WorkSafety;Aftercompletingthisunit,youwillbeableto:

Understandworkplacedistractions’hazards

Giveinstructionsandmakerequests

Writeanoteonsafetycheckfindings

Designaforkliftsafetyposter

Maintainworkplacesafetybyfollowingrules

;CONTENTS;PART01;Matchthefollowingsafetysignswiththedescriptions.;Canyoutellthemeaningsofthesesafetysigns?;PART02;;AtraincrashhappenedinLosAngelesyearsagowhenthedriverfailedtostopataredlightandhitanothertrain.Intheaccident,over160passengerswerebadlyinjured.Theinvestigationshowedthatthedriverhadsenttextmessagestohisfriendjustbeforethehead-oncrash.Theaccidentprobablywouldnothavehappenedwithoutthedistraction.

Distractionshavebecomeanaturalpartofdailylifeformostpeople.Whensafetyisaconcern,it’scrucialtounderstandthatdistractionsthat;mightseemsmallinmostcasescanactuallybeimportant.Manyhazardousoperationsmaynotappeardangerousatfirstglance.So,it’snotaquestionofifwegetdistracted;it’saquestionofwhen.

Inindustry,therearelotsofvisualdistractions.Avisualdistractionisquiteclear.Itinvolveslookingatsomethingotherthanthetaskathand,whichcanleadtoseriousaccidents.Drivingamotorvehicleisexactlythesortofactivitywheresafetyisoftheutmostimportance.Evenabriefglanceatapassingforkliftorashortmessagecancausethedrivertolosecontrolofthevehicle.;Perhapsthemostdangerousdistractionisamentalone.Fortaskswe’refamiliarwithordoregularly,wetendtostopthinkingandsimplyfollowourhabits.Workerswhoaretoorelaxedcanbeeasilydistracted.Theymightignoresafetyrules,rushthroughtasks,trytomultitask,orengageinactivitiesthattaketheirfocusawayfromwork.So,nomatterwhatyou’redoing,giveyourfullattention.

Starveyourdistractions,feedyourfocus.;工作场所安全：轻微却致命的分心

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