Rules and Practices
This is the number core rules in Terracon Rules and Practices to Live By.
What is 14?
This internal meeting should be held prior to starting field work and discusses the following elements: safety, scope, schedule, quality, budget risk management, and client satisfaction.
What is a "Kick-Off" meeting?
This is Terracon's 3rd party medical provider that allows employees who may have an injury but don't necessarily need immediate medical treatment the opportunity to call and discuss the injury with a medical professional and get advice on self-treatment for the issue.
What is WorkCare?
Excavation operations may proceed only when the operator has this in their possession on which Terracon is identified as the Excavator.
What is a valid public utility ticket?
This should be completed atleast once a month or prior to traveling long distances.
What is a Vehicle Safety Inspection?
This type of hazard is by far the most common and includes slips, trips and falls, manual handling of materials related to the job, housekeeping, working at heights, pinch points, rotating hazards, pressure systems, and more.
What are physical hazards?
This is the total number of practices in Terracon Core Rules and Practices to Live By.
What are the Core 4 Practices?
This activity should be done prior to performing work.
What is "warming up"?
Unexpected and unplanned event, which has the potential to cause death, personal injury, health effects, or damage to property.
What is a near miss?
This part of the drill rig should be in the travel position prior to moving or repositioning the rig.
What is a drill rig tower/mast?
This Smith Key in safe driving ensures other drivers do not box you in while selecting their lanes. Do not follow other vehicles too closely, and always anticipate what choices other drivers make.
What is "Leave Yourself an Out"?
These type of hazards can cause heat stress and cold exposure if there is prolonged exposure or something which interferes with the body's ability to thermoregulate.
What are temperature hazards?
This rule requires an employee to perform a 360 degree walkaround as their final action before moving any motor vehicle. In addition, they must use a safety awareness cone or steering wheel cover when parked on Terracon business.
What is R12?
These are commonly referred to as Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs) in our industry and guide the user through the steps associated with a specific task, identifies hazards associated with each step, and provides recommendations on hazard controls for those steps.
What are safe right procedures (SRPs)?
This type of conversation between two employees is intended to build a stronger relationship and a deeper understanding for safety with the intent to learn and proactively grow safety skills and knowledge.
What is Safety Coaching?
Equipment that moves in this pattern must come to a complete stop prior to making contact.
What is rotating equipment?
What is 90%?
These types of hazards are those work environment strains that can harm the musculoskeletal system and relates to physical orientation in relation to their work - poor posture or unnatural, uncomfortable, or awkward movements - can lead to repetitive motion and/or manual handling injuries.
What are ergonomic hazards?
This practice is to manage controllable hazards and unsafe work conditions in your work area and to report hazards you cannot control to a supervisor.
What is P4?
GOAL - Get Out and Look! is part of this SRP
What is Backing and Using a Spotter?
This is the process by which employees actively search for actual or potential hazards in their work area and take steps to protect themselves from identified hazards before beginning any task.
What is pre-task planning?
This is the minimum safe clearance distance if an overhead line voltage is unknown and can't be determined.
What is 45 feet?
This Smith Key to safe driving asks drivers to "remain alert." Consistent eye movement prevents your body from entering a trance state, keeping you alert to every driving condition ahead of you.
What is "Keep Your Eyes Moving"?
These types of hazards include petroleum products, drilling fluid chemicals, hydrogen sulfide, and methane.
What are chemical hazards?
This rule states that no talking or texting on your cell phone while driving on Terracon business or property and to never pick up the phone or adjust navigation while driving.
What is R1?
This SRP contains hazard controls associated with temperature extremes (heat, cold), high winds, lightning, ice, rain, and snow storms.
What is Extreme Weather Conditions?
This dangerous behavior includes texting, eating, or adjusting your GPS while behind the wheel, and significantly increases your risk of a crash.
What is distracted driving?
This is the current amount of absolutes represented safety rules that are so important, a violation could result in catastrophic injury or death and would result in immediate termination of employment with Terracon.
What are the 9 Life Saving Absolutes?
These are the 4 GeoTab events that are recorded in the monthly GeoTab scores.
What is speeding, harsh braking, harsh acceleration, and harsh cornering?
These hazards include poisonous snakes, ticks, spiders, scorpions, or mosquitoes.
What are biological hazards?