Winter Weather Hazards Prevention Decision Making Planning Work Practices PPE Employee Physical Conditioning and Behaviors

Leadership Decision Making Operations Assessments What operations can be shut down ? What job functions can be temporarily discontinued or curtailed? What operations or jobs need to be continued?

Planning Decisions to continue operations should have a plan for how to do so safely. Safe access and clean up. How and where to begin. Priority areas. What equipment is needed. Who is involved? What materials and methods. Clean up procedures should consider drainage to reduce “black ice” and refreezing.

Work Practices What is required of our people? What do we expect, and what do we allow? Employee Selection and Job assignment?

PPE Wearing Proper Shoes Wear shoes with slip-resistant soles or traction devices when walking or working on surfaces that are wet, greasy, icy, or other-wise slick (e.g., in kitchen areas, performing custodial work). No footwear has anti-slip properties for every condition so make sure that the proper type of footwear is selected for the work conditions and for the type of flooring or walking/working surface. Slip-resistant traction devices for snow and ice that fit over the soles Steel-toed safety boots with oil-resistant soles

Walking Techniques Walk like a “Penguin”. Point your feet out. Keep your head up. Walk in short choppy steps, or shuffle your steps. Do not carry any materials across untreated surfaces. Do not walk with your hands in your pocket, but extend your arms to the side for additional balance. Use handrails or structures where available. If falling, try to avoid landing on your knees, wrists, or spine, relax muscles and try to fall on your side.

Mounting/Dismounting Equipment Safely Clean footwear and soles of mud, snow, ice, grease, or any other contamination. Make sure running board, tread, step, foothold, and platform of equipment are also clean and dry of any contamination. Always face equipment when mounting and dismounting. Have a good hand-hold before stepping up. Place your foot on the step or foothold just in front of your heel, under the arch. Clean shoes Clean foothold and step Proper foot placement on step and foothold 7

Mounting/Dismounting Equipment Safely Courtesy of Construction Safety Association of Ontario Maintain three-point contact at all times while getting onto/off of the equipment until reaching ground, cab, or stable platform. one hand, two feet two hands, one foot Three-point contact: Do not jump off when dismounting or getting off the bed of a truck or other part of the equipment. Step down carefully while facing equipment (reverse order of the pictures above). 8

Workplace Checklist Employees Equipped with non-skid shoes?   Equipped with non-skid shoes? Observed carrying, rushing, improper footwear, etc.? Steps Handrails exisit at steps Handrials in good condition Steps in good condition Parking lot Changes in elevation highlighted Curbs in good shape and painted Holes/cracks Lighting adequate Sidewalks Non-skid / highlighted at handicap ramps Sidewalks in good condition Employees   Equipped with non-skid shoes? Observed carrying, rushing, improper footwear, etc.? Steps Handrails exisit at steps Handrials in good condition Steps in good condition Parking lot Changes in elevation highlighted Curbs in good shape and painted Holes/cracks Lighting adequate Sidewalks Non-skid / highlighted at handicap ramps Sidewalks in good condition Misc. All areas properly lighted Freeze/thaw areas identified and safeguarded Ice melt / sand available at all entrances Landscape materials removed from sidewalks/drives Loading dock free of snow and ice Shovel available at each entrance Signs posted encouraging ee's to use sand/salt Snow fences installed to reduce drifting snow Snow/ice management log Unnecessary entrances/walkways closed off? Spills / water management Barriers available for larger spills Floor fans placed so cords are not a tripping hazard Floor fans used as soon as mopping begins Proximity of towel dispensers to sinks Water wiped up within XXX seconds of discovery Wet floor signs placed before mopping begins Wet floor signs removed as soon as floors are dry Slip/fall campaign - activities Comments (note month, issue, corrective action applied, etc.) Employees   Equipped with non-skid shoes? Observed carrying, rushing, improper footwear, etc.? Steps Handrails exisit at steps Handrials in good condition Steps in good condition Parking lot Changes in elevation highlighted Curbs in good shape and painted Holes/cracks Lighting adequate Sidewalks Non-skid / highlighted at handicap ramps Sidewalks in good condition Misc. All areas properly lighted Freeze/thaw areas identified and safeguarded Ice melt / sand available at all entrances Landscape materials removed from sidewalks/drives Loading dock free of snow and ice Shovel available at each entrance Signs posted encouraging ee's to use sand/salt Snow fences installed to reduce drifting snow Snow/ice management log Unnecessary entrances/walkways closed off? Spills / water management Barriers available for larger spills Floor fans placed so cords are not a tripping hazard Floor fans used as soon as mopping begins Proximity of towel dispensers to sinks Water wiped up within XXX seconds of discovery Wet floor signs placed before mopping begins Wet floor signs removed as soon as floors are dry Slip/fall campaign - activities Comments (note month, issue, corrective action applied, etc.)

Misc.   All areas properly lighted Freeze/thaw areas identified and safeguarded Ice melt / sand available at all entrances Landscape materials removed from sidewalks/drives Loading dock free of snow and ice Shovel available at each entrance Signs posted encouraging ee's to use sand/salt Snow fences installed to reduce drifting snow Snow/ice management log Unnecessary entrances/walkways closed off?

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