« Back to Listing To The Point Series: Compressed Air Safety
Product Code: TPCAS
Running Time: 12 minutes
Language: English
Version: Standard
Our workplace is full of hazards, hazards that can hurt us or kill us. Controlling these hazards and preventing injuries is the point of our safety and health program. One such hazard is the one presented by the use of compressed air to power our tools and equipment. Ensuring that we use compressed air safely can prevent injuries and save lives. That is the point of our facility’s policies regarding the use of compressed air and that is the point of this program.
- Pre-use inspection
- Personal protective equipment
- Safe work practices
- Hazards of cleaning with compressed air
- Pressure-reducing nozzles and dead man’s switches
- Why cleaning the body with compressed air is so dangerous