Be A Team PlayerTeamwork is the Key to Safety

Promote safety by acting safely.

Avoiding Safety Hazards

• Safety is everyone’s responsibility.

• Watch out for everyday hazards, and advise your manager of an existing hazard that needs attention.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Avoiding Safety Hazards

• Let’s all work together to make the workplace a safer environment.

• Be alert.• Be aware.• Be safe.