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Safety Training
 Agenda
• OHS Policy
• Safety Goals
• Joint Occupational Safety & Health Committee
• Safety Rules
• Workplace Hazards
• Mobile Equipment
• Chemical Safety
• Safety Guards & Lockout • First Aid Procedures
• Falls from Elevation • Accident Investigations
• Slips, Trips & Falls • Emergencies
• MSI Risk
Plant Tour
• No jewelry (includes watches & rings)
• Clean CSA approved steel toed shoes
• Hair tied up

Be careful & pay attention to:

• Stairs
• Wet floors
• Uneven floors
• Employees
• Mobile equipment
• Mechanical doors

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What does safety
mean to you?
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Goals
• Create a culture where
every employee is
empowered & proactive
in ensuring a safe &
healthy work
environment for
themselves and fellow
employees
 JOSH Committee

Overview

• Resolve safety issues

• Employer/Employee
representatives
• Monthly meetings
• Monthly workplace
inspection
What are your rights?
Employees have the…

1. Right to know
2. Right to participate
3. Right to refuse
 Right To Refuse
• If at any time you have reasonable
cause that you would endanger
yourselves or another employee by
operating any equipment, tool or
undertake a process, you are not to
perform that task.
• Report any unsafe condition/act to your
Supervisor immediately.
• There will be NO disciplinary action for
acting in compliance with refusal to
work requirements.
• Everyone will work together to find a
safe solution.
 General Safety Rules
• Follow all safety signage
• Wear required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Report all injuries that occur at work
• Follow all Standard Operating Procedures or Safe Operating
Procedures
• Report all hazards to your Supervisor or JOSH Committee Member
• Do not use or be under the influence of drugs or alcohol during
work hours
• Smoking only allowed in designated smoking area
Safety Violations
• Failure to adhere to company safety rules & policies
• Working without ear plugs
• Driving forklift without licence
• Climbing on forks of forklift
• Removing or tampering with safeguards on
equipment
• Operating equipment without proper training
Workplace Safety
Hazards
DEFINITION EXAMPLES
• A hazard is any source of
potential damage, harm or • Forklifts
adverse health effects on • Chemicals
something or someone under • Moving parts of machines
certain conditions at work. • Repetitive motion
• Lifting heavy materials
• Basically, a hazard can cause • Confined spaces
harm or adverse effects (to • High places
individuals as health effects or to • Lack of Housekeeping
organizations as property or • Dust
equipment losses) • Noise
• Damages to equipment or property
Hazards Examples
Assessing Workplace
Safety Hazards
RESPONSIBILITIES
•Be aware of
hazards
•Report hazards
•Remove & avoid
hazards
Hierarchy of Controls
Mobile Equipment
Mobile Equipment
Safety Rules-Forklifts
As a pedestrian,

KNOW DO DON’T
• You are not allowed to • Make eye contact with the  Do not operate a
drive a forklift unless you
driver. forklift unless trained
are trained and authorized
to. • Keep alert for forklift and authorized to.
activity.
• Visibility is poor on many  Do not ride on the
forklifts, so make yourself • Keep track of where forklifts
are and what they’re doing. forks.
stand out.
• Stay at a safe distance.  Do not distract the
• Remember that forklifts
aren’t cars. The rear of a lift • Listen for horns, backup driver.
truck might be more alarms, and other warnings.  Do not walk or stand
dangerous than the front. • Be cautious near blind under raised forks.
• If you can’t see it, it can’t corners, doorways, and
see you.  Do not stand where
narrow aisles.
you could be crushed.
Machine Guards
Definition
Machine guarding is a safety feature on or
around manufacturing or engineering
equipment consisting of a shield or device
covering hazardous areas of a machine to
prevent contact with body parts or to
control hazards like chips or sparks from
exiting the machine.

Purpose
• To prevent anyone from being able to
put a body part into a moving object
that may cause serious injury
What is a Pinch Point?
A pinch point is “any
point at which it is
possible for a person or
part of a person's body
to be caught between
moving parts of a
machine, or between
the moving and
stationary parts of a
machine, or between
material and any part of
the machine”
Examples of Guards

Fan Guards
Belts & Bearing Guards

Guard Railings Screens

Examples of Guards

Protecting your
hands and fingers!
Lockout
What is lockout?

Lockout/tagout program is a safety

procedure which is used to ensure that
dangerous machines are properly shut off
and not able to be started up again prior to
the completion of maintenance or repair
work.
Lockout
Lockout/tagout procedures shall clearly define the specific actions and
responsibilities required during each of the following energy control
sequences:

• 1) Preparation for shutdown

• 2) Equipment shutdown
• 3) Equipment isolation from the energy source
• 4) Application of lockout/tagout devices
• 5) Release of stored energy, de-energization
• 6) Verification of isolation
• 7) Release from lockout/tagout control once work is completed, including
removal of lockout/tagout devices and restoration of energy to
machinery/equipment.
 Who will apply lockout

Two types of roles:

• Affected Employee – No Locks and Tags

– Requires awareness training
• Authorized Employee – Lockout required
– Requires full training
 Additional Electrical
Safety Information
• It is important to keep a safe
distance from all electrical
boxes and exposed wires.
• Do not store items within
36” of electrical boxes.
• All electrical boxes must be
closed shut!
What is Fall Protection?
• Fall Protection is a safety backup
system for a worker who could
lose their balance at height, in
order to control or eliminate the
injury potential.

