Safety

Safety Program and Management Guide

This publication has been prepared as a guide for safety in the Agriculture Education, Skilled & Technical Sciences Education and Technology & Engineering Education labs. The development of a safety program will limit the risk of accidents for students and instructors.

The guide should be used by administrators, supervisors, and instructors to ensure that the laboratory-based activities and experiences of students will be as risk-free as possible.

• Safety Program and Management Guide - PDF
• Spanish Translations
  1. Safety Unit Information Sheet (Pages 83-85) - PDF
  2. General Safety Test (Pages 85-88) - PDF
  3. Answer Key
     The Spanish translation answer key is available for school use. Please contact darrell [dot] andelin [at] schools [dot] utah [dot] gov (Darrell Andelin) with request. Provide teacher name, school name, and school phone number.

Teaching and Testing Resources

• Common Safety Violations - PowerPoint | PDF
  
• PIERS: By Dr. Dale R. Derrickson - Word | PDF
  Retrain students who have had a safety violation concerns.
  
• Sample Safety Test - Word | PDF

Links

CareerSafe
http://www.careersafeonline.com/
The goal of the CareerSafe program is to teach younger workers how to stay safe in the workplace and begin to prepare these young men and women for a safe and prosperous future in their chosen career.

Delta/Porter-Cable: Safety First Sheets
http://www.deltaportercable.com/ServiceAndSupport/SafetySheets.aspx
Delta/Porter-Cable has produced a series of safety sheets that review safety rules for individual machines. These sheets can be printed and posted by each machine as safety reminders.

National Institute for Safety and Health (NIOSH)
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is the federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness. NIOSH has developed a safety checklist program for schools.

Power Tool Institute (PTI)
http://www.powertoolinstitute.com/
With the vision to unify and educate others about power tools, the Power Tool Institute (PTI) has established itself as the pre-eminent organization for building global understanding of power tools and for maintaining high standards of safety and quality control in the industry.

Power Tool Institute (PTI) Safety Information
http://www.powertoolinstitute.com/safety.html
Safety information from the Power Tool Institute.

Power Tool Institute (PTI) Safety Videos
http://www.powertoolinstitute.com/stream1.html
Safety videos from the Power Tool Institute.

Safety Information Resources, Inc.
http://www2.siri.org/msds/index.php
Every lab or shop is required to have a readily accessible file containing material safety data sheets (MSDS) for all hazardous chemicals and materials used in the facility. Use this site to search online database of material safety data sheets.

Texas Safety Resource Manual
http://www.uttyler.edu/technology/teig/safety_guide.pdf
Online manual produced by the state of Texas. Resource contains notes, tests and illustrations.

Utah Occupational Safety and Health (UOSH)
http://laborcommission.utah.gov/UOSH/index.html
UOSH has the legislative intent to “preserve human resources by providing for the safety and health of workers”. We approach this goal by providing consultation services to private and public sector employer, by providing outreach to employers through our compliance assistance, voluntary protection programs, and safety and Health Achievement Recognition Programs, and by enforcement of occupational safety and health standards through our compliance program activities. UOSH also collects work-related statistics on injuries and illnesses and fatalities in conjunction with the National Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Updated January 22, 2010