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Title: Safety on the Job


1
Safety on the Job
  • Chapter 9 Vocabulary Concepts needed for 25th
    Week Assessment

2
Terms to know
  • Environmental Hazards
  • Safety-conscious
  • Ergonomics
  • Disability
  • Workers Compensation
  • Flammable
  • First aid
  • Toruniquet
  • Universal precautions
  • Citation
  • MSDS
  • EPA
  • CDC

3
What causes accidents?
  • Lack of knowledge or skills
  • Environmental Hazards
  • Poor safety attitudes
  • Unsafe behavior

4
Lack of Knowledge Skills
  • A worker who has not been properly trained to
    operate machinery or do their job can cause an
    accident

5
Environmental Hazards
  • Possible dangers or unsafe conditions in the
    workplace

6
Poor Safety Attitudes
  • Not taking the right attitude toward safety can
    put you others in danger
  • Ex Joan decides to stop wearing safety glasses
    when drilling metal at work, they were too hot
    uncomfortable. A metal chip flew into her eye
    causing her to have surgery!

7
Unsafe Behavior
  • People who dont consider or practice safety on
    the job have poor safety attitudes.

8
Unsafe Behavior Activity
  • Look on pages 168-170 of your textbook under
    Unsafe Behavior
  • Pick one of the causes, read the example you
    will report out to the class.

9
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
10
Unsafe Behavior
  • Recklessness
  • Bad Temper
  • Lack of Consideration
  • Disobedience
  • Carelessness
  • Laziness
  • Fatigue
  • Impatience
  • Emotional State
  • Use of drugs or alcohol

11
Workers Compensation
  • is a form of insurance that provides wage
    replacement and medical benefits for employees
    who are injured on the job.

12
Preventing Accidents
  • Stay healthy
  • Use machines and tools properly
  • Wear protective clothing use protective
    equipment
  • Follow safety precautions

13
Follow safety precautions
  • Use ladders safely
  • Lift properly
  • Prevent fires
  • Keep work areas neat

14
When an accident occurs
  • Call for help
  • Provide first aid

15
Role of the Government in protection your heath
  • OSHA
  • EPA
  • CDC

16
OSHA
  • The occupational safety and health act which was
    passed in 1970
  • Makes sure that there are safety rules and health
    standards at each and every job.

17
EPA
  • Environmental Protection Agency
  • Keeping the environment safe and clean is a major
    concern for everyone.
  • Works to eliminate environmental hazards such as
    air and water pollution

18
CDC
  • Center for Disease Control
  • Works with worldwide, state and local health
    agencies to protect the public from health
    threats
  • Mysterious deaths or illnesses

19
Questions
  • Why are knowledge and skill so important to job
    safety?
  • What are some other environmental hazards faced
    by workers?
  • How does a persons attitude affect job safety?
  • Why is workers compensation important to you if
    you are injured?
  • Why is it important to be extra careful when
    assisting a person who is bleeding or vomitting?
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