Industrial Skills

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Industrial Skills

• Personal Safety
• Accident Prevention

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Accident A sudden, unplanned event which has the
potential for producing injury or damage.
Safety experts concentrate their efforts in two
general areas

• Accident Prevention
• Education
• Training
• Personal Awareness

• Accident Mitigation
• Procedures
• Safety Equipment
• Proper Tools

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Individuals must continually recognize the four
factors that play a major role in the safe
performance of an activity

• The difficulty of the activity.
• The ability level required.
• Expertise
• Physical limitations.
• The immediate state of the technician.
• Physiological
• Psychological
• The condition of the environment.

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100 million workers in the U.S.

• 3.2 million suffer occupational injuries each
  year Emergency Room.
• One on-the-job accidental death in the U.S. every
  40 minutes.
• 300 on-the-job injuries every minute.

Negligence is a major cause of industrial
accidents!
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Keys to Accident Prevention

• Think about what you are doing!
• Pay attention to signs, labels tags.
• Wear the right PPE (Personal Protection
  Equipment).
• Read the MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) for
  each material you use.
• Practice good housekeeping.
• Use proper lifting techniques.

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Major Causes of Accidents

• Carelessness
• Recklessness
• Fatigue
• Stress
• Overexertion

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Test Yourself

• See if you can spot what may be an unsafe
  activity in the following images.
• Can you tell us why?

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The image shown below poses a risk of damage
and/or personal injury because

• Nobody is wearing a hard hat.
• Improper lifting techniques are being used.
• By not fully understanding the difficulty of the
  activity, these men may not be able to recognize
  and evaluate the hazards involved.

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The image shown below poses a risk of damage
and/or personal injury because

• Nobody is wearing personal protective gear.
• These men are attempting a skill beyond their
  ability.
• The immediate state of the performer is
  significantly affecting their ability to perform
  certain tasks.

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The image shown below poses a risk of damage
and/or personal injury because

• Several of the technicians face a risk of heat
  exhaustion.
• These men are attempting a skill beyond their
  ability.
• Man-made environmental hazards and/or lack of
  personal protective gear may play a role in the
  safe performance of this activity.

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The image shown below poses a risk of damage
and/or personal injury because

• This man is not wearing a hard hat.
• This man probably did not get enough sleep last
  night.
• Inadequate knowledge may have led to a failure to
  recognize and evaluate the hazards involved.
• His safety goggles are fogging up due to the high
  humidity.

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The image shown below poses a risk of damage
and/or personal injury because

• This man is not wearing safety gloves.
• This man probably did not read the warning label
  on this light fixture.
• Inadequate knowledge may have led to a failure to
  recognize and evaluate the hazards involved.
• The condition of the environment in which this
  activity is being performed may include unsafe
  machinery.

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The damage shown in the image below could be the
result of

• Insufficient skill or attempting a skill beyond
  ones ability.
• The physiological effects of substance abuse
  and/or lack of sleep.
• Careless operation of a motor vehicle.
• Unsafe machinery.

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The damage shown in the image below could be the
result of

• Insufficient skill or attempting a skill beyond
  ones ability.
• The physiological effects of substance abuse
  and/or lack of sleep.
• Careless operation of a motor vessel.
• Reckless operation of a motor vessel.

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The damage shown in the image below could be the
result of

• Poor housekeeping skills.
• Man-made environmental hazards.
• Careless operation of a motor vehicle.
• Unsafe machinery.
• The physical limitations of the equipment
  operator. (ie. Hearing, vision, reaction time,
  etc.)

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Natural environmental factors may affect a
persons ability to safely perform a variety of
routine tasks. True False
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THINK SAFETY!
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Because we never know when the Buck will stop
with us!