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This document discusses the importance of housekeeping and proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE) on construction sites. It emphasizes that housekeeping, such as cleaning up debris and properly storing materials and equipment, can prevent injuries and save time. Loose clothing and failing to wear appropriate PPE like hard hats, gloves, and eye protection can lead to serious hazards and injuries when working around machinery or in industrial settings. Maintaining good housekeeping practices and consistently wearing proper PPE are critical for safety.

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05 Housekeeping & PPE 31.03 & 01.04

This document discusses the importance of housekeeping and proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE) on construction sites. It emphasizes that housekeeping, such as cleaning up debris and properly storing materials and equipment, can prevent injuries and save time. Loose clothing and failing to wear appropriate PPE like hard hats, gloves, and eye protection can lead to serious hazards and injuries when working around machinery or in industrial settings. Maintaining good housekeeping practices and consistently wearing proper PPE are critical for safety.

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CoEx Expo 2020 Project

Weekly Tool Box Talk 31st March & 01st April - 2019
Help your work crews achieve a safety culture
HOUSEKEEPING & PPE (PERSONNEL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT)

HOUSEKEEPING PPE (PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT)


Some people think its waste of time. But if spend just few minutes Wearing the proper clothing and personal protective equipment in
picking up, you might keep someone from slipping or tripping. You the work environment is critical. Appropriate clothing is your first
could prevent an injury that keeps off the work for week or even and often only line of defense against many safety and health
month. Five minutes save month of work it’s a good investment. And hazards.
next time, it could be you who gets hurt.
Housekeeping is everyone’s job, every trade, every worker, every Unless otherwise agreed up on, workers are responsible for
supervisor. And its job you should do every day, not just once a week providing their own work at tire, including suitable clothing, shirts,
or when project is over. The first rules are to your work neatly in the long pants, gloves, and safety head gear. When choosing your
first place, and clean up after yourself. Good housekeeping does work at tire, keep in mind that wearing stylish clothing can create a
more than prevent injuries, it can save you time, and it can keep you bigger hazard or may not provide protection from hazards while you
tools from being lost, damage or destroyed. work. Proper clothing that protects is the key. It is not uncommon to
hear about tragedies that have taken place when a worker who was
Housekeeping means preventing scrap and debris from lying around wearing loose clothing got too close to an operating machine and
work place, and making sure they are removed regularly. was drawn into the machine. Machines are powerful and
Housekeeping can also mean proper storage of materials and unforgiving! Loose clothing is never appropriate in an industrial
equipment. We must first recognize what items will be introduced to workplace.
the site and plan a location for each type. It can be as simple as
identifying a place to park equipment when it is not being used. Protect your feet. Standard footwear for most industries should be
sturdy leather and provide protection for the ankle, sole and toes.
Here are a few tips that can be followed to help keep the job site safe: Ensure laces are tied up at all times to avoid snagging or tripping.
• Clean up as work proceeds. Hand Protection is necessary for certain tasks. Gloves are
• Keep equipment and the areas around equipment free generally in expensive, easily available and guard against many
of scrap and debris. hazards. They can protect hands from exposures ranging from
• Keep stairways, ramps and other travel areas clear. chemicals pills and cuts, to heat and cold. Hand protection comes in
• Secure loose or light material stored on site to prevent huge assortment of styles, materials and sizes. All of them are
it from blowing away in the wind. made to protect your hands from specific hazards. It is important to
• Never lay or store material that could fall and injure select the proper kind and style of glove to effectively protect hands
someone at the edge of an excavation or elevated from the hazards that may be encountered.
surface. Head Protection is a must when entering a construction site.
• Store material so that it won’t roll or slide. It may be Hardhats should be worn at the work site whenever there is an
necessary to block or chock items to prevent them from overhead hazard. A hardhat can not only protect you from the rain,
moving. it can save your life! Inspect it regularly and change the suspension
• Before storing scrap materials, take a moment to harness s at least every five year.
remove or bend over any protruding nails and other Eye or face protection must be warn whenever there is a risk or
items that can cause harm. danger to the eye or face. The benefits received from eye and face
• Be conscious of waste that can be flammable and/or protection are significant. It is important to choose the correct
ignitable, and never store it in the vicinity of ignition protection for the job at hand. Safety glasses area sure way to help
sources. save your eyesight!

GOOD HOUSEKEEPING IS FIRST PRINCIPLE OF SAFETY


VL/CoEx/Weekly TBT No: 05. March-2019

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