Snow Day
Secure your safety - Connecticut law requires all drivers to do this.
What is a seatbelt
It’s the #1 daily habit that gives germs the cold shoulder
What is Washing hands
Avoid a bend-moment when you use this tool to reach under tables.
What is a Magnetic Sweeper?
Fewer hospitalizations come from snake bites than this injury
What are forklift injuries
When things go sideways, be the one who makes the call to this number.
#999
This style of safe-winter-walking is named after our friend Petey
what is The Penguin Shuffle / Walk Like A Penguin
A way for Medtronic employees "get their steps" indoors
What is the indoor 1/2 mile walking path
Request this from EHS, before your workstation-and your neck- needs adjusting
Ergonomic Assessment
This animal causes as many annual fatalities as a misstep on a ladder.
What are deer?
A major fire safety FAIL when leaving the building
What is: retrieve personal belongings or running?
Don't blow it. Do this to prevent CO2 inhalation during your weekend chores.
What is use a snow shovel?
This condition can make office productivity go dark when daylight fades.
What is Seasonal Affective Disorder
Do these 3 steps to lift an object - unless you want a dramatic plot twist in your spine.
What are:
-Keep your back straight
-Lift with your legs
-Get a second person or lifting device
Before risking a buzz deadlier than a bee sting, this is done to perform lock-out-tag-out.
what is de-energizing electrical equipment to perform maintenance?
Slippery when wet - this Ecological hazard can occur when it rains
What is Stormwater Pollution
Inside, Outside, or anytime you're distracted, these winter hazards are the most common causes of injury
What is: Slip & Fall from ice.
After this much time, your lunch goes from “mmm” to microbial mayhem.
What is 2 hours?
DAILY DOUBLE
Change the way you work with ergonomics! Also known as this hazard mitigation in the hierarchy of controls.
What is Administrative Control?
To avoid being caught in the strike zone, keep this many feet between you and a forklift—no hissing around!
What is 10 feet?
This top tier strategy is the most effective hazard mitigation in the hierarchy of controls
What is Elimination?
Thanks to these frosty fixes, Medtronic’s got your back — and your footing
What are: Sand/Snow melt buckets, Ice Alert Signs and Petey the Penguin
When winter blues have you feeling snowed under, this Medtronic resource for mental health helps you thaw it out.
What is Medtronic Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Including Ergonomic Assessment Requests, Enablon is the name of the tool that submits these 5 things
1. Hazard Observations
2. Incidents
3. Ergonomic Request
4. Continuous Improvement
5. Near Misses
It will cost you deerly if these three precautions aren't taken before using a ladder.
What is
-inspect before use
-use three points of contact
-use the right ladder for the right task
Don't waste time, these areas get inspected weekly
What are Hazardous Waste Satellite Accumulation Areas