[All_jlab_accounts] Loss of Situational Awareness Results in Worker Injury

[deborah magaldi]

/This message is sent on behalf of ESH&Q Associate Director, Mary Logue./

Last week, as a worker was descending a stepladder, the worker slipped 
on the last rung of the ladder.The worker reacted by tightening their 
grip on the handle they were using to steady their descent.Their 
shoulder temporarily and suddenly supported their body weight, resulting 
in an injury to that shoulder.

We can point to a number of events over the past few years that occurred 
because the worker lost focus of their situational awareness, usually 
towards the end of a task.Two such examples, ducking under a pipe and 
working on a LCW canister, resulted in serious injuries to the worker.

The lesson learned from these events point to a need to maintain focus 
until the job is safely completed.Please maintain your focus until the 
job is done and your feet are safely and squarely on the ground.

-- 

Mary Logue

Associate Director, ESH&Q

Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

12050 Jefferson Avenue, Suite 602

Newport News, VA 23606

757-269-7447


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://mailman.jlab.org/pipermail/all_jlab_accounts/attachments/20160112/929d09ed/attachment.html>