PPE
The word that is identified by the second "P" in PPE.
What is "Protective"?
Ill-fitting boots and friction cause these painful skin issues.
What are Blisters or Hotspots?
Consuming alcohol, sugar and caffeine, excessive sweating and a lack of drinking water can lead to this common ailment.
What is Dehydration?
What June feels when a member of the public calls and asks her if there is snow at Tioga Pass (in Yosemite NP)
What is frustration and fear?
A document signed annually by the District Ranger and Safety Chair that lists hazards of a particular task and how to mitigate them.
What is a JHA?
(Job Hazard Analysis)
Types of this PPE can be made of materials like cotton, nitrile, latex, and vinyl.
What are Gloves?
Also know as a "wildlife trees," these hazards may fall at any time with no warning.
What is a snag?
Injury and illness rates among workers in this industry are 2 to 3 times the rates of the average US worker, and fatality rates are 10 times as high.
What is Forestry?
You may experience any of these emotions when you open a campground restroom door and find that a visitor has defecated on the floor/walls.
What is disgust, revulsion, nausea, traumatized?
This confidential resource provides professional assistance to help you including short term counseling, life coaching, health coaching, legal services, and more.
What is the EAP?
(Employee Assistance Program)
This type of PPE can protect you noggin when you must work under overhead hazards such as snags, widow-makers, and powerlines.
What is a Hardhat?
Spending 14 days at Fire Camp may send you home with this upper respiratory illness with an alliterative name.
What is Camp Crud?
What is a tow ball?
Being a Seasonal worker, axial tilt and Daylight Savings Time contribute to this common mental health disorder. (Looking for a specific name, not generalized)
What is seasonal depression.
The TNF Forest Safety Officer who is available for you to reach out to with safety concerns.
Who is Richard Ludke?
This article of PPE made from cut-resistant material clogs a chainsaw's sprocket when it comes into contact with the wearer's leg.
What are Chainsaw Chaps?
Whether it be a growl, a scream, or a rattle, you want to keep your distance from this classification of hazard.
What is wildlife?
The average reaction of an adult driving a vehicle.
What is .627 seconds?
This mental health condition is caused by being part of or witnessing an extremely stressful event. Symptoms may include flashbacks, nightmares, severe anxiety and uncontrollable thoughts about the event.
What is PTSD
A document that contains information on the potential hazards (health, fire, reactivity and environmental) and how to work safely with the chemical product.
What is a MSDS?
(Material Safety Data Sheet)
This ANSI (American National Standards Institute) rating is imprinted on all FS approved eye protection based on specific hazards encountered in the workplace.
What is Z87?
Walking on uneven terrain, lack of ankle support, and your crew mate tying your bootlaces together may cause this type of accident.
What is "Slips, trips, and falls."
The average chainsaw injury requires this amount of stitches.
What is 110?
This phobia can cause significant anxiety or panic when thinking about or encountering situations related to bears.
What is arkoudaphobia
A primary purpose of this program is to provide aid and comfort to fellow employees who are injured or suffering illness, requiring treatment from a medical provider or hospitalization.
What is the Hospital Liaison Program?