PPE
Injury Prevention and Cast Care
Body Motion and Ergonomics
Pargos
Safety Culture
200
PPE is an acronym short for this.
What is Personal Protective Equipment?
200
This program created by Health Services often begins with the question "What would you do if this happened at home?" The program ensures all cast have the correct supplies readily available and knowledge to treat minor injuries on their own, without the need to go to an urgent occupational care clinic.
What is Health Services First Aid First?
200
This Zone, representing minimal risk, gives your body a biomechanical advantage to do work and allows joints to move easily, reducing unnecessary stress with minimal effort.
What is Green Zone?
200
Pictured are hand signals used to convey these 3 messages to pedestrians and other drivers on the road.
What are right turn, left turn, and stop?
200
This government organization was created in 1971 to protect workers from workplace hazards.
What is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)?
400
These gloves are required to be worn on exposed hand(s) to reduce the likelihood of a cut injury when working with sharp objects, such as kitchen knives or box cutters.
What are Cut-Resistant gloves?
400
This is a resource created by Health Services as part of their First Aid First program, which provides step-by-step written guidance in a variety of languages informing cast how to treat minor injuries. You will find them in your work areas posted on the wall along side a cabinet of First Aid Supplies.
What is the Health Services Self-Treatment Guide?
400
This workplace safety program trains cast members how to identify ergonomic risk factors, setup better workstations, and teaches proper body mechanics and better physical techniques.
What is Improve Your Move?
400
Communication devices such as these, are known distractions and should not be used while operating a pargo. Should it be necessary to send or receive a communication pull out of traffic and come to a complete stop beforehand.
What are cell phones and radios?
400
Analysis method for arriving at the Root Cause following an injury investigation.
What are the 5-Why's?
600
This footwear is required for use by all Food & Beverage, Custodial, and Recreation cast members and recommended for use by all cast.
What are Slip-Resistant Shoes?
600
This is an integrated health education and physical conditioning program designed around occupational medicine techniques with the goal of reducing or preventing workplace injuries and improving overall well-being so cast members feel better, stronger and less fatigued at the end of their workday.
What is Incredible Athlete?
600
To avoid putting excess force on the lower back when picking something up with one hand or when bending forward, such as when bending forward to clean a shower wall, practice this technique of placing your free hand against a solid object to brace yourself and support the weight of your upper body.
What is Build a Bridge?
600
This orange triangle, required to be clearly visible on the back of all pargos, indicates what to other vehicles on the road.
What is slow-moving vehicle?
600
The last or lowest level of Hierarchy of Controls when protecting employees from Workplace Hazards.
What is PPE?
800
Prescription eyeglasses and sunglasses are NOT a substitute for this PPE, required when cast members are exposed to hazards such as airborne debris, flying particles, or liquid chemicals with possibility of splash.
What are safety glasses with side shields, chemical splash goggles, and/or face shields?
800
These are specifically designed for tasks in all LOB's to counteract the demands of a Cast Member's role and can be performed throughout the day on stage or backstage while working. For example, a F&B Cast Member exposed to prolonged gripping and grasping due to carrying trays and wiping down tables would perform Finger Press Outs.
What are Recovery Movements?
800
The ergonomic triangle is made up of these three primary risk factors that cause body motion injuries.
What are Force, Posture, and Frequency?
800
On November 27th 2023, the custodial pargo fire seen here, is believed to have started when this item was left on a rear seat and made contact with the hot engine exhaust.
What is a towel?
800
These 5 steps of the 5S methodology create a well-organized and clutter-free workplace, lowering the risk of accidents such as slips and trips, toppling or falling object struck-by injuries, and body motion injuries.
What are Sort, Set, Shine, Standardize, Sustain?
1000
When working with hazardous chemicals, it is important to understand what Personal Protective Equipment is recommended by the manufacturer. This information can be found in what section of the Safety Data Sheet.
What is Section 8. Exposure Controls and Personal Protection?
1000
When experiencing minor joint discomfort or pain such as a pulled muscle, the Health Services Self-Treatment Guide directs cast follow these steps to reduce the likelihood of a minor injury becoming more severe:
- Rest
- Take Over The Counter pain medication
- Elevate the limb if possible
- Ace wrap, if appropriate
and do This.
What is Ice for 20 minutes at a time, up to 3-4 times a day?
1000
In addition to being used to describe body motion techniques, Red, Yellow, & Green Zones are also used as a guide to practice safe storage in areas such as these.
What are dry-storage, walk-in coolers, walk-in freezers, luggage rooms, linen rooms, stock closets, merch stockrooms, warehouses?
1000
While most WDW pargos do not have these, if operating a newer model which often are outfitted with them, they are required to be worn by driver and passengers.
What are safety belts?
1000
William Henry Heinrich, seen here, is often referred to as the grandfather of modern-day workplace safety. In his 1931 book "Industrial Accident Prevention: A Scientific Approach," he stated that for every 600 of these in the workplace, 10 severe injuries occur.
What is a Near Miss?