It's time for our second safety themed geocache series This time
around the theme is Hand Safety! We can't reach our goal of ZERO
injuries until we eliminate ALL hand injuries.
The physical cache is a small tupperware type container with
room for tradeable items located adjacent to the Sunnyvale Water
Treatment ponds. Please keep in mind that there is a healthy gopher
snake population in the area.
The goal of this cache is to familiarize you with the glove
performance rating standard for Mechanical Hazards called EN
388.
You might ask yourself why the EN standard? The answer is simply
that EN 388 offers more detailed performance level rating
information than the ANSI (U.S.) standard. In the Beyond Safety
workplace at NASA Ames Research Center we're encouraged to use
gloves with the EN rating system because it gives us the
information we need to make the appropriate glove selections for
our workforce.
If you find this cache, you will have learned how to identify
the mechanical hazard performance levels of a pair of gloves
utilizing the 4-digit EN388 rating system.
But you won't find the cache unless you do the following:
1. Go to the listed coordinates and look through the fence.
2. You should see 4 numbers clearly posted. Write them down from
left to right. Imagine these 4 numbers are the 4 digit (abcd) EN388
Mechanical Hazards code used for a pair of gloves that you've
purchased.
First Digit = abrasion resistance
Second Digit = blade cut resistance
Third Digit = tear resistance
Fourth Digit = puncture resistance
3. Now that you've seen the 4 hidden digits through the fence,
you have enough information to answer the questions that will get
you the coordinates for the physical cache. But the link below will
give you a little more background on the components of the EN388
Performance Level Rating chart.
Mechanical Hazards
Question 1 (solves the first missing latitude digit): What is
the Abrasion Resistance performance level rating for this pair of
gloves?
Question 2 (solves the second missing latitude digit): What is
the Puncture Resistance performance level rating for this pair of
gloves?
Question 3 (solves the missing longitude digit): What is the sum
of the Abrasion Resistance, Blade Cut Resistance, and Tear
Resistance for this pair of gloves?
Physical cache coordinates:
Latitude N37 25.??7
Longitude W122 0.9?0
Here's the entire Hand Safety series:
Beyond
Safety Series #2 - Cache 1 of 8 – Hand Safety –
Inattention Hazards
Beyond
Safety Series #2 - Cache 2 of 8 – Hand Safety – Rigging
Hazards
Beyond
Safety Series #2 - Cache 3 of 8 – Hand Safety – Just
Don’t Slip, Trip, or Fall
Beyond
Safety Series #2 - Cache 4 of 8 – Hand Safety – 100%
Glove Policy
Beyond
Safety Series #2 - Cache 5 of 8 – Hand Safety – Line of
Fire Hazards
Beyond
Safety Series #2 - Cache 6 of 8 – Hand Safety – 10 Hand
Hazards
Beyond
Safety Series #2 - Cache 7 of 8 – Hand Safety – Cut
Resistant Gloves
Bonus Multi-Cache!
Beyond
Safety Series #2 - Cache 8 of 8 – Hand Safety –
Mechanical Hazards
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Below are the links to our last safety themed cache series.
Beyond Safety - Cache 1 of 6 - Hearing Conservation
Beyond Safety - Cache 2 of 6 - Eye and Face Protection
Beyond Safety - Cache 3 of 6 - Voluntary Protection
Program
Beyond Safety - Cache 4 of 6 - BZ Walking Club
Beyond Safety - Cache 5 of 6 - Earthquake Preparedness
Beyond Safety - Cache 6 of 6 - Slips, Trips, and Falls