First Aid – Heat Related Illnesses-Treatment
Hazard: Over the next few months as temperatures increases so does your risk of heat illness. Outdoor exposure to sunlight, crawl spaces, attics, and other enclosed unventilated spaces put VSC employees at high risk. Physical activity when working in these environments causes our bodies to overheat and can result in serious illness.
Effective: 05/31/2014
Electrical Safety – Threading Machine Cord Repairs
Hazard: Electrical shock. Improper repair of threader machine
Metal clamps designed for use on romex (hard wire cable) cannot be used on spun/twisted wire.
Effective: 05/30/2014
Electrical Safety – Shock Hazard – Fire Pump
Warning: Electrical Shock Hazard
No VSC F&S employee regardless of title is allowed to access or work in or near fire pump panels unless authorized and properly trained in electrical hazards and procedures involved with testing or maintenance of a panel.
Effective: 05/01/2014
Tool Safety – Struck by Hazard – Wrenches & Tools
Effective: 05/01/2014
Vehicle Housekeeping – Van Interior
Effective: 05/01/2014
Vehicle Housekeeping – Vehicle Interior
Effective: 05/01/2014
Hand Sanitizer – Fire Hazard
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Mobile Elevated Work Platform(MEWP) – New Standards
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has established new safety standards for the safe use of Mobile Elevated Work Platforms (MEWP). MEWP is the new name for Aerial Work Platforms.
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Mobile Elevated Work Platform(MEWP) – OPERATOR Responsibilites
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) requires the employer (VSC) to ensure that employees who operate, occupy and supervise MEWP’s are trained, qualified and authorized in the intended use, safe operation, inspection, maintenance and familiarization on different models and classifications of MEWPs.
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Tool Safety – Core Drilling – The Correct Tool
HAZARD: The use of grinders for core drilling can cause serious injury! The 90 degree angle of the grinder does not allow the operator to apply direct even force perpendicular to the wall. As the grinder is being pushed forward at an angle towards the wall it causes the tool to tilt and the teeth of the saw to bite on one side.
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