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SAFETY MOMENT, MARCH 13

Get to shelter and do a headcount

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Safety moment, March 13

Get to shelter and do a headcount

Storms can build fast, and inclement weather changes every job on site. Lightning can strike before the rain arrives, wind can turn a sheet of plywood into a sail, and rain makes ladders, steel and mud slick. People get hurt when nobody knows who calls the stop or where to go. A plan everyone knows ahead of time takes the guessing out of a bad moment.

SAFETY MOMENT

March 13

The hazard

Storms can build fast, and inclement weather changes every job on site. Lightning can strike before the rain arrives, wind can turn a sheet of plywood into a sail, and rain makes ladders, steel and mud slick. People get hurt when nobody knows who calls the stop or where to go. A plan everyone knows ahead of time takes the guessing out of a bad moment.

The action

When the warning comes, stop work and go straight to the assigned shelter. An emergency action plan must include procedures to account for all employees after an evacuation, so check in with your foreman every time. If someone is missing, tell the person in charge right away instead of going back out to look on your own. (29 CFR 1910.38(c)(4))

ASK THE CREW

Where is our shelter, and how would you get there from where you are working?

From the talk: Severe weather. Read it in full, free, with the questions and the sign-in sheet.

HOW TO USE IT

How to give a safety moment

  1. Gather the crew where they work, before the shift or the meeting starts. Read the hazard out loud.
  2. Ask the question and let two or three people answer. What they say about their own work counts for more than what you read.
  3. Name the action and point to one place on today's job where it applies, so everyone knows what to do differently.
  4. Write the date and the names on a sign-in sheet.

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