Frosten Bite
Páginas: 5 (1149 palabras)
Publicado: 20 de abril de 2012
Summary
Extreme cold is potentially hazardous to your health. You can learn to work and live in cold environments, provided you have adequate clothing and access to warm shelter. You must wear sufficient winter clothing, including face protection, gloves and foot wear. Loose multi-layered clothing provides the best protection, because air trapped between layers of clothing provides additionalthermal insulation. Hypothermia and frostbite are two major health hazards of cold exposure. Hypothermia is the lowering of body temperature due to excessive loss of body heat. Hypothermia can be fatal unless the victim is moved to a warm shelter and receives timely medical attention. Hypothermia victims are unable to recognize their own signs and symptoms of hypothermia. Their survival depends onco-workers ability to do so. As a precaution, you should not work alone in cold extremes. Use the "buddy system" to detect signs of cold injury in co-workers. Frostbite is the freezing of extremities such as fingers, nose tip, toes, ears and cheeks, which become numb and hard. Because of poor blood supply, these extremities may become frostbitten even if the rest of the body remains warm or evenoverheated. Frostbitten parts should be placed against warm body surfaces and rewarmed.
Table of Contents
Section I Safety—Basic Rules of Safety 1. The Law Says . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2. Elements of On-The-Job Safety . . . . . . . . . . 2 3. Safety Tips for New Employees . . . . . . . . . 3 4. Safety Tips for Supervisors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Section IIMaintaining a High Standard of Safety— 1. Safety Inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2. Accident Investigation and Reporting . . . . . 9 3. First Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Cold Weather Safety 1. Cold Weather Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2. How Cold Is It Out There?— Exposure Limits For Working in the Cold . . . 16 3. DressWarmly—Be Prepared . . . . . . . . . . . 18 4. Maintenance of Cold Weather Clothing . . . 20 5. Working Safely On Snow and Ice . . . . . . . 21 6. Ice Safety on Frozen Bodies of Water . . . . 26 7. Vital Signs of Cold Injury— How Can You Help? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 8. Injuries That Happen Over Time . . . . . . . . 31 9. Working in Remote Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Safety Info forOutdoor Work 1. Basic Electrical Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 2. Electric Power lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 3. Safe Use of Ladders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 4. Safe Use of Chain Saws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 5. Compact Loaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Section III
Section IV
6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Section V
Snow Throwers . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Shovelling and Digging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Manual Materials Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Truck Start Up–"The Circle Check" . . . . . . 60 Infectious Waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Safety Guidelines for the Work Environment 1. Chemical Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 2. Noise . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 3. Fire Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 4. Substances from Trees and Plants . . . . . . . 66 5. Ultraviolet (UV) Radiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Personal Protective Equipment 1. PPE Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 2. Safety Glasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 3. Safety Footwear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 4. Hard Hats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 5. Hearing Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 6. Safety Gloves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 7. Respirators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Section VI
SectionVII
Occupational Health and Safety Legislation 1. Canadian...
Extreme cold is potentially hazardous to your health. You can learn to work and live in cold environments, provided you have adequate clothing and access to warm shelter. You must wear sufficient winter clothing, including face protection, gloves and foot wear. Loose multi-layered clothing provides the best protection, because air trapped between layers of clothing provides additionalthermal insulation. Hypothermia and frostbite are two major health hazards of cold exposure. Hypothermia is the lowering of body temperature due to excessive loss of body heat. Hypothermia can be fatal unless the victim is moved to a warm shelter and receives timely medical attention. Hypothermia victims are unable to recognize their own signs and symptoms of hypothermia. Their survival depends onco-workers ability to do so. As a precaution, you should not work alone in cold extremes. Use the "buddy system" to detect signs of cold injury in co-workers. Frostbite is the freezing of extremities such as fingers, nose tip, toes, ears and cheeks, which become numb and hard. Because of poor blood supply, these extremities may become frostbitten even if the rest of the body remains warm or evenoverheated. Frostbitten parts should be placed against warm body surfaces and rewarmed.
Table of Contents
Section I Safety—Basic Rules of Safety 1. The Law Says . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2. Elements of On-The-Job Safety . . . . . . . . . . 2 3. Safety Tips for New Employees . . . . . . . . . 3 4. Safety Tips for Supervisors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Section IIMaintaining a High Standard of Safety— 1. Safety Inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2. Accident Investigation and Reporting . . . . . 9 3. First Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Cold Weather Safety 1. Cold Weather Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2. How Cold Is It Out There?— Exposure Limits For Working in the Cold . . . 16 3. DressWarmly—Be Prepared . . . . . . . . . . . 18 4. Maintenance of Cold Weather Clothing . . . 20 5. Working Safely On Snow and Ice . . . . . . . 21 6. Ice Safety on Frozen Bodies of Water . . . . 26 7. Vital Signs of Cold Injury— How Can You Help? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 8. Injuries That Happen Over Time . . . . . . . . 31 9. Working in Remote Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Safety Info forOutdoor Work 1. Basic Electrical Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 2. Electric Power lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 3. Safe Use of Ladders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 4. Safe Use of Chain Saws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 5. Compact Loaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Section III
Section IV
6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Section V
Snow Throwers . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Shovelling and Digging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Manual Materials Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Truck Start Up–"The Circle Check" . . . . . . 60 Infectious Waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Safety Guidelines for the Work Environment 1. Chemical Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 2. Noise . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 3. Fire Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 4. Substances from Trees and Plants . . . . . . . 66 5. Ultraviolet (UV) Radiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Personal Protective Equipment 1. PPE Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 2. Safety Glasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 3. Safety Footwear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 4. Hard Hats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 5. Hearing Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 6. Safety Gloves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 7. Respirators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Section VI
SectionVII
Occupational Health and Safety Legislation 1. Canadian...
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