Objectives Learn how to keep yourself safe from chemicals Pro pe r - - PDF document

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The Arkansas Self-Insurance Trust and Mike Johnson & Associates present

Chemical Safety for Laundry and Dietary

Today’s Presenter:

Darrell G. Toenjes, ARM, CHSP, CWCP Darrell G. Toenjes, ARM, CHSP, CWCP

Healthcare Risk Management Consultant Healthcare Risk Management Consultant Midwest Employers Casualty Company Midwest Employers Casualty Company

• 25 years in insurance industry
• Corporate Risk Manager, Employee Safety – SSM

Health Care

• Operations Manager – Sedgwick CMS
• National Program Manager – Ascension Health
• Learn how to keep yourself safe from

chemicals

• Pro pe r ha ndling & sto ra g e
• Ma te ria l Sa fe ty Da ta She e ts (MSDS)
• Pe rso na l Pro te c tive E

q uipme nt (PPE )

• E

ye wa shing

Objectives

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Handling hazardous chemicals safely Chemicals in Laundry and Dietary can:

injure your eyes damage your skin

Handling chemicals in Laundry and Dietary

• Handle chemical

containers carefully

• A dropped container

can eject hazardous chemicals when you

• pen it!

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Handling chemicals in Laundry and Dietary

• Before you handle

chemicals you must be trained to protect yourself from the hazards

• If you have not been

trained, you cannot handle the chemicals!

Storing chemicals in Laundry and Dietary

• Store containers

securely

• Don’t over stack!

Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)

• Always read the

MSDS for the chemical before use

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Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)

• Identify the chemical

by it’s label

• All chemicals must

be labeled

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

• You must put on your

personal protective equipment before handling hazardous chemicals

– Go g g le s – F a c e shie ld – Che mic a l re sista nt g lo ve s – Ap ro n

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

• Make sure your

personal protective equipment is in good repair and clean

• Make sure it fits!

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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

• Place you personal

protective equipment in the designated location when you are finished

Eye washing

• Eyewash stations

must be located in all Laundry and Dietary areas

Eye washing

• Know the location of

the closest eye wash station and how to use it

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Eye washing

• Eyewash stations

should be flushed for about one minute weekly

Summary

• Always follow safety procedures for

storing & handling hazardous chemicals

• Know where to find your Material Safety

Data Sheets

• Use PPE when handling any hazardous

chemical

• Know where to locate the nearest

eyewash station and how to use it Our thanks to Tiffany Epps and her great crew at The Maples at Har-Ber Meadows, especially Twana Smith, Angela Elmore and Theresa

• Rogers. Our thanks also to Amy Rollins from

Reliance and Robert Greene from Convacare for their input and review.

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Darrell G. Toenjes Healthcare Risk Management Consultant

Midwest Employers Casualty Company Phone: 314-226-9706 dtoenjes@mwecc.com

Jack McDaniel Safety/Loss Control Specialist

Mike Johnson & Associates Phone: 479-619-8045 mtecsafety@cox.net