1. For Inspectors / Other Special Visitors at Concrete Product Plants
Facility Safety Orientation
For Inspectors / Other Special Visitors at Concrete Product Plants

2. Prior to entering our operational areas, we want to ensure your safety
Welcome
Prior to entering our operational areas, we want to ensure your safety
We would like you to know both the what but also the why so when you see this symbol it explains why the rule or action is in place

3. Agenda Registration (sign in/out) requirements
Hazards That May effect you
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Special Plant policy requirements
Emergency protocol of the plant

4. When you arrive each day…
REGISTRATION
When you arrive each day…
Register your arrival by signing in each day at the main office
In the event of an emergency, we must count bodies and yours is one of them!
It provides opportunity to ensure PPE and Questions can be asked and answered
When you leave each day…
Sign out when you leave each day…
So that we know we don’t have to search for you
To turn in any borrowed PPE

5. Hazards You May Encounter
Nuisance Dust – Courtesy dust masks available, just ask!
High noise levels – Use Hearing protection
Traffic
Tractor Trailers
Forklifts – Inside and Outside of the Yard
Overhead Cranes – Inside / Outside
Machinery
Automated – These may move automatically…use caution
Mechanical – Please communicate with operator prior to gaining access
Sharp edges from cages
Heavy Rings and Products
Rolling Heavy Product
Product Stacks in the Yard
Never, Ever, walk between two closely aligned pipes
Take caution when entering/exiting pipe rows and stacks – mobile equipment or vehicular traffic may be present!
Processes
Tip Out
Moving Loads
Overhead Loads

6. Personal Protective Equipment
Hard hat to prevent damage to your noggin
Safety Glasses – due to dust, sparks, and other eye irritants
Personal Protective Equipment
Safety Vest – so others can see you
Gloves to prevent getting cut or burned
Steel Toed boots to prevent toe and foot damage
Other PPE may be necessary per task and prior to starting the task, it will be provided
Hearing Protection. To prevent hearing loss due to high noise levels

7. Special Plant Requirements
Lockout Tagout.
If you must enter machinery areas or the batch plant, ensure:
1. You consult or are in the company of the Supervisor of the
area prior to entering.
Machinery is very unforgiving and can seriously injure or cause death if you are in the wrong place at the wrong time
Special training will be required in certain areas of the machinery to eliminate hazards

8. Special Plant Requirements
Green pipe is pipe that has not yet cured. It is important that the pipe have at least 3 minutes of set time prior to being approached or touched. Many plants will have a “3 Pipe Rule” where 3 pipe must be set prior to touching the first placed pipe.
Critical Rules.
They are simple to remember and easy to understand
Plant has 12 critical rules, 5 of which you may encounter***
These are the 5
These are the rules which could lead to very severe injuries or death if not complied with
** There are more rules that could apply if by chance you must complete a special task…always ask if you are unsure.

9. Emergency
Plant to insert their emergency protocol in this slide in regard to items like fire, severe weather, medical emergency, etc.
It would include:
Signals (horns, alarms, etc.)
Muster Points or huddle locations
Roll Call
A map outlining these should be provided to each participant

10. Thank You