• You must receive fall protection

training prior to performing any
task that requires the use of fall
protection.
When is fall protection
required?

The Occupational Health and

Safety Regulation requires
workers to use fall protection
systems when they could fall
from a height of 3 m (10 ft.) or
more, or where a fall from a
lesser height could result in
serious injury.
Ladder Safety

Report and tagout all

broken or damaged
ladders. Do not use
the damaged ladder.
Slips, Trips and Falls
Slips, Trips and Falls
 Controlling MSI’s

How to control MSI’s

MSI’s are…  Proper Lifting
 Musculoskeletal injuries or soft  Job rotation
tissue injuries commonly caused  Following SOPs
by:
 Micro breaks, stretching
 Repetitive motion
 Twisting/bending
 Lifting improperly
• The most common term used
to describe these disorders is
Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI)
Reducing the MSI Risk –
Lifting
• Assess the load to be lifted –
size, weight and distance to be
travelled.
• Bend your knees when lifting
the object, not your back!
• Do not twist – pivot
• Place heavier items on lower
shelves.
• Ask for assistance when lifting
heavier items.
Who is at Risk?
Important!
Report all injuries to
Every Employee who: first aid
• Maintains fixed positions
• Performs repetitive movements of the limbs
• Overloads muscle groups
• Applies pressure on body parts
• Uses forceful movement
• Works with great speed along with repetitions
What to do: FIRST AID

This will ensure that

each injury receives
the appropriate
All “work injuries” no medical attention. The
matter how slight, potential for
must be immediately complications and
reported to the First infections will be
Aid Attendant significantly reduced
and action can be
initiated to prevent
recurrence
 Confined Space
What is a Confined Space?

• enclosed or partially enclosed

• Is not designed or intended for continuous human occupancy
• Has limited or restricted means for entry or exit that may complicate
the provisions of first aid, evacuation, rescue or other emergency
response service
Confined Space
• Only employees and
contractors that have been
trained in confined space
may enter a confined
space.
Working alone or in
isolation
What does working alone mean?

WorkSafeBC describes working alone or in

isolation as working in circumstances
where assistance is not readily available in
case of an emergency, injury, or poor
health.
Isolation includes situations such as two
employees working together, but unable
to get emergency help quickly due to their
remote location.
• Supervisors are responsible for ensuring
employee do not work alone.
Personal Protective
Equipment
• Uniforms
• Steel Toes
• Masks
• Safety Glasses
• Hearing Protection
• Gloves
• Face Shield
• Respirator
• Fall arrest equipment
• Bump cap/ hardhat
PPE Requirement in
Production Areas

Does your PPE have any of these signs?

• Faded, cracked, broken, loose, ripped,

holes
• Replace ASAP
 PPE: Face Shields &
Goggles
• Face shields & goggles may be
needed when handling chemicals
or dangerous goods.
• SDS, workplace label and supplier
label will reference the PPEs
required.
• Safety glasses provided must
always be worn when working
with chemicals.
• Ask your supervisor if you require
this PPE.
Hearing Conservation
Program
Prevention
Types • Hearing protection MUST be worn in
• Ear plugs areas with this signage
• Ear muffs • TIP: If you must yell for a person to hear
you, you’re likely damaging your hearing
• Annual hearing test
Hearing Protection
Proper use of foam ear plugs

Using clean hands, roll To make insertion easier,

and compress the entire pull back and up on the
earplug into a thin outer part of the ear.
cylinder.
Note:
Improperly inserted
earplugs will not
offer the full
protection desired.
Correct Not Correct
Insert the earplug into the ear canal, and hold it
in place for a few seconds until it expands and
blocks out the noise.
 EMERGENCIES

FIRST AID FIRE/EVACUATION EARTHQUAKE

Fire Alarm & Exit
• There are multiple fire alarms and exits
located throughout the plant.
• When the alarm sounds, immediately shut
down the equipment that you are
operating.
• Do not waste time on any lengthy shut
down procedures.
• Proceed to the nearest safe emergency
exit.
• While exiting, walk, and do not run. Shut
all doors behind you and alert those who
have difficulty hearing that an emergency
evacuation of the building is under-way.
Muster Area
OHS Resources
• H&S Board
• Internet
• WorkSafeBC
• GRF internal Binders
WorkSafeBC
Regulations
Company H&S
Policies
• Safety Talks
The end! Be Safe
• Are there any questions?