SAFETY SCANNING

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SAFETY SCANNING

• ELIMINATE HAZARDS THRU
• RECOGNITION, EVALUATION, CONTROL

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OBJECTIVES

• Become effective Safety Scanners
• Constantly looking
• Recognize and evaluate hazards
• Controls to reduce or eliminate hazards
• Understand basic hazards
• Safety is not a Spectator Sport

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RECOGNIZING HAZARDS

• Training
• Job Experience
• Familiarity with operation
• Lack of familiarity with area
• Use of safety scanning survey technique

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WHAT IS A HAZARD

• Caught in or between
• Contact with
• Struck by
• Fall from or onto
• Slip or trip
• What if?

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HOW TO SCAN

• Sweep eyes across path or area
• Recognize potential hazards
• Evaluate hazards thru What If?
• Correct problems

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TAKE SMALLER BITES

• Cannot eat a whole pie at once
• Look at one shop
• One wall area of shop
• One piece of equipment
• One aspect of that equipment

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PRACTICE SCANNING

• Demonstration Of Technique
• Review Of Hazards And Practice Of Technique
• Using Safety Scanning

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HAZARDS IDENTIFIED

• Correct them Yourself
• Contact Building Manager
• Refer to Supervisor or Safety Liaison
• Bring up in Safety Meeting
• Refer to the Safety Committee
• Reduce the Hazard until fixed

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CONTINUED PRACTICE

• Must practice to be effective
• Start with small area and short time
• Increase area and time practiced
• Goal is to make it automatic