LIBC-199REV07-12Auxiliaryaidsandservicesareavailableuponrequesttoindividualswithdisabilities.EqualOpportunityEmployer/Program::UnsafeActs::AccidentPreventionThroughEducationPATrainingforHealth&SafetyPATHSquality,productionandsafety.Poorhousekeepingcreateshazardsofalltypes.Awell-maintainedareasetsastandardforotherstofollow.Goodhousekeepinginvolvesbothprideandsafety.•Ignoringsafetyprocedures:Purposelyfailingtoobservesafetyprocedurescanendangeryouandyourcoworkers.Youarebeingpaidtofollowsafetypolicies–nottomakeyourownrules.Being“casual”aboutsafetycanleadtoacasualty!•Mentaldistractionsfromwork:Havingabaddayathomeandworryingaboutitatworkisahazardouscombination.Droppingyour“mentalguard”canpullyourfocusawayfromsafeworkprocedures.Youcanalsobedistractedwhenyou’rebusyworkingandafriendcomesbytotalkwhileyouaretryingtowork.Don’tbecomeastatisticbecauseyoutookyoureyesoffthemachine“justforaminute.”•FailuretoPre-PlantheWork:Thereisalotoftalktodayaboutjobhazardanalysis.JHAsareaneffectivewaytofigureoutthesmartestwaystoworksafelyandeffectively.Beinghastyinstartingataskornotthinkingthroughtheprocesscanputyouinharmsway.Instead,planyourworkandthenworkyourplan!Remember,unsafeactscauseaccidentsandinjuries!Youneedtodoyourbesttoensurethatyouareworkingsafely.Ifyoudevelopa“safetyattitude,”chancesareunsafeactswillbecomeathingofthepast.Thankyouforyourassistancewithensuringasafeandhealthyworkenvironment!Considerthisstatistic:80outofevery100accidentsarethefaultofthepersoninvolvedintheincident.UnsafeActscausefourtimesasmanyaccidentsandinjuriesasunsafeconditionsdo.Accidentsoccurformanyreasons.Inmostinstances,peopletendtolookfor“things”toblamewhenanaccidenthappensbecauseit’seasierthanlookingfor“rootcauses,”suchasthoselistedbelow.Considertheunderlyingaccidentcausesdescribed.Haveyouoranyofyourcoworkersbeenguiltyofanyoftheseattitudesorbehaviors?Ifso,eventhoughyou/theymayhavenotbeeninjuredbefore,thenexttimeyou/theymaynotbesolucky!•Takingshortcuts:Everydaywemakedecisionswehopewillmakethejobfasterandmoreefficient.Butdotimesaverseverriskyourownsafetyorthatofotherworkers?Shortcutsthatreduceyoursafetyonthejobarenotshortcuts,butanincreasedchanceforinjury.•Beingoverconfident:Confidenceisagoodthing.Overconfidenceistoomuchofagoodthing.“It’llneverhappentome”isanattitudethatcanleadtoimproperprocedures,toolsormethodsinyourwork.Anyofthesecanleadtoaninjury.•Startingataskwithincompleteinstructions:Todothejobsafelyandcorrectlythefirsttime,youneedcompleteinformation.Haveyoueverseenaworkersenttodoajobhavingbeengivenonlyapartofthejob’sinstructions?Don’tbeshyaboutaskingforexplanationsregardingworkproceduresandsafetyprecautions.Itisn’tdumbtoaskquestions,it’sdumbnotto!•Poorhousekeeping:Whenclients,managersorsafetyprofessionalswalkthroughyourworksite,housekeepingisanaccurateindicatorofeveryone’sattitudeabout