Personal Safety & Accident Prevention

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Industrial Skills

Personal Safety &

Accident Prevention


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Accident: A sudden, unplanned eventwhich has the potential for producing injuryor damage.

Accident Prevention ducation

!raining

Personal Awareness

Accident "itigation Procedures

Safety #uipment

Proper !ools

Safety experts concentrate their efforts in two general areas:


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Individuals must continually recogni$ethe four factors that play a major role in

the safe performance of an activity:

!he difficulty of the activity.

!he a%ility level re#uired. pertise

Physical limitations.

!he immediate state of the technician. Physiological Psychological

!he condition of the environment.


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'(( million workers in the ).S.

*.+ million suffer occupational injuries

each year mergency -oom.

ne on/the/jo% accidental death in the).S. every 0( minutes.

*(( on/the/jo% injuries every minute.

Negligence is a major cause of

industrial accidents!


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1eys to Accident Prevention:

!hink a%out what you are doing2

Pay attention to signs, la%els & tags.

3ear the right PP 4Personal Protection #uipment5.-ead the "S6S 4"aterial Safety 6ata Sheet5for

each 7material8 you use.

Practice good housekeeping.)se proper lifting techni#ues.


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"ajor 9auses of Accidents:

9arelessness

-ecklessness

atigueStress

vereertion


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!est ;ourself:

See if you can spot what may %e an

unsafe activity in the following images.

9an you tell us whyo%ody is wearing a hard hat.

?5 Improper lifting techni#ues are %eing used.

95 ?y not fully understanding the difficulty of the activity, these men

may not %e a%le to recogni$e and evaluate the ha$ards involved.


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!he image shown %elow poses a risk of damage and=or

personal injury %ecause:A5 >o%ody is wearing personal protective gear.

?5 !hese men are attempting a skill %eyond their a%ility.

95 !he immediate state of the 7performer8 is significantly

affecting their a%ility to perform certain tasks.


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personal injury %ecause:A5 Several of the technicians face a risk of heat ehaustion.

?5 !hese men are attempting a skill %eyond their a%ility.

95 "an/made environmental ha$ards and=or lack of personal

protective gear may play a role in the safe performance of

this activity.


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personal injury %ecause:

A5 !his man is not wearing a

hard hat.

?5 !his man pro%a%ly did not

get enough sleep last

night.

95 Inade#uate knowledge

may have led to a failure

to recogni$e and evaluate

the ha$ards involved.

65 @is safety goggles are

fogging up due to the high

humidity.


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personal injury %ecause:

A5 !his man is not wearing

safety gloves.?5 !his man pro%a%ly did

not read the warning

la%el on this light fiture.

95 Inade#uate knowledge

may have led to a failureto recogni$e and

evaluate the ha$ards

involved.

65 !he condition of the

environment in which thisactivity is %eing

performed may include

unsafe machinery.


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!he damage shown in the image %elow could %e the

result of:

A5 Insufficient skill or

attempting a skill

%eyond ones

a%ility.

?5 !he physiological

effects of

su%stance a%use

and=or lack of

sleep.

95 9areless operation

of a motor vehicle.

65 )nsafe machinery.


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result of:

A5 Insufficient skill

or attempting askill %eyond

ones a%ility.

?5 !he

physiological

effects ofsu%stance

a%use and=or

lack of sleep.

95 9areless

operation of amotor vessel.

65 -eckless

operation of a

motor vessel.


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result of:

A5 Poor housekeeping

skills.?5 "an/made

environmental

ha$ards.

95 9areless operation

of a motor vehicle.65 )nsafe machinery.

5 !he physical

limitations of the

e#uipment operator.

4ie. @earing, vision,reaction time, etc.5


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>atural environmental factors may affect a persons

a%ility to safely perform a variety of routine tasks.

!rue alse


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!@I>1 SA!;2


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?ecause we never know when

the ?uck will stop with us2

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