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Write You - Workplace Safety Tips - Evacuation Plans are more than a Fire Drill
I once worked for a boss who was never wrong, never made a mistake or a bad decision. All you had to do was ask him. To his staff he was Teflon-man. Nothing stuck to him and everything came sliding toward us.Accountability was not a concept he practiced unless things turned out well and then, he claimed the credit. But if they didn't, he immediately embarked on endeavors to identify someone responsible. Being called to his office typically meant he was looking for information and trying to decide whom to blame.Justify. Justify. Justify. Like a battle cry, he commissioned reports, graphs, charts and enhanced documentation whenever his boss questioned him. He found it easier to dig his heels into a position than
About once a month, our fire and emergency procedures team would take a list of employees and arrange with their supervisor to have them lead the trainer through their evacuation duties. The trainer would observe their actions and compare what they did to the written procedure. If necessary, the trainer could take corrective action immediately and give feedback on how they followed the written proced
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In a manufacturing situation, there are specific actions that need to be taken by machine operators to shut down the machines safely and to minimize the restart expense. And if you are not actually shutting down your machines for a drill, then you don’t know if your procedures actually work.
OSHA and other regulating bodies have various rules about how often evacuation drills are to be practiced. This article in no way supersedes those requirements. This article is designed to give you advice on how to make your actual fire drill practice a more valuable experience.
When I worked in a printing facility handling flammable liquids, each employee had specific duties that he was expected to perform on his way out the door in the event of a fire. These duties included things like pressing an emergency stop button, releasing a safety latch to cover flammable liquids or closing a door to a room where flammable liquids were stored.
In a standard evacuation drill, there was no way to observe if every one did their jobs correctly or if they even knew what these jobs were. Practicing these jobs only once or twice a year was ineffective in making sure the workers were trained in the tasks.
Because it was very expensive to restart the printing presses after any shutdown, we had to minimize the actual machine stoppages as well.
The most effective method we found for training personnel in their evacuation duties was what we called the one at a time fire drill.
About once a month, our fire and emergency procedures team would take a list of employees and arrange with their supervisor to have them lead the trainer through their evacuation duties. The trainer would observe their actions and compare what they did to the written procedure. If necessary, the trainer could take corrective action immediately and give feedback on how they followed the written procedu
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OSHA and other regulating bodies have various rules about how often evacuation drills are to be practiced. This article in no way supersedes those requirements. This article is designed to give you advice on how to make your actual fire drill practice a more valuable experience.
When I worked in a printing facility handling flammable liquids, each employee had specific duties that he was expected to perform on his way out the door in the event of a fire. These duties included things like pressing an emergency stop button, releasing a safety latch to cover flammable liquids or closing a door to a room where flammable liquids were stored.
In a standard evacuation drill, there was no way to observe if every one did their jobs correctly or if they even knew what these jobs were. Practicing these jobs only once or twice a year was ineffective in making sure the workers were trained in the tasks.
Because it was very expensive to restart the printing presses after any shutdown, we had to minimize the actual machine stoppages as well.
The most effective method we found for training personnel in their evacuation duties was what we called the one at a time fire drill.
About once a month, our fire and emergency procedures team would take a list of employees and arrange with their supervisor to have them lead the trainer through their evacuation duties. The trainer would observe their actions and compare what they did to the written procedure. If necessary, the trainer could take corrective action immediately and give feedback on how they followed the written proced
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In a standard evacuation drill, there was no way to observe if every one did their jobs correctly or if they even knew what these jobs were. Practicing these jobs only once or twice a year was ineffective in making sure the workers were trained in the tasks.
Because it was very expensive to restart the printing presses after any shutdown, we had to minimize the actual machine stoppages as well.
The most effective method we found for training personnel in their evacuation duties was what we called the one at a time fire drill.
About once a month, our fire and emergency procedures team would take a list of employees and arrange with their supervisor to have them lead the trainer through their evacuation duties. The trainer would observe their actions and compare what they did to the written procedure. If necessary, the trainer could take corrective action immediately and give feedback on how they followed the written proced
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Because it was very expensive to restart the printing presses after any shutdown, we had to minimize the actual machine stoppages as well.
The most effective method we found for training personnel in their evacuation duties was what we called the one at a time fire drill.
About once a month, our fire and emergency procedures team would take a list of employees and arrange with their supervisor to have them lead the trainer through their evacuation duties. The trainer would observe their actions and compare what they did to the written procedure. If necessary, the trainer could take corrective action immediately and give feedback on how they followed the written proced
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About once a month, our fire and emergency procedures team would take a list of employees and arrange with their supervisor to have them lead the trainer through their evacuation duties. The trainer would observe their actions and compare what they did to the written procedure. If necessary, the trainer could take corrective action immediately and give feedback on how they followed the written procedure.
If there was a deviation in the actions of the employee from the procedure, the team member determined if training was required or if the procedure need to be modified to match current work practices. Therefore, the one at a time fire drill accomplished two valuable purposes - Procedure review and training.
Since the machine was not actually shut down and the work crews not fully evacuated, the cost of this training exercise was minimal. Usually the only cost involved was that of having an extra staff member on hand to fill in for the one being trained.
We found this method of training to be very effective. Many operators who had been in their jobs for several years had never been given the opportunity to actually walk through their fire control duties before we instituted this program. We found several procedures that were unworkable as they interfered with the primary action of evacuating the building.
When executing a one at a time fire drill training plan, be sure to include every one. Even those whose only duty is to get themselves out of the building. Walk with them to the exit so you know they know which one to use.
Also consider lines of progression as an employee may be temporarily promoted to a different job task from time to time. Make sure you arrange to train them on the emergency duties of the temporary advancement position as well as the regular duties.
Another aspect to consider in evacuations and evacuation drills is the event of inclement weather. It does not help to have employees evacuate a burning building only to die from hypothermia on the outside.
Make sure you have considered the p
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