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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$ards involved.
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!he image shown %elow poses a risk of damage and=or
personal injury %ecause:A5 >o%ody is wearing personal protective gear.
?5 !hese men are attempting a skill %eyond their a%ility.
95 !he immediate state of the 7performer8 is significantly
affecting their a%ility to perform certain tasks.
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!he image shown %elow poses a risk of damage and=or
personal injury %ecause:A5 Several of the technicians face a risk of heat ehaustion.
?5 !hese men are attempting a skill %eyond their a%ility.
95 "an/made environmental ha$ards and=or lack of personal
protective gear may play a role in the safe performance of
this activity.
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!he image shown %elow poses a risk of damage and=or
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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!he image shown %elow poses a risk of damage and=or
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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!he damage shown in the image %elow could %e the
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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!he damage shown in the image %elow could %e the
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