Do you make a habit of?
Following safety rules and procedures
YES NO
• Using assigned personal protective equipment (PPE)?
• Asking questions when you aren’t sure about the safe thing to do?
• Reporting all workplace hazards, no matter how small they seem?
• Paying attention to safety training and using what you learn?
• Knowing two emergency evacuation routes from your work area?
• Participating in fire drills and emergency-preparedness activities?
YES NO
• Keeping your work area neat and clean?
• Observing No Smoking signs and smoking only in designated areas?
• Reading labels and materials safety data sheets (MSDSs) before handling or storing any hazardous chemical?
• Repairing or servicing equipment only if you’ve been trained and authorized to do so?
• Inspecting PPE, tools, and equipment before each use?
• Walking (not running) in the workplace?
• Obeying all warning signs and keeping out of areas you are not authorized to enter?
YES NO
• Using safe lifting and carrying techniques?
• Cleaning up spills that someone could slip on?
• Keeping tools and supplies out of walkways where someone might trip over them?
YES NO
• Focusing all your attention on your work and avoiding distractions?
• Making sure not to distract co-workers while they are working?
• Being careful around machines and equipment with moving parts?
• Treating electricity and electrical equipment with caution?
Were you able to honestly check the “Yes” box for all these safety habits? If not, you may be inviting an accident. Don’t take the chance.
“First we make our habits, then our habits make us.” Charles C. Noble