Winter Weather Safety
These are three hazards commonly associated with winter weather.
What are increased risk of slips, trips, and falls; cold weather exposure leading to cold stress; increased risk of vehicle incidents?
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These are the three criteria that makes a space a confined space.
What are:
-Large enough and so configured that a worker can bodily enter and perform work,
-Limited or restricted means for entry or exit,
-Is not designed for continuous employee occupancy?
These are the two main resources for safety information for a chemical product.
What are safety data sheets and chemical labels?
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These are operations that are considered "hot work."
What is welding, grinding, brazing, soldering, torch cutting and any other temporary work operation that creates an ignition source?
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These are things you should know about your personal protective equipment before you use it.
What is what is necessary and when it is necessary; what it will protect you from and what it will not protect you from; how to properly don, doff, adjust and wear it; how to maintain and store it; and when to get rid of it and how to dispose of it?
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These are ways we can reduce the chances of slips, trips, and falls associated with winter weather operations.
What are wearing appropriate footwear, adjusting our walking speed & gait, planning ahead and avoiding problem areas, utilizing ice cleats (where appropriate), and removing the ice and snow?
These are the four criteria that make a confined space a permit-required confined space.
What are:
-Contains or has the potential to contain a hazardous atmosphere?
-Contains a material that has the potential to engulf an entrant?
-Has an internal configuration that could entrap an entrant?
-Contains any other serious safety or heath hazard?
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This is where you can find a safety data sheet if you need one.
What is in the shop or online?
This is what must be completed and signed by a lead, supervisor, or designee before hot work can be done outside a designated area and the work cannot be done 35'+ from all combustibles.
What is a hot work permit?
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These are microorganisms (like viruses, bacteria, fungi, etc.) that are transmitted through blood or other potentially infectious material and can cause disease in humans.
What are bloodborne pathogens?
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This is how to dress appropriately for winter weather to help prevent the development of cold stress (e.g., hypothermia and/or frostbite).
What is wearing:
-Base layer: moisture wicking fabric to keep skin dry.
-Insulating layer: fleece or wool for warmth
-Outer layer: waterproof and windproof jacket
-Headwear: Warm hat, beanie, or hood.
-Footwear: Insulated, waterproof w/ adequate tread.
-Gloves: Insulated, waterproof
This instrument is used to test the atmosphere of a confined space prior to entry when there is the potential for a hazardous atmosphere.
What is a multi-gas meter, four-gas meter, air monitor, sniffer, etc.?
BONUS QUESTION!
These are things you should always know about a chemical before you use it. (3/3)
What are the hazards associated with the chemical, how to protect yourself, and what to do if you've been exposed? (Also how to use it properly)
With fire extinguishers, this is what the acronym P.A.S.S. stands for.
What is Pull (twist) the pin, Aim at the base of the fire, Squeeze the handle, and Sweep from side to side?
BONUS QUESTION!
These are the four components to safe ladder use. (HINT: The first two rhyme)
What are:
-Ladder selection – Choose the right ladder for the job.
-Ladder inspection – Make sure it is in good condition.
-Ladder set up – Set it up properly.
-Ladder use – Use ladder safe work practices.
This is how operating vehicles in winter weather conditions differ from operating vehicles in normal weather conditions.
What is:
-When snow and ice are present stopping distance can be significantly increased and sliding or skidding is more probable when turning?
-Visibility can be limited due to low light conditions and/or increased/heavy precipitation?
BONUS QUESTION!
This must be done prior to entry if there is the potential for a hazardous atmosphere within a space.
What is ventilate the space using natural or forced-air ventilation until the air tests safe?
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This section of a safety data sheet gives an overview of the hazards, protective measures, and first aid measures associated with a chemical product, and is the section you should be familiar with (at a minimum) before you use a chemical.
What is Section 2 - Hazard Identification?
When it comes to hot work, these are examples of "combustibles."
What are wood, paper, cardboard, cloth, fabric, carpet, plastics, dry/combustible vegetation, flammable liquids/gases/greases?
What are
These are examples of conditions or practices associated with snow and ice removal that could lead to ergonomic (i.e., soft tissue, musculoskeletal) injuries.
What are awkward postures (bending to scoop snow, twisting to throw snow), repetitive motions (similar or same shoveling or ice chipping motions for an extended period of time), exertion of force (lifting shovels of heavy snow, lifting bags of ice melt), and vibration (hand and arm vibration from chipping ice)?
BONUS QUESTION!
These are common precautionary measures that must be taken when a permit-required confined space must be entered.
What are controlling access to the surrounding area, assessing the space and completing an entry permit, conducting air monitoring, utilizing appropriate PPE, performing lockout tagout, eliminating other hazards, isolating the space, ventilating the space, designating an entry attendant, and preparing non-entry rescue means?
This section of a safety data sheet would tell you what personal protective equipment you should wear while using a corrosive chemical (other than Section 2).
What is Section 8 - Exposure Control/Personal Protection?
BONUS QUESTION!
These are the main ways hot work fires start.
What is:
-Sparks, slag, flames, or other ignition sources migrating to combustible materials?
-Ignition sources igniting flammable atmospheres?
-Heat transferring along or through a surface or material and igniting combustible materials?
These are workplace risk factors for ergonomic injuries, things that can increase fatigue or stress in the musculoskeletal system which can increase the likelihood of ergonomic injuries.
What are awkward postures, static postures, repetition, exertion of force, tissue compression, and vibration?
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