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 tupperware container located adjacent to
the Sunnyvale Water Treatment ponds. Please keep in mind that there
is a healthy gopher snake population in the area, and at times the
bugs are thicker than the stench in the air. Safety glasses are not
an uncommon sight on these trails.
The Hand Safety cache series was placed with your safety in mind.
Before you take a step off the trail to make the grab, look to the
west where you'll see the spectacular facilities that make up the
Beyond Safety workplace at NASA Ames Research Center. You'll only
need to take one step off the trail for this grab. The cache is a
tupperware container with plenty of room for tradeables. Please
check carefully for any of the local wildlife that may also enjoy
this hiding place.
The goal of this cache is to recommend that you establish a 100%
Glove Policy like the policy in place in the Beyond Safety
workplace at Ames.
Our understanding of injury prevention is moving forward at an
exponential rate. In the Beyond Safety workplace we know that
wearing the APPROPRIATE hand protection can eliminate or minimize a
hand injury when a hand is exposed to a hazard. If we intend to
eliminate hand injuries, we’ll have to plan our work so that
gloves are the LAST LINE of defense. We'll also need to follow a
100% Glove Policy that requires us to not only use gloves for all
tasks that require gloves, but that we wear gloves that are
appropriate for the task. Below is the 100% Glove Policy in place
in the Beyond Safety workplace.
In the Beyond Safety Workplace, our Glove Policy is simple:
100% of the time that we are engaged in
working with our hands or working on a
field work site, we will wear gloves that
are appropriate to the task.
There are some possible exceptions,
such as lunchrooms, restrooms, or inside
an office; any other exceptions should be
thoughtful and not made casually.”
- SVP HSE
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 for the first Beyond Safety cache
series:
Beyond Safety Series #1 - Cache 1 of 6 – Hearing
Conservation
Beyond Safety Series #1 - Cache 2 of 6 - Eye and Face
Protection
Beyond Safety Series #1 - Cache 3 of 6 - Voluntary Protection
Program
Beyond Safety Series #1 - Cache 4 of 6 - BZ Walking Club
Beyond Safety Series #1 - Cache 5 of 6 - Earthquake
Preparedness
Beyond Safety Series #1 - Cache 6 of 6 - Slips, Trips, and
Falls