Hazard assessments

Postal facilities should perform hazard assessments to identify safety and health hazards and determine whether OSHA personal protective equipment standards apply to the workplace. Conduct a walk-through survey. Review records such as accident logs, material safety data sheets and OSHA logs. Evaluate the effectiveness of existing job safety analyses. Get input from supervisors and affected employees. Review work tasks, equipment and facilities.

Hazard reassessments must be performed annually or as necessary, such as when new processes or equipment are introduced or when changes to existing protective equipment practices may be warranted.

And that’s smart safety!

For additional information or guidance, contact your safety office.

Impaired driving

Everyday around 37 people die in crashes that involve a driver impaired by alcohol, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Add drivers impaired by prescription medicines and other drugs and that number goes up significantly.

While drunk driving has declined by about one-third since 2007, the number of drivers under the influence if drugs has increased.  Between 2013 and 2014, 22 percent of drivers tested positive for a drug that would cause impairment, according to a roadside survey conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Don’t drive impaired.

And that’s smart safety!

For additional information or guidance, contact your safety office.