Safety on the Job

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Safety on the Job

• Gail D. Thompson
• Career Related Education
• Colquitt County High School
• Moultrie, GA
• Developed by CCHS Technology Interns

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What Causes Accidents?

• Lack of knowledge or skills
• Environmental hazards
• Poor safety attitudes
• Unsafe behavior

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Lack of Knowledge and Skills

• Those with little training make 40 of the on job
  accidents
• Workers should learn as much as possible about
  the tools they are operating to avoid accidents.
• You need to be aware of what you can and cannot
  do.

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Hazards on the Road

• These are the leading cause of accidental death
  among teens
• You must remember to be careful and to have good
  driving skills.

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Environmental Hazards

• These are hazards that you face such unsafe
  conditions in the workplace.
• You have to be careful because these types of
  hazards make these work environment very
  dangerous.
• Examples include machinery, dangerous equipment,
  electric and other hazards.

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Hazards in Dangerous Work

• Remember always that if you are involved in
  dangerous work be safety-conscious.
• First know how dangerous your job is.
• Secondly learn about ergonomics which is a why to
  prevent repetitive motion injuries.

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Hazards in the Office

• You also need to watch out for unsafe conditions
  if you work in a office also.
• You may fill safe because you are simply in a
  office and may forget to follow simple safety
  step that will get you hurt so it is best to be
  careful

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Poor Safety Attitudes

• Not taking the right attitude toward safety can
  put you and others in danger.
• Each and every worker needs to think safety.
• The rules are developed and are there for a
  reason to protect you.

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Unsafe Behavior

• There are a range of unsafe behaviors that can
  occur at work such as Recklessness, Bad Temper,
  Lack of consideration and Disobedience.
• Unsafe behavior is a threat to you and to
  everyone around you so it best not to practice it.

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Cost of Accidents

• The cost to you may the lost of very important
  things such as your health safety and your job or
  even a permanent job related injury
• The cost to the employer is lost of an employee
  and lost man hours of training and workers
  compensation.
• It costs the economy Billions to pay out to
  workers nation wide that need payment.

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Preventing Accidents

• Stay healthy
• Use Machine and Tools Properly
• Wear Protective Clothing and use protective
  safety equipment.
• Follow safety precautions

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What to Do When an Accident Occurs

• Call for Help-as soon as it is safe to do so.
• Provide First Aid-try to give basic first aid if
  you have the training
• Follow Universal Precautions-Following step to
  prevent the spread of infection.

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OSHA

• This is one way the government helps to protect
  you on the job.
• It was an Act passed buy congress in the 1970s to
  make all working conditions more safe.

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EPA

• It is the way that the government protects the
  environment on your job.
• The EPA stands for the Environmental Protection
  Agency.
• It works to reduce these kinds of hazards on the
  job site.

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CDC

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• It promote public policy toward your health that
  will keep you healthy.