POLICY
When workers identify a hazard or unsafe condition on-site, EMD encourages this proactive action to help prevent incidents before they occur.
What is reporting the hazard immediately ("See Something, Say Something")
This type of PPE is required by EMD and helps protect workers from head injuries caused by falling or flying objects.
What is a Type 2 hard hat
This protective feature should never be removed from power tools.
What is the guard
Before servicing electrical equipment, workers should follow this safety procedure.
What is Lockout/ Tagout
This EMD PPE Policy is required when drilling overhead?
Workers are required to wear either a brass-knuckle face shield OR safety glasses with gaskets in combination with a face shield.
Cutting, grinding, drilling, and crushing materials can generate this hazardous dust.
What is respirable crystalline silica.
Damaged cords, missing guards, and defective switches are examples of reasons to do this with a tool.
What is remove the tool from service
This device helps protect workers by shutting off power when it detects current leakage.
What is a GFCI (Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter)
OSHA recommends flushing the eyes for at least this long after exposure to a hazardous chemical.
OSHA recommends 15-minutes, however, always have someone read the SDS for appropriate response
Employees working around moving equipment should make eye contact with operators and stay out of these.
What are blind spots.
This distance is required from the unprotected edge when non-roofers are setting up warning lines for fall protection
What is 15-feet from the unprotected edge.
EMD Policy requires employees to do this after a workplace injury occurs, regardless of how minor it may seem.
What is report the injury to their foreman as soon as possible
Workers should stay out of this area around cranes and heavy equipment where loads are being lifted.
What is the "fall zone"
This class of self-retracting lifeline can be used for overhead tie-off as well as tie-off below a worker's back D-ring
What is Class 2 Self Retracting Lifeline (SRL)
Safety glasses, cut-resistant gloves, a hard hat and this other form of PPE must be worn when operating a coring drill.
What is hearing protection
This is the number one rule when working with or near a suspended load.
This amount of force is required by OSHA when constructing guardrails for fall protection.
What is 200lbs of force for the top rail and 150lbs for the middle rail
Electricity can travel through the air from an energized source to equipment through this phenomenon.
What is arcing