Be A Team Player Teamwork is the Key to Safety

1. Be A Team PlayerTeamwork is the Key to Safety Promote safety by acting safely.

2. Avoiding Safety Hazards • Safety is everyone’s responsibility. • Watch out for everyday hazards, and advise your manager of an existing hazard that needs attention.

3. Avoiding Safety Hazards • If you drop it, pick it up. • Many accidents can be avoided if people pick up dropped paperclips, rubber-bands, and various other items.

4. Avoiding Safety Hazards • If you spill something, clean it up. • If the spill is big, call the Employee Resource Center at 1-866-743-5748 to have it cleaned up quickly, before someone slips and falls.

5. Avoiding Safety Hazards • Move items correctly. • Never use a chair. • Push the cart in front of you and only move one cart at a time.

6. Avoiding Safety Hazards • Stack carts with heavier items on the bottom. • Do not attempt to take items off top shelves if they are too heavy. Have someone assist you.

7. Avoiding Safety Hazards • Close desk and file drawers when they are not in use. • Be aware of your surroundings to avoid running into or falling over drawers, chairs, etc.

8. Avoiding Safety Hazards • Report loose and hanging wires that create tripping hazards to your manager or contact the Employee Resource Center at 1-866-743-5748 to avoid tripping accidents.

9. Avoiding Safety Hazards • Be alert when walking down corridors, and especially on steps. • Stand in one place while talking on a cell-phone, reading, or anything that is distracting to avoid falling or tripping over unseen objects.

10. Avoiding Safety Hazards • Enter or exit through doorways slowly to avoid hitting someone or being hit yourself. • Do not use boxes or chairs to hold doors open. This could cause a hazard, especially in an emergency.

11. Avoiding Safety Hazards • Be alert to pedestrians in the roadway. • Follow posted speed limits in the parking lot. • Drive carefully and be aware of people parking in or exiting spaces.

12. Avoiding Safety Hazards • Follow instructions on posted signs throughout the facility. • Do not enter posted areas that you are not authorized to access. • Follow directions where you see signs that designate ENTRANCE or EXIT.

13. Avoiding Safety Hazards • Be careful on wet or icy walkways and roadways. • Wear proper footwear in inclement weather. • Shake off your umbrella before entering the building. • Use the carpets at the entrances to dry your footwear to prevent slipping or falling.

14. Avoiding Safety Hazards • Let’s all work together to make the workplace a safer environment. • Be alert. • Be aware. • Be safe.