Industrial Ergonomics Hazards Assessment Checklist
Adapt and use this Hazards Assessment to determine areas of potential and existing ergonomic and materials handling concerns.

Adapt and use this Hazards Assessment to determine areas of potential and existing ergonomic and materials handling concerns.
Adapt and use this survey to better understand the ergonomic issues, including early stages of MSD discomfort and disorders.

To root out ergonomic injuries you must be proactive. The first step is to do a record review and create a “snapshot” of worker injuries, so you can analyze causes and identify trends. Here’s a form you can adapt and use at your workplace to perform an effective records review.
Once you gather ergonomic injury records and analyze the data, you must translate your findings into corrective actions. Fill out a separate version of this form for each type of ergonomically-related injury suffered by your workers. Using this form will enable you to organize your injury data, determine appropriate corrective action, and establish priorities.
Most offices have few hazardous chemicals and no heavy or moving machinery. If the worst that can happen is a paper cut, why do we need to talk about safety training? Because a paper cut isn’t the worst that can happen. Office employees still need to know what to do in case of an emergency, and accidents are surprisingly common. Also, people who sit down and use computers most of the day need to watch out for ergonomic issues.

It takes a split-second of inattention, a slight change in working conditions, a forgetful co-worker, or a lax safety program for you to fall through an opening.
How safety-conscious are you when you are off-the-job? You can do a lot to increase your safety just by paying attention to your attitude and habits. You may be relaxing, but you can still relax safely!
If a chemical splashed onto your skin or into your eye, could you get to a safety shower or eyewash station quickly? The time to consider that question is now, not when you are faced with an emergency. You need to know where this equipment is located, the shortest route to reach it and how to use it effectively.
You must create a safety culture where workers feel comfortable participating. Build trust by engaging employees in all aspects by asking for concerns, opinions and solutions.

Being prepared for an emergency is part of your employers and your responsibility. For help developing your emergency response planning, Ready.gov offers the following guidance.

Let’s start with the obvious hazard – a blocked emergency exit. Blocked by conveyors, carts, trash, and cardboard boxes.
Excavations and trenches more than 4-5 ft/1.2-1.5 m deep (depending on your federal, state, and provincial regulations) require a protective system is in place to protect workers from cave-ins. If a protective system isn’t in place – don’t enter the excavation. Look out for your safety and the safety of your co-workers and don’t become another buried body of an excavation cave-in.

In today's litigious society, we begin to take cautions, warnings and disclaimers from manufacturers' with a touch of skepticism or disregard. When it comes to hazardous chemicals in the work place, words, colors and symbols mean something. Not only is it your workers' right, it is their responsibility to know what they mean. This program will teach your employees to recognize and understand the different means of communication used to identify hazardous chemicals including the United Nation's new Globally Harmonized System. The training program will educate your workers on the physical characteristics and chemical properties communicated in the material safety data sheets and on the container labels enabling them to make proper decisions concerning the safe use handling and storage of the substances. The program covers the purpose and role of hazard communication, the different classification of chemicals and their hazards, the primary forms of communication, and best practices and procedures to ensure their safety and health. Chemicals are an intricate and valuable part of our life. When respected and handled properly, they pose minimum risk our safety and health. Knowledge is a valuable safety tool. Not only is it your workers' right to know, it is their responsibility to use it to protect their safety and that of their co-workers.
Roll-Off trucks are specialized equipment that require specialized techniques and procedures to operate safely.
Roll-Off trucks are specialized equipment that require specialized techniques and procedures to operate safely.
In most industries it is as simple as turning off the power and installing a lock to prevent the power from being turned back on. In the solid waste industry the purpose is the same, protecting employees, but the energy sources we need to control aren't usually controlled by just a circuit breaker. This program takes a detailed look about how to properly lock and block trash hauling vehicles during maintenance and clean out operations.
The trucks and equipment your company operates are great pieces of equipment. They're versatile. They're powerful. And, they have to be inspected. A proper inspection protects workers and those working around them by ensuring that the equipment they are using is mechanically safe. And that's what this video is all about how???to perform a thorough, consistent and accurate pre-shift inspection.
The trucks and equipment your company operates are great pieces of equipment. They're versatile. They're powerful. And, they have to be inspected. A proper inspection protects workers and those working around them by ensuring that the equipment they are using is mechanically safe. And that's what this video is all about how???to perform a thorough, consistent and accurate pre-shift inspection.
Identifying and eliminating hazards are part of each drivers responsibilities. The purpose of this program is to help drivers analyze hazards and report them immediately to ensure their safety, the safety of their equipment and the safety of others working the same route in the future.
Identifying and eliminating hazards are part of each drivers responsibilities. The purpose of this program is to help drivers analyze hazards and report them immediately to ensure their safety, the safety of their equipment and the safety of others working the same route in the future.
This program provides a broad over view of hazards Solid Waste workers face in the course of their everyday jobs. Contains critical information for new employees but also effective for experienced workers.
A large portion of total accidents in the Solid Waste industry occur while backing. However, backing accidents are 100 percent Preventable. This program will give your drivers effective tools and teach them techniques that will help them avoid backing accidents.

A large portion of total accidents in the Solid Waste industry occur while backing. However, backing accidents are 100 percent Preventable. This program will give your drivers effective tools and teach them techniques that will help them avoid backing accidents.
Focuses on operating safety, maintenance of electric batteries, safe driving techniques and basic safety requirements. Allowing operators to drive these vehicles without proper training increases a company's liability in the event anyone is injured as a result.

If safety is so important, why do accidents and injuries continue to occur? Government statistics estimate 5.7 million workplace injuries and illnesses occur annually with associated costs over $170 billion. This dynamic new program addresses a complex issue with a light touch and an important message. Everyone is responsible and accountable for safety. Whether a new employee, 20-year veteran, or plant manager, this program is ideal for everyone at your site. An Extra Effort for Safety Sake addresses the importance of safety, the financial and emotional impact accidents and injuries can have, why safety needs to be a part of every task performed, and best practices to prevent incidents from occurring at your site. Filmed in multiple locations, this program will have a positive and lasting impact on your safety culture and motivate all employees to incorporate safety into every task they perform to help create an accident free work environment.