RC 381581 Principles of Occupational Safety and Loss Control

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RC 381/581 Principles of Occupational Safety
andLoss Control

• Personal Protective Equipment
• Internal Standards Development/Enforcement

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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

• Apparel used to protect from hazards that can do
  bodily harm through absorption, inhalation,
  injection, and/or physical contact
• Should only be used when hazards cannot be
  controlled through engineering means
• PPE design/materials must be specific to the
  hazard encountered
• Should never be modified by employee

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Categories ofPersonal Protective Equipment

• Face/eye
• Head
• Foot
• Respiratory
• Fall
• Hearing
• Protective clothing
• Back/joint mobility support and/or control

Must meet rigid ANSI requirements
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OSHA PPE Standard

• Basic Requirements
• Perform a formal job assessment to
• Identify existing/potential hazards
• Identify the specific form of PPE to address
  existing/potential hazards
• Develop internal standards outlining use
• Verify the assessment has been performed through
  written certification

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Negative Issues Regarding Use of PPE

• Difficult to continuously administer
• Purchasing
• Maintenance
• Storage
• Training
• Enforcement
• Personal issues may require consideration
• Physical limitations
• Allergic reactions/skin conditions
• Religious convictions

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Negative Issues Regarding Use of PPE (cont.)

• May place greater stress on employee
• Restricted range of motion
• Physiological stress (heart, lungs, muscles,
  heat)
• May hamper employee production rate/quota
• Changes in production practices may require major
  change in PPE used
• In long run, will probably cost more than
  development of engineering controls

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Factors Positively Influencing PPE Programs

• Advance promotion of need
• Provide a reasonable selection
• Allow employees to test equipment
• Ensure proper personal fitting
• Be sensitive to individual needs

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Factors Positively Influencing PPE Programs
(cont.)

• Allow for a period of adjustment
• Continuously promote use
• Provide behavior reinforcement
• Follow through to ensure use
• Ensure supervisors set the example

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Developing Internal Standards

• Give reasons why standard(s) are needed
• Let employees participate in development
• Keep the number of standards to a minimum
• Keep standards practical(no pie-in-the-sky)
• Gain employee commitment to finalized standards

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Presenting Internal Standards

• Review agreed-upon standards
• Use visuals with examples
• Test knowledge to ensure employees are thoroughly
  conversant with standards

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Enforcing Internal Standards

• Maintain standard enforcement records
• Initial presentation/training
• Refresher training
• Compliance/commendation
• Violations and follow-up action(s)
• Ensure unconditional enforcement of established
  standards

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Loss Tab Analysis

• The purpose of loss tab analysis
• Provide a map type of losses and where they
  occur
• Provide insight into losses - The frequency and
  severity of loss problems
• Provide a rough assessment of supervisory
  personnel
• Provide a basis for long range planning in loss
  control management

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Maintaining a Safe Healthful Workplace,

• Identify workplace hazards which currently exist
  or could develop
• Install procedures to control these hazards and
  take actions to eliminate them if possible.