Situational Awareness

 Safety Meeting 11132023

Agenda: Don't be a Jimmy a.k.a. Situational Awareness

Review of last meeting approved: Yes

Corrections:--

Unfinished business from last meeting:--

 

Watch the following video and reply with a thumbs up or something to confirm attendance, please and thankyou. NOTE: the video doesn't get good until about 2:09 minutes in.  Enjoy. 

https://youtu.be/wCcKsjbv3fA?si=-4nvhse684bu2K2E

Safety Meeting 11062023

 Safety Meeting 11062023

Agenda: Utility knife safety

Review of last meeting approved: Yes

Corrections:

Unfinished business from last meeting:--

Watch the following short video on uutility knife safety. Respond with a thumbs up or something like it to confirm attendance, please and thank you. 

https://youtu.be/V6aGpHRJ_gU?si=K50uEcEukMmURiXU

Struck By Hazards

 Safety Meeting 10302023

Agenda: Struck By Hazards

Review of last meeting approved: Yes

Corrections:

Unfinished business from last meeting:--

Read the following short documents on struck by hazards. Respond with a thumbs up or something like it to confirm attendance,  please and thank you. 

English:
https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:21917500-7620-4b36-a623-8d111d3e9b99

Español:
https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:b0103451-1566-4e06-85d5-8fd2dfa6aad2

Safety Meeting 10262023

 Safety Meeting 10232023

Agenda: Ladder Safety

Review of last meeting approved: Yes

Corrections: last week's safety meeting was dated 10262023 but should have been dated 10162023

Unfinished business from last meeting:--

Please watch this short video that exemplifies everything you should NOT do when using a ladder and getting/being on a roof. Reply with a safety violation that you observed to confirm attendance, please and thank you. 

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8k2ejtb/

Safety Meeting 10162023

 Safety Meeting 10262023

Agenda: Machine and Factory Shop Safety

Review of last meeting approved: Yes

Corrections: --

Unfinished business from last meeting:--

Please watch this short video:

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8h6oUxp/

Ladder Safety

True story, a little exaggerated but...  Last week, out of sheer bad habit I stepped off the 3rd rung of a 5 foot ladder.  I always skip the last rung on my little step stool, so this ingrained bad habit literally knocked me on my arse. It could have been much worse. Lesson learned. 

Always practice proper use of all ladders; don't let yourself or others get into bad habits even if they seem innocuous. 

 

Cement Pouring Company Policy

 

Safety Meeting 09252023

Agenda: Cement Pouring Company Policy

Review of last meeting approved: Yes

Corrections: --

Unfinished business from last meeting: --

Cement is a hazardous substance before it is set.  We do not use cement, so our company policy on residential job sites is to avoid contact with cement while it’s being poured.  Do not begin a job if a pour is in progress. Leave the jobsite if/when cement workers begin a pour on that job site.  Please read the following on the hazards to cement workers to better understand why our company policy is the way it is. A Spanish version is also available at the link below. 

https://elcosh.org/document/1563/d000513/cement-hazards-and-controls-health-risks-and-precautions-in-using-portland-cement.html#:~:text=Cement%20can%20cause%20ill%20health,are%20corrosive%20to%20human%20tissue

Is our Accident and Illness plan working? Yes.  See: https://secure.lni.wa.gov/verify/Details/workersCompRates.aspx?UBI=602691268&LIC=HEATGL*911MO&VIO=&SAW=false&ACCT=88550302  --Employer’s claim costs are lower than average.

Questions, comments, concerns, near misses and off topic health and safety discussions may be presented in this text thread, the blog thread or directed to corinna.heatguyllc@gmail.com . For general construction safety questions workers may visit WAC 296.155 at https://app.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=296-155

Please reply with a thumbs up or some such thing to confirm attendance.

Worksite locations: Variable

Minutes written by: Corinna Fritz

Meeting Leader: Corinna Fritz

Next Meeting time and place: Virtual, 10022023

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