PPE
PPE is often referred to as this.
What is the last line of defense.
This is the first step in understanding the potential risk of hand and finger injury.
What is to understand the hazards?
When driving a forklift around corners or near workers.
What is honk your horn?
Unguarded floor/wall openings, platforms, loading docks, roofs, stairs, ladders/scaffolds all have these.
What are fall hazards?
This is being aware of what is happening around you and hazards to your health and safety.
what is situational awareness?
The minimum PPE that is required in all areas of Thermon plant / shop floor.
What are Safety Glasses, Hearing Protection, and Safety Shoes?
50 percent of all hand injuries are these.
What are cuts or punctures?
Keeping a load close to your body and using your legs not your back.
What are proper lifting techniques?
Can lead to injuries when workplace isn't kept clean and orderly.
What is poor housekeeping?
This is the first of the hierarchy of controls.
What is elimination?
This type of PPE can be made of materials like cotton, nitrile, latex, and vinyl.
What are safety gloves?
This is most injured part of the body in the Thermon workplace.
What are hands?
Deciding to use a lifting device instead of manual lifting something is an example of hierarchy control.
What is substitution?
Only qualified workers may operate.
What are company vehicles? What are forklifts?
An incident that does not result in a serious injury.
What is a First Aid or Near Miss?
The type of PPE that is worn on the face to protect the eyes from liquid splashes.
What are Goggles? // What is a Face Shield?
Gloves are an example of this control.
What is the last line of defense, PPE?
Repetitive motion, Awkward posture, forced motion and sustained postures.
What are ergonomic risks or risk factors?
Workers injured in falls from this object are usually less than 10 feet above the ground.
What is a ladder?
These are the 3 easy steps to perform a risk assessment.
What are Look, Think, Do?
Other than hearing protection the 3 types of PPE that is required in the areas of the plant when performing welding.
What are welding helmet, welding jacket/welding apron, and welding gloves?
This is the number of bones in our hand.
What is 27?
This is the max weight a worker should lift on their own.
What is 50 lbs.?
When three of your four limbs are in contact with the ladder at all times.
What is the 3 Points of Contact?
The first place to go with safety-related questions or concerns.
Who is your Supervisor?