Injuries
Using your legs to lift will reduce injures to this body part.
What is the lower back?
The full name of the acronym PPE.
What is Personal Protective Equipment?
System used to classify and label hazardous chemicals.
What is Globally Harmonized System (GHS)?
Certified program required for waste to be disposed of through.
What is a hazardous waste disposal or recycling program?
Any unplanned event that could have caused physical injury but didn’t.
What is a near miss?
Name at least 4 things found in the first aid kit.
What are Band-Aids, sterile gauze, aspirin, scissors, antiseptic spray, adhesive tape?
Type of PPE that can be made of materials like cotton, nitrile, latex and vinyl.
What are safety gloves?
Federal agency responsible for implementing and enforcing workplace safety and health standards in the US.
What is Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)?
The highest used fuel source at Berkeley by Kilowatt-hours.
What is Natural Gas?
Program that protects workers from moving machinery during maintenance and repair.
What is Lockout/Tagout?
The most common category of workplace injuries.
What is a slip/trip/fall?
This type of PPE is required to protect the head from falling objects.
What is a hard hat?
Provides information on the hazards of working with a chemical and procedures that should be used to ensure safety.
What is a Safety Data Sheet (SDS)?
Any agent that can cause bodily or environmental harm.
What is hazardous waste?
Name the location of the meeting or rallying area after an evacuation.
Front of the office building across the street?
Workers injured in fall from this object are usually less than 10 feet above the ground.
What is a ladder?
These items must be worn by workers to protect their eyes from flying debris or harmful chemicals.
What are safety goggles or face shields?
Process used to identify potential hazards in the workplace.
What is a workplace risk assessment (WRA)?
A major greenhouse gas commonly introduced by burning fossil fuels to produce electricity.
What is Carbon Dioxide?
A common safety exercise to rehearse evacuating a building in the event of an emergency.
What is a fire drill?
According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2023, this type of injury accounted for approximately 33% of all worker injury and illness cases in the United States.
What are ergonomic (musculoskeletal disorders) injuries
The term for putting on PPE.
What is Don?
A collection of activities, policies, and procedures that aim to protect people and the environment from risks.
Safety, Health, and Environment Program (SHE).
Rated #1 in terms of impact on the Berkeley Significant Environmental Aspects is this unique type of waste stream.
What is wastewater?
This safety device should always be worn when driving a forklift.
What is a seat belt?