SAFETY SCANNINGELIMINATE HAZARDS THRU:

RECOGNITION, EVALUATION, CONTROL

OBJECTIVES

• Become effective “Safety Scanners”– Constantly be looking for hazards– Spot and recognize hazards– Take action to reduce or eliminate

• Understand basic hazards

• Safety is not a Spectator Sport

RECOGNIZING HAZARDS

• Training

• Job Experience

• Familiarity with operation

• Lack of familiarity with area

• Use of safety scanning survey technique

WHAT IS A HAZARD

• Caught in/on/between• Contact by/with• Struck by/against• Fall to surface/below• Slip/Trip

• Over-exertion• Bodily Reaction• Over-exposure• What if?

HOW TO SCAN

• Sweep eyes around work area

• Hazards present?

• Analyze possible/probable results

• React to hazards

• Proceed

TAKE SMALLER BITES

Cannot eat a whole pie at once

1. Look at one shop

2. One wall area of shop

3. One piece of equipment

4. One aspect of that equipment

HAZARDS IDENTIFIED

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

PRACTICE

• Must practice to be effective

• Start with small area and short time

• Increase area and time practiced

• Make it AUTOMATIC