New Employee Safety Orientation

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New Employee Safety Orientation
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Safety Statistics

• Fourteen thousand Americans die from on-the-job
  accidents every year
• A worker is injured every 19 seconds
• Most accidents occur within an employees first
  six months on a new job

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Safety Orientation Goals

• Safety program
• Emergency information
• Safety awareness issues
• Quiz

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Safety Policy and Record

• Safety policy
• Safety and production go hand in hand
• Employees are expected to promote safety,
  report unsafe conditions, and ask a supervisor
  if unfamiliar with a chemical, tool, or machine
• Management provides a safe work environment and
  continually works to prevent injuries
• Safety record

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Company Responsibility

• Establish and supervise
• A safe and healthful working environment
• An accident prevention program
• Safety and health training programs
• Equipment up to safety and health standards
• Records of occupational injuries/illnesses

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Safety Training

• On-the-job training
• Departmental safety meetings
• Hazard communication
• Emergency action and fire prevention

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Safety Communication

• Safety bulletin boards
• Safety newsletters
• Safety suggestions

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Safety Committee

• Conducts safety inspections
• Investigates accidents
• Reviews safety policies and procedures
• Reviews work conditions for accident prevention
• Reviews and responds to safety suggestions and
  questions

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Safety Rules

• General safety rules
• Observe all safety warning signs
• Maintain housekeeping
• Keep emergency equipment accessible
• No horseplay
• Wear required PPE
• Disciplinary actions

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Safe Clothing

• Dont wear loose clothing
• Dont wear jewelry
• Wear protective shoes such as hard leather with
  slip-resistant soles (steel toes are a plus)
• Obtain prescription safety glasses
• Tie back long hair

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Personal Protective Equipment

• PPE required throughout the facility
• PPE required in specific departments
• Recommended PPE
• Issuance of PPE

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Safety Orientation Goals

• Safety Program
• Emergency Information
• Safety Awareness Issues
• Quiz

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Accidents and Injuries

• Promptly report each industrial injury or
  occupational illness to
• your supervisor or manager
• Supervisor or Employee should call
• AmStaff immediately to report the injury
• Always report near-misses to your
• supervisor
• Accident investigation
• Return-to-work program

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Accidents and Injuries

• Promptly report each industrial injury or
  occupational illness
• Near-miss reporting
• Accident investigation
• Return-to-work program

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First Aid

• Personnel are trained and certified in first aid
  and CPR
• First-aid kit locations
• Safety shower and eyewash stations
• Bloodborne pathogens

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Reasons for Evacuation

• Natural disasters
• Fire
• Chemical release

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Fire Prevention

• Emergency action and fire prevention training
• Potential fire hazards
• Fire prevention
• Fire response

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Hazardous Chemicals

• Hazard communication training
• Locations and uses of hazardous chemicals
• Labels
• Material safety data sheets
• Ask your supervisor
• Detecting a chemical release
• Chemical disposal

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Evacuation Procedures

• Recognize the evacuation signal and listen for
  instructions
• Shut down equipment using the emergency stop
• Go directly to the nearest safe exit
• Proceed to the assembly area

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Safety Orientation Goals

• Safety Program
• Emergency Information
• Safety Awareness Issues
• Quiz

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Poor Safety Habits

• The Result
• Lost work time
• Painful injuries and sometimes death
• Productivity losses

• Safety Donts
• Fool around/show off
• Ignore a safety hazard
• Shut off or circumvent a machine safeguard
• Become overconfident in your job
• Assume safety is someone elses job

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Housekeeping

• Slip and trip hazards
• Access to exits, fire-fighting equipment, and
  electrical panels
• Keep aisles and stairwells clear
• Reduce accumulation of combustibles

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Back Problem Statistics

• Eighty percent of Americans suffer back injuries
  requiring medical attention
• Thirty percent of all industrial injuries involve
  the back
• Back injuries are often the result of years of
  abuse
• In addition to missed work, there may be a
  lifetime of pain

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Back Safety Tips

• Dont lift more than 50 pounds by yourself
• When reaching up, dont overextend
• If standing in one place, put a foot on a footrest

• Pushdont pull
• Squatdont bend
• Turndont twist
• To reduce back painsee your doctor

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Forklift Traffic

• Walk along side of aisles (let forklifts have
  center of aisles)
• Listen and look for horn sounds, warning lights,
  and backup alarms
• Dont approach a forklift until the operator
  indicates that it is safe to do so
• Forklifts steer from the rear
• Never ride on a forklift, be lifted by a
  forklift, or fool around near a forklift

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Safety Orientation Goals

• Safety program
• Emergency information
• Safety awareness issues
• Quiz

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Facility Walk-through

• Fire extinguisher locations
• Safety showers and eyewash stations
• First-aid centers
• No smoking locations
• Areas where special PPE is required
• Evacuation exits
• MSDS locations

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Quiz

• 1. What causes the typical back
  injury?__________________________________________
  ___
• 2. What is hazardous about wearing loose clothing
  to work? _________________________________________
  ____
• 3. Horseplay is OK at work as long as you are
  off the clock. True or False
• 4. When is it safe to shut off or circumvent a
  machine safeguard? _______________________________
  ____
• 5. What kind of PPE is required or recommended in
  your department? _________________________________
  _

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Quiz (cont.)

• 6. Where can the minutes of the safety committee
  meeting be found? ____________________________
• 7. Housekeeping is needed only to keep the
  facility looking nice. True or False
• 8. Describe the evacuation assembly area of your
  department___________________________________
• 9. It is not important to report a near miss or
  close call because no one was hurt. True or
  False
• 10. In addition to a fire, what else could
  trigger an evacuation of the facility?
  _______________________

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Quiz Answers

• 1. Back injuries are typically the result of
  years of abuse.
• 2. Loose clothing can get caught in machinery.
• 3. False. Horseplay is never acceptable while on
  company property.
• 4. It is never safe to shut off or circumvent a
  machine safeguard.
• 5. The PPE required or recommended for each
  department will be different.

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Quiz Answers (cont.)

• 6. Safety committee minutes are posted on the
  safety bulletin boards.
• 7. False. Housekeeping maintains access to
  emergency equipment and prevents the accumulation
  of combustible materials.
• 8. This may be different for each department.
• 9. False. Reporting a near miss will prevent an
  injury from happening to someone else.
• 10. Chemical release or natural disaster.