SAFETY AWARENESS
Safety Awareness -- Being aware of conditions that affect health and
a safe working environment.
Some jobs require people who know safety laws and regulations and recognize
unsafe working conditions. Some jobs require people willing to act quickly to
correct unsafe work habits and dangerous equipment or conditions.
Key Behaviors:
- Shows awareness of safety and health laws and regulations.
- Identifies and fixes potential safety problems.
- Performs day-to-day work using regulated safety equipment.
- Checks operation of safety equipment regularly.
- Teaches new employees the safe way to do the job.
- Demonstrates commitment to provide safe workplace for employees.
- Identifies and resolves potential safety problems and unsafe work
practices.
- Incorporates accident prevention measures in all activities.
- Informs employees of safety and health information.
- Points out hazards and changed conditions when moving employee from
one workplace to another.
- Shows employees correct, safe way to perform each task.
- Enforces adopted employee safety and health rules.
- Identifies and informs supervisor of potential safety problems.
- Uses appropriate protective equipment.
- Performs tasks safely to avoid danger to self or co-workers.
- Warns co-workers of potential hazards.
Key Words -- follows procedures, aware, alert
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