Employee Health and Safety

What is the main key to preventing workplace accident or injury?
Maintaining good housekeeping practices
Your awareness
Wearing Personal Protective Equipment
Taking frequent breaks
What is the best way to lift a heavy object?
Squat and lift with your legs
Lean over and lift with your arms and back
Consider your abilities/limitations and ask for assistance
Lift the load as far away from you as possible
In what circumstances should you NOT pull the fire alarm?
Smoke is filling the room
You suspect a gas leak
There may be an active shooter on campus
Your lab notebook just went up in flames
All employees are required by law to evacuate when a fire alarm is pulled or when ordered to do so by an authorized personnel
True
False
What is the biggest cause of fire?
Overloaded power strips and improper use of extension cords
Open flames and sparks
Carelessness
Flammable combustible liquid vapors
How can you contact The University Police (UPD)
Dialing 911 on any campus phone
Dialing 530-898-5555 on any phone
Using a campus blue light phone
All of the above
In what circumstance may you use a campus fire extinguisher?
The fire is small, not growing, you have been properly trained, understand fire behavior, have a clear exit, called 911 and have activated the fire alarm.
You understand fire behavior, have a clear exit and have called 911
The fire is small but growing,you have been properly trained, understand fire behavior, have a clear exit, called 911 and have activated the fire alarm.
The fire is small, not growing, you understand fire behavior, have a clear exit, called 911 and have activated the fire alarm.
As a campus employee you are not responsible for the proper control of any hazardous operation or process that can cause a fire or explosion or have the potential to increase the size and severity of a fire.
True
False
The use of PPE is intended to eliminate hazards.
True
False
If your PPE is worn or damaged who do you contact?
Employee Health and Safety (EHS)
Your Supervisor
UPD
EOC
Who do you contact if you suspect a lead or asbestos containing material has been damaged?
EHS
EOC
UPD
Your Supervisor
Every employee working with or around hazardous materials has the right to be aware of the hazards associated with the chemicals in their workplace and the responsibility to use the proper safety procedures when working with hazardous materials used or produced in their workplace.
True
False
If your supervisor asks you to operate equipment that you have not been trained on, you...
Read the instructions and proceed with caution.
Watch others operate the equipment until you feel confident you can do it.
Notify your supervisor that you have not been trained and refrain from using the equipment until then.
Quit
Your new workplace has a toaster connected with an extension cord that plugs into a power strip that has been daisy chained and connects to the outlet next to the paper shredder. You...
Make toast!
Unplug the toaster
Unplug the toaster, extension cord and power strips. Then you remove them do no one burns the lab down making toast.
Do nothing
Emergency exits including doorways, passageways, aisles and corridors must be kept clear and free from obstruction at ALL times.
True
False
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