use of hearing
protection is required in
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ALL PRODUCTION AREAS
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HAND PROTECTION
Keeping fingers together
attached. .
Heavy-duty gloves are provided for
carrying handling lumber to
prevent contact with splinters DO NOT wear gloves
when working close to saw blades, moving parts,
gears, conveyors or where the glove could get
caught pull your hand into the equipment!
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FOOT SAFETY
Protecting feet preventing falls.
Sturdy shoes in good condition are required
in all work areas. Good shoes with
slip-resistant soles
give you protection from cuts abrasions
in case you walk against a sharp edge
or splintered
lumber. Canvas, fabric or tennis shoes, sandals
non-soled shoes such as
moccasins are PROHIBITED
in work areas.
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DUST MASKS
frequently used for working with chemicals

• Respirators can protect you against designated
  hazards when properly selected and worn.
• Respirator use is encouraged, even when exposures
  are below the exposure limit, to provide an
  additional level of comfort and protection for
  workers.
• However, if a respirator is used improperly or
  not kept clean, the respirator itself can become
  a hazard.
• Sometimes, workers may wear respirators to avoid
  exposures to hazards, even if the amount of
  hazardous substance does not exceed the limits
  set by OSHA standards.
• If the company provides respirators for your
  voluntary use, or if you provide your own
  respirator, you need to take certain precautions
  to be sure that the respirator itself does not
  present a hazard.

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DUST MASKS
Information you must know before use

• You should do the following
• Read and heed all instructions provided by the
  manufacturer on use, maintenance, cleaning and
  care, and warnings regarding the respirators
  limitations.
• Choose respirators certified for use to protect
  against the contaminant of concern. NIOSH, the
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and
  Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human
  Services, certifies respirators. A label or
  statement of certification should appear on the
  respirator or respirator packaging. It will tell
  you what the respirator is designed for and how
  much it will protect you.
• If the company provides respirators for your
  voluntary use, or if you provide your own
  respirator, you need to take certain precautions
  to be sure that the respirator itself does not
  present a hazard.
• Keep track of your respirator so that you do not
  mistakenly use someone else's respirator.

Trussway requires all new hires to review sign
Appendix D to Sec. 1910.134 (Mandatory)
Information for Employees Using
Respirators When Not Required Under the Standard
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