Title: Maintain a safe working environment.
Course: Energy and Power (20101-18) > Section: Introducing Safety in Energy and Power

Maintaining safety should result in identifying potential hazards on a jobsite or in the lab, such as

- unstable or improperly erected scaffolding
- electrical hazards
- jobsite debris
- improperly stored materials and tools
- air quality and heat injury hazards.

When present, hazards must be remedied, in compliance with school and instructor guidelines.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are some examples of jobsite hazards?
- Why is it important to use good housekeeping standards on a jobsite?
- What is an ergonomics assessment?
- What is an industrial hygiene survey?
- Why is it important to store materials and tools in their proper places?