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COSH INTRO Why Safety Copy 10.12.20
COSH INTRO Why Safety Copy 10.12.20
Business
Business
Profitability – a business must make money
(profit) in order to survive.
Growth – to increase its profit, must expand, go
into other types of business.
Continuity – any interruption or disruption of a
business operation will affect its productivity
and profitability.
Interrupts or disrupts the normal and orderly
progress of any activity and may result in injury
(minor, serious or fatal) to people and/or damage or
destruction of property that result to losses.
Punctured foot
Pointed metal inside his toenail
Electrical burn on hand and arm.
Arm with third degree burn from high-voltage line.
Contact electrical burns. The
knee on the left was energized,
and the knee on the right was
grounded.
Arcing electrical burns
through the victim’s
shoe and around the
rubber sole.
Employee was setting
down a load of 2x10’s
with a co-worker and got
his big toe caught under
the load when he
dropped it.
Toe crushed by a forklift.
Instrument Tech was calibrating load cells the old fashion
way, when a 200lb mass that was being used to test a cell
from it’s perch and landed on the tech’s foot. The tech
was NOT wearing steel toes at the time of the accident. The
weight fell approximately 4ft.
In this photo you can see
the outline of the weight on
top of the foot
A guy was struck in the
foot by a pallet on a
standup lift. The driver
rounded a corner and
the victim was standing
in the aisleway facing
away when he was
struck. He was wearing
“flip-flops” at the time
of the accident. Injuries
were extensive to the
tendons, and heel bone,
along with a broken
ankle.
Toe amputation
Nov. 2, 2003 Rig Floor
Running at 130 rpm
It provides corrective,
preventive and predictive
measures to minimize
accidents.
People causes hazardous acts
and conditions.
Extreme of ages causes
accidents.
Safety is a way of life.
is
Profit
or
Loss?
It is better to be careful
100 times
SAFETY
YOU’RE THE KEY
TO SAFETY AND
HEALTH
THANK YOU