Safety Saves & Fails
I Sense a Disturbance...
The High Ground
Homestead Defenses
The Phantom Menace
100
Gloves, Glasses, Visors, Boots, and Storm Trooper Armor are all examples of this common safety gear.
What is PPE?
Audience Question: In the Safety Hierarchy of Controls, where does PPE fall?
100
This term describes an unplanned event that did not result in injury or damage but had the potential to be.
What is a Near Miss?
100
This is the direction you must face at all times when on a ladder.
What is forward? (towards the ladder)
100
Most falls occur in this room of the house.
What is the bathroom?
100
This common and easily missed workplace Near Miss occurs when there is limited friction between footwear and the floor.
What is a Slip Hazard?
Audience Question: Does a person need to actually fall to injure themselves during a slip or trip?
200
In a classic Star Wars Slip/Trip/Fall scene this character, despite owning a jet pack, falls tragically into a sarlacc pit.
Who is Boba Fett?
200
When a disturbance in the force is felt, Safety teams use this repetitive "questioning" technique to determine the root cause of a danger or hazard.
What is 5 Whys?
200
When using a ladder or leaving a fork lift you should retain this many points of contact.
What is 3?
200
These life saving devices should be tested monthly and have their batteries replaced at least once a year.
What are Smoke Detectors?
Audience Question: How often should smoke detectors be fully replaced?
200
Lock Out Tag Out procedures are used to protect employees from both physical and this type of hazard.
What is electrical?
300
This common Jedi and Sith weapon is the King of Safety violations, including guarding energized parts, lack of PPE, no machine guarding, and the general Duty Clause.
What is a Lightsaber?
Audience question: What is the General Duty Clause?
300
These documents serve as the primary communication between a company and anyone handling the hazardous materials they manufacture.
What are SDS? (or Safety Data Sheets)
300
Often called the "belt-buckle" rule, Storm Troopers are instructed to keep this between the ladder rails. It is the point where the total weight of the trooper and their armor, tools, and weapon is focused.
What is their Center of Gravity?
300
Often called the "Silent Killer", this colorless, odorless gas can be produced by malfunctioning furnaces and water heaters.
What is Carbon Monoxide?
300
This generally harmless collection of energy is more likely to occur in cold, dry weather, and can be dangerous if discharged in the presence of flammable and ignitable fumes and liquids.
What is Static?
400
In the reactor core, Darth Maul would have benefitted from this comically missing but OSHA required piece of safety equipment.
What is a Handrail?
400
Using your senses, this is assumed if a chemical solution heats up, changes colors, gives off an odor, or begins to bubble or boil. If not intentional, this can be very dangerous.
What is a Chemical Reaction?
400
This rule is being broken in this image, increasing the potential for a fatal fall.
What is standing on the guardrails?
400
While you should never use water on a grease fire, this common white powdery baking staple can be used to smother grease-fire flames.
What is Baking Soda?
Audience Question: What other kitchen-fire safety device is commonly kept near the stove?
400
Found in production and office work, this common hidden injury occurs when we repeat the same task over time.
What are repetitive motion injuries?
500
These physical barriers protect employees from hazardous moving, rotating, and cutting parts at the point of operation.
What are Machine Guards?
500
Han Solo installed seat belts, an unusual starship feature, in the Millennium Falcon because he followed this procedure, often called a JSA or JHA.
What is a Job Safety Analysis? (Or Job Hazard Analysis)
500
This is the area of a forklift defined by the 2 front wheels and the center of the rear axle, that the combined center of gravity must remain in.
What is the Stability Triangle?
500
This type of specialized electrical outlet, often used in kitchens and bathrooms, is designed to shut off power instantly if it detects a ground fault.
What is a GFI? (Or GFCI)
500
This pleasantly pungent smelling flammable liquid has a nearly undetectable odor in it's pure form making it difficult to identify without denaturing additives. When ignited the 3400oF flame is also nearly invisible.
What is Ethanol?