A 23-year-old mill worker received a compound fracture to his foot when he tried to clear a conveyor jam. He was working as a block sorter and tried to clear the jam by kicking at a trimblock with his foot while the waste conveyor was still in motion. His foot got caught by the moving lug transfer chain, which pulled the foot into the idler roll shaft and bearing assembly. His injury could have been prevented by following safe work practices for clearing jams. What happened to him was painful, but it was not as bad as it could have been. Many fatal injuries involving machinery occur when the worker’s foot becomes caught in moving equipment and the worker is pulled into the machinery. The resulting head injuries, crushing injuries and limb amputations are fatal.
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This program utilizes video shot on location as well as 3D animations to train new or experienced employees in the importance of safe operation and the responsibilities of professional lift truck operations, and the skills and techniques operators can use to help ensure workplace safety and incident prevention. Anyone required to operate forklifts must be trained in accordance with mandated standards. Training must include a wide variety of topics including engineering principles, forklift operating rules, equipment characteristics, differences between a forklift and a car, environmental hazards, operator maintenance, hazardous locations, surface operating conditions, site-specific operations, potential hazards, and other pertinent information. This video does just that and is a great training aid for training new operators or as refresher training for experienced operators.
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