General Safety Knowledge
This is the general term for anything in the workplace that has the potential to cause harm.
What is a hazard?
The first thing you should do when a truck arrives at the dock, before approaching the trailer.
What is securing the trailer (e.g., using wheel chocks, glad hand locks, or dock restraints)?
This posture helps you lift heavy objects by using your legs, not your back.
What is lifting with your legs (or bending your knees)?
The month we are dedicating to a series of safety activities at GXO Skyview.
What is August?
This pedal is typically used for normal braking, but can also contribute to an emergency stop.
What is the brake pedal?
This weekly activity involves observing work processes in action to identify unsafe conditions or behaviors and providing immediate feedback.
What is a Gemba Walk?
This piece of equipment is used to bridge the gap and smooth the transition between the dock and the trailer.
What is a dock plate (or dock leveler)?
True or False: It's always safe to lift an object by yourself if you think you're strong enough
What is False? (You should always assess the load and ask for help or use mechanical aids if needed, even if you think you're strong enough).
This fun game, being played today, is part of Safety Month to test our knowledge.
What is Safety Jeopardy?
What you should immediately do with the forks of a forklift during an emergency stopping situation.
What is lower them to the ground?
This type of analysis systematically breaks down a job into steps, identifies potential hazards at each step, and outlines controls to prevent incidents.
What is a Job Hazard Analysis (JHA)?
Name two potential hazards of not using wheel chocks or other restraints when a trailer is at the dock.
What are trailer creep, premature departure, or trailer separation? (Any two of these or similar, e.g., trailer falling, forklift falling off dock).
Before lifting, you should clear your path and consider the object's weight and this.
What is its balance or stability? (Or, its center of gravity).
During Week 1's "Spot the Hazard" activity, the specific safety topic we'll be focusing on for staged scenarios.
What is Safe Lifting?
When making an emergency stop, what's the most important thing to avoid doing with the steering wheel, as it could cause a rollover?
What is turning sharply (or steering into the direction of the tip)?
The two main types of unsafe observations documented on BBS Cards during Gemba Walks.
What are unsafe conditions and unsafe behaviors?
What should you always do before walking onto a dock plate, even if it looks secure?
What is checking that it is properly secured and in good condition? (Or, visually inspecting it, ensuring it's locked into place).
Ignoring your body's limits and twisting while lifting can lead to this common type of injury.
What is a back injury (or muscle strain, sprain)?
The name of the card we complete for every safety observation during our Gemba Walks in Week 3.
What is a BBS Card?
This is a tool to break down a job to find its hazards before you start work.
What is a Job Hazard Analysis (JHA)?
What an effective safety culture encourages all employees to do, regardless of their position, when they spot a potential hazard or unsafe act.
What is reporting it (or speaking up, correcting it, intervening)?
If you notice a damaged dock plate or faulty trailer restraints, what's the immediate action you should take?
What is report it immediately and ensure no one uses it (or take it out of service, barricade it)?
To reduce strain, this ergonomic principle suggests breaking down a heavy or awkward lift into smaller, manageable parts, or using mechanical aids.
What is breaking down the lift (or using mechanical aids like dollies, pallet jacks, forklifts)?
Who is the new Site Manager?
Simon Gillespie
To make sure a JHA is still good, what should you regularly do with it?
What is review and update it?