Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
SafeTy ruleS
Employees should familiarize themselves
with and observe all safety rules.
1. Wear hard hats at all times in designated areas.
2. Wear safety glasses when chipping, hammering, pounding, cutting
grass, grinding, and using power tools.
3. Wear appropriate safety goggles and a face shield when handling
chemicals.
4. Wear safety goggles and a dust mask when entering an incinerator
or when handling ash.
5. Wear safety shoes.
6. Wear a safety harness and lifeline when working in or around an
enclosed manhole, pipe, or tank or anywhere else where there is no
other adequate protection against falling or retrieval.
7. Wear a life jacket when working in or around open water or chemi-
cal basins.
8. Test for a safe atmosphere with gas detection equipment before
entering an enclosed manhole, pipe, tank, wet well, or any area sub-
ject to an explosive, oxygen-deficient, or toxic atmosphere.
9. Wear self-contained breathing apparatus when entering an enclosed
manhole, pipe, tank, wet well, or any area subject to an oxygen-defi-
cient or a toxic atmosphere not proven safe by testing.
10. Ventilate with a portable ventilation blower before entering an
enclosed manhole, pipe, tank, or wet well.
11. Place barricades around all open access hatches, manholes, pipe
trenches, and excavations left unattended.
12. Wear appropriate goggles, face mask, and gloves when burning or
welding.
13. Wear appropriate eye and hand protection when opening a hot incin-
erator access or air door.
14. Wear hearing protection where designated.
15. Wear seat belts when driving plant vehicles.
The safety rules shown above are not and cannot be effective unless
the organization provides enforcement. It is best to provide enforce-
ment in the form of both punishment and praise. Punishment should be
given, depending upon the severity of the infraction, to those employ-
ees who disregard or disobey safety rules. Moreover, when a good safety
effort is observed, praise should be provided in the form of letters of
commendation and appropriate notations on the worker's performance
record.
