Jalen Spruill organized over 250 documents on the CSTAR safety system by sorting them into the proper folders to help users navigate and find documents quickly. He logged contractor safety hours and incidents on spreadsheets, calculating formulas to obtain statistics on hours worked, number of incidents, and total frequency rates. Jalen also input over 250 incident reports into an LSI tracking spreadsheet over the past few months. He updated identification tags on over 400 lockout locks for 80 employees by removing old tags, printing new tags, laminating, and placing them in protective sleeves. Jalen tested sound decibel levels during work to ensure hearing protection requirements were being met.

1. By: Jalen Spruill

2. 
 I am from Williamston, NC
 I am a rising Sophomore at the UNC - Chapel Hill
 My current major is Exercise & Sport Science
 In the future, I plan to pursue Physical Therapy
Introduction

3. 
 Sorting Files
 Logging contractor safety hours
 Logging Incident Reports
 Updating ID tags on Lockout Locks
 Testing sound decibels
Tasks

4. 
• CSTAR is the safety drive on the Plymouth system
• I sorted over 250 documents on CSTAR
• I placed the documents into their corresponding folder
• This will help people navigate through CSTAR better and
find documents quickly
Sorting Files

5. 
• I organized the contractor hours on a spreadsheet
• I calculated formulas in order to have exact statistics
• The exact statistics include number of hours per
contractor, number of incidents and total TFR (Total
Frequency Rate)
• TFR = (# of incidents x 200,000/# of hours worked)
• 200,000 hours is used as an industry standard 100
employees at 2,000 hours per year
Contractor Safety Hours

6. 
• I received safety catches daily and input them on the
LSI Tracking Spreadsheet
• LSI = Leading Safety Indicator
• These are generally seen as positive proactive safety
actions such as housekeeping issues, hazards, and
fires
• I have input over 250 incident reports over the past few
months
Incident Reports

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Incident Reports
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2015 LSI
January 13
February 98
March 70
April 137
May 33
June 48
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2015 Safety Catches

8. 
 Lockout is an important process that protects employees from
accidental releases of stored energy
 Each employee is issued 3 to 6 locks upon hire; overtime, the
pictures and quality have degraded due to the conditions in the
mill
 Every day I have mill workers that come in to get their ID tags on
their locks change
 Procedures
1. I remove their old tags
2. I take a picture and write their name legibly on the tag
3. Next, I laminate the lock by running it through a machine
4. Once that is done I paste the tag onto their lock
5. Then I place a plastic sleeve around the lock and melt it with a heat
gun to fit the lock tightly
Lockout Locks

9. 
 During all of this I wear the proper PPE (cut resistant
gloves, heat resistant gloves, etc.)
 I have completed lock sets for over 80 employees and
nearly 400 locks
Lockout Locks
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10. 
 Hearing protection is required when sound exposure is 85
decibels as a time weighted average at 8 hours per day
 Some areas require double hearing protection due to
excessive noise
 We took a trip to P & R to confirm previous noise level
data
 We walked all floors of the recovery boiler confirming
previous results
 We found similar data but this warrants further testing by
a professional
 All employees should wear hearing protection properly
to prevent hearing loss
Decibel Testing

11. 
 I learned why PPE is necessary and required around the
mill
 Ear plugs prevent long term hearing loss
 I learned that it is good to wear ear plugs outside of work
with tasks such as mowing grass or even loud concerts
 Gloves are worn to help prevent lacerations and burns
 Reading incident reports made me more aware of my 10’
circle of danger at all times
 Now I am more conscious about pinch/nip points around
work, home and my everyday life
 It is always better to be safe than sorry
What I learned…