Hazards exist in our environment, however, when the hazard is the environment, we must be prepared. Many of the areas we work in are subject to dangerous weather conditions. Extreme weather can cause emergency conditions and situations to develop on any job site, anywhere, and during any part of the year. The Hazardous Environments Emphasis will focus on hazards created by the weather, identifying those hazards, and applying the mitigation steps to protect property and life. Hazardous Environments
Overexertion It can be easy to overexert yourself while performing labor intensive tasks. A pulled muscle or strained ligament can be a serious injury and we want to provide all the tools necessary to keep our employees safe. This module emphasizes the potential for injury from overexertion while performing work related tasks. The two-week program discusses awareness of overexertion situations and suggestions of how to make the right decision to prevent these types of injuries. This module encourages employee participation and open dialog with supervision through topic-specific tailgate safety meetings and incident case studies. After all the material of the module has been presented to the employees, a knowledge check is completed to ensure the content is understood and retained. Every 12 minutes someone dies in a motor vehicle crash. Every 10 seconds an injury occurs from a motor vehicle crash. And every 5 seconds a motor vehicle crash occurs. Many of these incidents occur during the workday or during the commute to and from work. The best way to reduce the risk of being involved in a motor vehicle accident is to practice safe driving behaviors. Whether you’re learning to drive or have been behind the wheel for decades, this four-week module introduces the driver to some basic rules that can establish behaviors to driving safely. By implementing this Driver and Vehicle Safety module in the workplace, we have greatly reduced the risks faced by our employees and their families. Driver & Vehicle Safety Inspect What You Expect “Inspect What You Expect” is an idiom that applies equally to employees, supervisors, managers, and executives. This concept describes key, specific behaviors that ensure work is done safely and properly. In business, leadership inspects all aspects of the job as part of their risk management and quality assurance processes. Without proper inspection methods, even successful leaders experience how quickly things can go wrong. For Brock to reach operational excellence, it is an important principle of success, to inspect what you expect, and to do it the right way. Inspection should not be performed like an audit or a check-and-balance task. This practice encourages leadership to embrace our most essential resource, our employees, with respect and caring as expectations are studied.
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