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The Safety Side of Risk Management

The Safety Side of Risk Management. Carol A. Keyes, CSP Complete Health Environmental & Safety Services, Inc. (CHESS). Should you worry?. FM Responsibilities Employees Tenants Contractors. Employees. Arc flash/NFPA 70E Applies for anyone working on electricity >50 volts

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The Safety Side of Risk Management

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  1. The Safety Side of Risk Management Carol A. Keyes, CSP Complete Health Environmental & Safety Services, Inc. (CHESS)

  2. Should you worry? • FM Responsibilities • Employees • Tenants • Contractors

  3. Employees • Arc flash/NFPA 70E • Applies for anyone working on electricity >50 volts • Primarily energized equipment over 240V • Includes circuit testing and trouble shooting • Requires employee training and proper PPE

  4. Employees • If you can’t keep them on the ground… • Falls are a major concern • From height • Roofs • Mezzanines

  5. Scaffolding • Set it up correctly • Look at planking • Safety devices in place • Need competent person

  6. Lifting devices—scissors lift, aerial lift • Considered on the ground if worker stays on the platform • Climbing out? Need fall protection

  7. Roofs • Keep employees at least 10’ away from the edge, unless you have fall protection • Railings would be fall arrest and are okay • Look at where your HVAC equipment is located

  8. Employees • Slips and Trips • Icy lots • Housekeeping • Lighting (aging workforce) • Floor openings

  9. Where could you have icy surfaces? • Sidewalks • Parking lots • Smoking areas • Exits • Sprinkler main draining

  10. Employees • Lockout/tagout • Electrical wiring • Machine guarding • Ergonomics • Preventive maintenance • Emergency preparedness

  11. Emergencies • Identify potential types • Reduce the hazards • Plan your response • Prepare • Respond • Recover

  12. Contractors: • What kind of work are they doing? • Are they making hazardous conditions for your employees? • Window washing • Fairly new MN standard • If they are going over the roof, where will they tie off • Building owners’ responsibility to inspect anchor points

  13. Contractors • Screening

  14. Tenants • Emergency preparedness • Workplace violence • Look at landscaping and lighting • How do people get into the building • Do you offer security or a receptionist to get past • How is the building laid out

  15. Really, I didn’t know that • What’s new with OSHA • Not much • Fall protection • Window washing • Small companies are not exempt

  16. National Emphasis Programs • Amputations • Combustible Dust • Lead • Process Safety Management (PSM) • Silica • Trenching hazards

  17. MN OSHA Emphasis Programs • Foundries • Grain facilities • Healthcare • Hexavalent Chromium • Meat packing • Noise & Respiratory hazards • Window washing

  18. Pilot Emphasis Program • Temporary employees and employment agencies

  19. How do I ever keep up? • Resources • OSHA newsletter: QuickTakes • https://www.osha.gov/as/opa/quicktakes/ • MN OSHA Safety Lines • http://www.doli.state.mn.us/OSHA/SafetyLines.asp • MNOSHA Strategic Management Plan • http://www.doli.state.mn.us/OSHA/PDF/stratplan14-18.pdf

  20. How do I ever keep up? • Resources • FM Global Resource Center • https://www.fmglobal.com/page.aspx?id=04030000 • NFPA • Codes, standards, resources, newsletter • http://www.nfpa.org/ • CHESS newsletter & blog • http://www.chess-safety.com/

  21. How do I ever keep up? • Resources • Grainger • http://www.grainger.com/content/InfoLibrary

  22. There’s no budget… • Low cost and free resources • OSHA Consultation • Loss Control reps (your insurance) • OSHA safety grant program • Trade associations

  23. Questions? Carol A Keyes, CSP, CRC CHESS, Inc. carkey@chess-safety.com www.chess-safety.com 651-481-9787 John Ramonas Hays Companies jramonas@hayscompanies.com www.hayscompanies.com 612-313-1606

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