Safety

1. Safety Planning for Safety in Classrooms, Laboratories, and Training Stations in Career and Technical Education

2. Performance Objective Given an actual or simulated setting, you will be able to conduct a safety analysis and prepare a safety plan for the setting that scores 70% on the rubric.

3. Enabling Objectives • Identify safety concerns • in schools as a whole, • in general classrooms, • in career and technical laboratories, • In business and marketing education classrooms/laboratories, and • in on job-training sites. • Explain safety inspection and planning procedures.

4. Factors That Cause Safety Incidents • Unsafe Acts and Conditions • 80% of incidents caused by unsafe acts • 20% are caused by unsafe conditions • Personal factors • Personal habits • Inexperience • Lack of knowledge or skill • Improper attitude (not willing) • Physical deficiency (not able)

5. Four Settings The School Community Your Classroom Your Laboratory Training Stations

6. The School Community Primary responsibility is Principal’s Enforce school rules Loyalty to the system Proactively anticipate/prevent problems Principal stands In Loco Parentis but requires your assistance

7. Your Classroom and Laboratory • Primary responsibility is yours • Proactively anticipate/prevent problems • Special hazards require increased vigilance with “Special Responsibility) Special Preparation Special Position Special Responsibility • You stand In Loco Parentis • “Reasonably Prudent Teacher” Rule

8. Training Stations Your student is a “Trainee” Student first Worker second Employer responsible for on-site supervision, BUT… You are responsible for selecting and approving safe and appropriate training station Never allow students to select training station without your approval!!

9. Special Responsibility • Assess • Analyze • Process Hazards • Facility Hazards • Equipment Hazards • Product Hazards • Personnel Hazards • Eliminate Immediate Problems • Plan Solutions to Long-Term Problems • Implement • Monitor

10. Assess What are the general categories of hazards? What groups of hazardous and dangerous materials must be handled routinely? What dangerous equipment is used? What dangerous activities are required? What categories/areas/settings should be examined? Are any special considerations needed?

11. Analyze Use answers from assessment as guide Conduct detailed, purposeful study Examine each area/setting separately Ask another teacher to analyze independently Spend time

12. Identify Hazards Hazardous Materials Dangerous Materials Improper Storage Improperly Maintained Tools Improperly Installed Power Equipment Special Facilities/Equipment in Place/Working Noise Dust & Fumes Faulty Processes and Routines

13. Hazardous Materials Caustics Acids Solvents Toxics Biologicals Combustibles Flammables

14. Dangerous Materials Sharp edges Pointed objects Rough surfaces Heavy objects Slippery objects Sticky materials

15. Improper Storage • Hazardous materials secured • Flammables outside the main building • Combustibles away from heat sources • Rags/paper refuse not in piles • Others locked away • Walking and working areas clear • Protruding and sharp objects • Shelving used instead of piles

16. Tool Maintenance Sharp (knives, shears, saws, etc.) Clean Not Cracked No frayed edges or lines Lubricated properly Stored properly Inspected and repaired or discarded routinely

17. Power Equipment Installation Anchored as needed Safety equipment/guards in place/working Turning or cutting edges away from common work area Ejected materials cannot fly into common work area Emergency power cut-off available Materials Flow Logical, Safe, Efficient

18. Special Equipment & Facilities • Dust & fumes vented • Filters as required • Hot materials away from common work areas • Eye wash/flame dousing equipment • Fire extinguishers • Located wisely • Functioning

19. Noise, Dust, Fumes • Excessive noise levels cause • Hearing loss • Excessive dust and fumes cause • Health damage, short-term and long-term • All result in: • Discomfort • Confusion • Loss of teacher control • Poor quality work and products • Other kinds of injuries

20. Processes & Routines Materials flow and handling Floors and benches/tables kept clean and clear Slippery materials cleaned up immediately Required safety equipment and clothing on hand, properly maintained, USED!! Hazardous and dangerous materials handled to minimize hazards Routines/rules in place/understood/ENFORCED!!

21. Housekeeping • After every use, at end of every period: • Materials put away • Hand tools stored • Projects stored • Work areas, benches, floors cleaned • Why? • Appearance of facility • Teach pride in workmanship • Student safety • Teacher liability • Cost effectiveness/efficiency

22. Teach Safety • General classroom rules • Special laboratory rules • Specific equipment operations and safety • Consult operator’s manual • every piece of equipment used • before it is used • One-time safety instruction inadequate • General rules reviewed periodically • Specific equipment operation and safety reviewed periodically

23. Plan for Safety • Assessment first • Analysis second • Fix what you can immediately • Record and Report deficiencies • Prioritize • Hazard • Cost limitations • Schedule repairs/modifications in priority order • Document the plan and submit it to principal and director

24. Test for Safety • Require EVERY student to PASS • general lab safety exam BEFORE going into lab • hand tools safety exam BEFORE allowing use • power equipment safety exam BEFORE allowing use • Safety exam on power equipment MUST include student demo of safe operation • Passing may be 100% on safety exam • Maintain complete record of safety exam and results in hard copy.

25. Final Words You are the technical expert in your occupational area You are the teacher in your school, classroom, laboratory, and training stations where your co-op students work You stand In Loco Parentis You have a special responsibility

26. Your Responsibility • Anticipate problems and prevent them • Assess • Analyze • Eliminate immediate problems • Develop solutions to long-term problems • Implement a safety plan • Monitor • Set rules to minimize hazards • Enforce rules • Teach and Test Safety