The document discusses employer and employee responsibilities for safety, defines key safety terms like hazards and accidents, and outlines various safety programs and policies including required training, inspections, incident reporting, and handling emergencies. It emphasizes that safety is a shared responsibility and practicing safety both on and off the job is important to avoid injuries.

1. IMT 120
CHAPTER 1
INTRO TO SAFETY

2. Responsibility for Safety:
Employer
• Your Employer must:
– Select safe equipment
– Identify and control hazards
– Establish safety rules and
procedures

3. Responsibility for Safety:
Employee
• You are responsible for:
– Arriving at work in good physical condition
– Completing your tasks as trained
– Following the safety rules and procedures
– Using your brain, not just your back

4. Some Terms
• Accident – an unexpected event
resulting in injury, illness, or property
damage.
• Hazard- a condition that could
cause an injury.

5. New Employee Orientation
• Tour of the work area
• Location of medical care
• Method of reporting injuries
• Location of fire and emergency equipment
• Required personal protective equipment
• Incentive and awards programs
• Housekeeping requirements
• Required department inspections
• Plant safety rules

6. Bulletin
Boards/Communication
• Required federal/state safety posters
• Additional safety posters on a wide
variety of subjects
• Method of obtaining emergency care
• Plant safety rules
• Plant emergency plan and map
• List and location of all chemicals used
in each department

7. Training
• Required training for the job being
assigned
• Use of powered industrial equipment
• Safe handling of chemicals on the job
• Proper lifting and carrying techniques
• First aid and CPR procedures
• Emergency evacuation, weather
emergencies, fire safety procedures
• Information covered by signs and tags

8. Additional Training
• Use of forklifts and cranes
• Machine safety
• Lockout/tagout procedures
• Use of respirators and other personal
protective equipment
• Radiation, fumes, mists, gases, etc.
• Welding and cutting procedures
• Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)

9. Incentive Programs
• Some companies use incentive
programs to encourage safe work
habits
– The incentives could include extra time
off with pay, bonuses, social events,
dinners, etc.

10. Food For Thought
• Safety experts agree that a hazardous
condition usually causes many close calls
before it causes a major accident.
• On average a person may have 300 unsafe
acts/close calls before a major accident
occurs.
• You are not guaranteed 300 unsafe acts/close calls
before you are horribly injured and scarred for life (if
lucky)
• Safety committees are developed to allow
employees and supervisors to meet and
discuss safety issues.

11. 719.01-01
Fig. 1-1. Accident pyramid

12. Examples
• Not wearing required PPE
• Engaging in horseplay, distractions, or
teasing
• Operating any equipment without being
trained properly
• Operating equipment outside its intended
operating range
• Failing to secure or store objects properly
• Failing to warn or give information or
signals to others

13. Examples Continued
• Working on moving equipment
• Carrying, lifting, or loading in unsafe
ways
• Making safety devices inoperative
• Using unsafe or dangerous
equipment or machinery
• Failing to call attention to the unsafe
acts of others.

14. Unsafe Conditions
• Defective tools, equipment, or machinery
• Dangerous work surfaces, work areas, and
elevations
• Inadequate ventilation, illumination, or
work station design
• Inadequate or improper warning
procedures and alarm systems
• Unsafe clothing or protection devices
• Slippery walking surfaces (floors, aisles,
steps)

15. 719.01-02
Fig. 1-2. Unsafe conditions in the plant

16. Inspection
• Before you can eliminate unsafe
conditions, someone must first
identify them!
• When you see an unsafe condition
do something about it!
• Safety begins with you, not
‘someone else’

17. 719.01-03
Fig. 1-3. Typical inspection checklist

18. Recognizing Hazards
• Hazard- a condition with the potential
to cause injury
• Electrical Hazards
• Chemical Hazards
• Mechanical Hazards
• Environmental Hazards

19. Health Hazards
• Toxic substances
• Routes of entry to the body
– Inhalation 90%
– Absorption second most likely
– Ingestion watch what you eat!

20. 719.01-05
Fig. 1-5. Entrance of toxic substances into the body

21. Other Hazards
• Noise
• Radiation
• Repetitive motion
• Back strain
• Failure to listen to your gut

22. 719.0
Fig. 1-6. Correct method of lifting 1-06

23. Hazard Help
• PPE –Personal protective equipment
– Sometimes the only way to reduce
hazards
– It only works if you use it PROPERLY!
• Engineering controls
– Proper ventilation or a fume capture
device
– Proper barriers , etc.

24. Type of Accidents
• Caught-between accident
• Caught-in accident
• Caught-on accident
• Fall from above accident
• Fall same level accident
• Struck-by accident
• Struck-against accident
• Contacted-by accident
• Exposure accident
• Strain/overexertion accident

25. 719.0
1-07
Fig. 1-7. Typical accident investigation report form

26. Handling Emergencies
• First and foremost STAY CALM!
• Fire
• Natural emergencies
• Chemical spills
• First aid and CPR

27. Safety Off the Job
• The moment you leave the plant your
chances of being injured or killed
TRIPLE! The most dangerous place to
be is in an automobile.
• Wear your seat belt
• Stay calm driving
• Make sure you are machine ready
• Try not to give others reason to target
you

28. Safety in the Home
• Second most dangerous place next
to your vehicle
• If it would be a safety requirement at
work, make it a requirement at
home.
• Just because it is a home
environment, don’t be cheap.
• The person responsible for your
safety is YOU not the manufacturer!

29. Any questions you have
should be directed to the
Question and Answer Forum
at this time.