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Stepping up Safety Awareness in SWANA
SCSWANA conference May 11,2017
By: John Tilton District Manager Waste Management
Stepping up Safety Awareness in SWANA SCSWANA conference May - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Stepping up Safety Awareness in SWANA SCSWANA conference May - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Stepping up Safety Awareness in SWANA SCSWANA conference May 11,2017 By: John Tilton District Manager Waste Management Things we will cover What is safety Safety failures Top causes of incidents in the industry Getting the
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Things we will cover
What is safety
- Safety failures
- Top causes of incidents in the industry
- Getting the message across
- What we hope to do as a State chapter
- Questions
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What is Safety?
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State of Safety in the Solid Waste Industry?
FATALITIES
113 fat al incident s in 2016 75 members of t he public died
- Maj orit y were killed in vehicle accident s
- Ot her fat alit ies include 11 pedest rians, 6 bicyclist s, and 4
mot orcyclist s
46 solid wast e employees died
- 9 drivers and 14 helpers out on collect ion
- Ot her fat alit ies include 12 at landfills, 6 at MRFs, 2 doing
maint enance, and 2 at t ransfer st at ions
b) 2015 BLS Fatalities Refuse and recycling collect ion remains 5t h most dangerous j ob in
US
33 collect ion employees killed, up from 27 in 2014 Indust ry in danger of moving up list in 2016 dat a, based on
proj ect ed decreases in ot her indust ries
c) 2017 YTD 14 members of t he public killed | 12 by 3/ 23/ 17 8 solid wast e employees killed | 10 by 3/ 23/ 17
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24 year man killed in Ohio in a baler at a MRF
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65 year old man ran over at a landfill in California
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49 year old Operator killed in Landfill slide in Pennsyvania
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South Carolina is not immune to safety failures
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Estelle Josephine (Ms. Joe) Wood
- Hit by a garbage truck, Driver was
cited for disregarding a traffic signal
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Tyrone Comfort
- Backed Over
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Spacing at Landfills
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Transfer Station Awareness
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Top Causes for accidents and injuries
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How do you get your message across?
How often do we have safety meetings? Where can we hold safety meetings?
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How to get the message across
- Repeat, repeat, repeat
- Personalize the message
- Share incidents that could relate to your line of business
- Always hold accountability , the one time you don’t can be
bad
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Make sure employees are engaged
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SWANA Materials to help Safety meetings.
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The collection side has 46% of the workforce but count for 75% of the incidents
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Collection Safety tips
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Transfer Station Safety Tips
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Materials Recovery make up 25% of the industries workforce but account for 36% of the Fatalities
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MRF Safety Tips
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Landfill Safety Tips
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Webpage www.swana.org/safety
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“Slow Down to get Around”
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September 12 2017 Day of Safety for South Carolina
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Safety Always
Questions?
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