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Title: Workplace Safety


1
Workplace Safety
  • Robyn Hathcock
  • University of Oregon
  • Campus Recycling

CURC 2007 Teleconference Series Effective
Management of Recycling Operations December 4,
2007
2
Who is the person responsible for safety in
your recycling program?
?
3
Overview
  • UO Recycling Program
  • 10 Things a Recycling Coordinator Needs to Know
    about Safety

4
UO Campus Recycling
  • Recycling Program institutionalized in March 1991
  • Operates as a department within Facilities
    Services
  • 5 full-time staff members (supervisors)
  • 40 student recyclers during academic year work
    (500 labor hours per week)
  • 1500 recycling sites
  • Student crews service sites by electric truck,
    Step Van or on foot
  • Processing warehouse for paper, county depot
    transfer station for bottles/cans

5
10 Things a Recycling Coordinator Needs to Know
About Safety
  • How to recognize job hazards
  • What PPE is required for each job
  • When safety audits are conducted and by whom
  • What safety rules and policies are in place
  • What safety training new employees receive
  • What year-round safety training employees receive
  • If employees are reporting hazards and accidents
  • How accidents are responded to and investigated
  • Where accident information is kept and how to
    access it
  • Safety Resources


6
Recognizing Job Hazards
  • Job Hazard Analysis PPE Assessments
  • Equipment changes
  • Checking PPE
  • Accessible in all work areas
  • Condition of gloves, glasses
  • Employee comfort
  • Pre-Operation Checklists
  • Vehicles and mechanized equipment

7
Recycling
Bottles Cans Sorting
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Closed Toe Shoes
Nitrile Gloves
http//facilities.uoregon.edu/safety/misc/ppecert.
pdf
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Safety Audits
  • Required and voluntary audits
  • Trip hazards, labeled hazardous materials
  • Train employees to conduct audits

10
Safety Policies Rules
  • Management leadership
  • e.g, vehicle first aid kits, vehicle operation,
    PPE, accident procedures
  • Clear expectations for employees
  • Create policies specific to your recycling
    program
  • Vehicle backing and stretching policies

11
UO Recycling Program Policies
  • Vehicle Backing
  • Many solo vehicle accidents
  • Most student recyclers work in pairs
  • - Passenger spots for backing maneuvers
  • - Training on how to be effective spotters

Stretching - 10 minute stretch at start of work
day - Prevents/decreases severity of injuries -
Opportunity to get focused for work - Supervisors
stretch too!
Both policies were so successful in reducing
recycling program accidents, Facilities Services
adopted similar policies for all FS employees!
12
New-Hire Safety Orientation
  • Emphasize safety rules and policies
  • Reiterate that PPE is not optional
  • Personalize the message
  • Work injuries impacts life outside of work
  • Individual responsibility
  • Fellow workers safety
  • Have a safety orientation with volunteers

13
UO Recycling Safety Orientation
  • Introductory and University Safety videos
  • Personal Protective Equipment Applications
  • Emergency Medical Plan
  • Chemical Hazard Communication MSDS Training
  • Locations, Jobs and Equipment to Avoid Without
    Prior Training
  • Watch stretching video and discuss the stretching
    policy
  • First Aid station, safety manual and MSDS book

14
Safety Training
  • Monthly trainings
  • Address seasonal issues
  • Address past accidents
  • Training can happen daily through daily work
  • Empower employees to conduct trainings
  • Involve recycling employees on safety committees

15
Reporting Hazards Accidents
  • Safety Hazard reporting (potential accidents)
  • Formal hazard report forms
  • In vehicles, emergency contact list, first aid
    kit and accident information packet
  • Emphasize importance of reporting hazards and
    accidents
  • Barriers to employees reporting an accident
  • Fear of discipline
  • Fear of a negative reputation

16
Accident Investigation
  • Investigation kit
  • required paperwork, camera (for vehicle
    accidents)
  • Conduct an investigation in a neutral manner
  • Involve the employee in the analyzing the
    accident
  • Extracting something good Accidents are learning
    opportunities

17
Accident Tracking
  • Past accidents help prioritize efforts in
    training, education and equipment
  • Common incidents in recycling
  • Lifting injuries
  • Slips, trips and falls
  • Vehicle accidents
  • Catch hazards
  • Demonstrate need for equipment changes
  • Hydraulic tailgates
  • Collection toters with better ergonomics
  • Gloves with better puncture protection

18
Resources
  • Campus environmental health safety department
  • U.S. OSHA
  • http//www.osha.gov/
  • http//www.osha.gov/Publications/osha3071.pdf
  • Nonprofit Risk Management Center
  • http//nonprofitrisk.org/tools/workplace-safety/p
    ublic-sector/wsp-ps.htm
  • UO Facilities Services Safety Office
  • http//facilities.uoregon.edu/safety
  • Questions? Robyn Hathcock rjhath_at_uoregon.edu
  • (541) 346-0929
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