About Part 2: JOB SAFETY HANDBOOK

The Job Safety Handbook is an important element of meeting the communications and training requirements of an effective Injury and Illness Prevention Program.  It should include a general description of your program, instructions on how to report unsafe work conditions and work-related injuries and illnesses, information about first aid and medical treatment, information about your hazard communications program and emergency action plan, and a description of the specific general safe and healthy work practices applicable to your employees. More specific instructions on safe and healthy work practices applicable to a unique group of employees, or to the operation of certain machinery or processes, may be contained in "supplement/s" to the General Job Safety Handbook.  If new hazards are added to the workplace, the applicable safe work practice/s required for that hazard also may be produced in a supplement without needing to update your entire General Job Safety Handbook.  Up to ten supplements can be produced by the system (see further description below).  Following is a partial list of the topics covered by the job safety handbook (each topic includes numerous model safe work practices--nearly 500 in all): General Safety and Health Program Reporting Unsafe Work Conditions and Injuries or Illnesses First Aid and Medical Attention General Safety Rules General Work Environment and Electrical Fire Prevention and Emergency Action Lifting / Ergonomics Exits and Egress / Walkways, Stairs and Stairways / Floor Openings / Elevated Surfaces Workplace Security Hazard Communication (Right-to-Know) Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Respirators Exposure Control - Bloodborne Pathogens Infection Control - Protective Equipment / Needles / Sharps / Housekeeping / Laundry Material Handling / Forklifts / Hoists and Lifts Vehicle Safety / Fueling Hand Tools / Portable Power Tools / Portable Ladders Abrasive Wheel Grinders / Air Compressors and Receivers Welding, Cutting, and Brazing Compressed Gas Cylinders Lockout / Blockout Procedures Entering Confined Spaces / Cranes Paint Spraying Operations Tire Inflation and Automotive Lifts Agricultural Operations - Equipment and Machinery Hand-Held Agricultural Tools Agricultural Chemical Applicator Rigs / Tanks Food Preparation and Service Housekeeping Assignments Machinery Operation PLUS any additional topics you wish to add! Supplements:  Supplements provide the means for assigning workplace practices to a specific function, a piece of equipment, a work area or location, or to anything you wish to separate from the general job safety handbook.  Up to ten supplemental categories are allowed.

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