Safety

1. Warm Up
 Explain some of the employability
skills from yesterday’s lesson and
how they relate to the audio/video
workplace.
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2. Media Production Safety
Interactive Notebook Page 18.
TEKS (6A, B, C) Student is expected to implement
personal and workplace safety rules and regulations;
follow emergency procedures; and examine and
summarize safety-related problems that may result
from working with electrical circuits.
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3. Safety
 Should be understood and practiced by
everyone.
 Should follow workplace standards.
 Assures safe and healthy working conditions.
 Protects people (you and others) from injury.
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4. OSHA
 Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
 “Assure as far as possible every working
man and woman in the nation safe and
healthful working conditions and to preserve
our human resources”
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5. Personal Attire
 Should be appropriate for the job you are doing.
 Wear shoes that enclose the foot.
 Avoid sandals and slip on shoes when operating
equipment that moves or rolls.
 Wear low or medium heels, wear slip resistant
shoes.
 Pants should not be long enough to cause tripping.
 Gloves should be worn for hot, rough, sharp objects
(including lighting).
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6. Using Electricity
 Do not use equipment with damaged cords.
 Use heavy-duty extension cords.
 Never use electrical equipment on a wet surface.
 Keep equipment dry.
 Do not touch electrical switches or equipment with
wet hands.
 Do not over-load electrical circuits.
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7. Other Electrical and Lighting Safety
Considerations
• Never plug in more than two lights into
one outlet (you could overload an
electrical circuit).
• Always wear gloves when touching
lighting equipment (even if you don’t
think it is hot).
• Always warn your cast and crew when
turning on set lighting.

8. Protecting Your Hearing
 If you must shout to be heard from three feet away,
the noise is too loud; hearing protection should be
used
 Decibels
Over 115 decibels over unsafe
 Indications of hearing damage
Ringing in the ears
Muffled hearing
Talking too loud
 Hearing damage is permanent
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9. Workstations
 Keyboard and work surfaces - arms should
form a 90-degree angle.
 Top of the monitor - no higher than eye level.
 Chairs - comfortable backrest, your feet
should be flat on the floor.
 Chairs or stools should never be leaned or
tilted back.
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10. Lifting And Carrying
 Size up the load
 Lift using your leg muscles – not your back
(don’t bend over)
 Think before you lift
 Obtain help
 Balance the load
 Carry less, more times- make several trips
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11. Maintenance
 Clean your work area before the end of the
period
 Store equipment and materials in approved
locations
 Floors must be free of objects and cords that
might cause falls
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12. Fire Safety
 Type A fires - combustible materials, paper,
cloth, wood
 Type B fires – flammable liquids, solvents, oil
 Type C fires – electrical equipment or electrical
wires
 Using the wrong type of extinguisher on the
wrong type of fire can be dangerous
 PASS method
 Pull the pin,
 Aim low,
 Squeeze the handle,
 Sweep from side to side
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13. In Case Of An Accident
 Immediately report accidents to the teacher
 The school nurse should treat injuries
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14. Human Error
 The one element common to most accidents
 Not applying common sense is the cause of
most accidents!
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15. Where to Get More Information
 Operation/instruction and manuals for
equipment used in the individual lab. Most
have a section on safety at the beginning that
covers general information
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16. Safety Test
 There will be a safety test over today’s notes.
 You must make 100% on the test.
 You must re-take the test until you make
100% (for the grade book, each time you
retest you lose 10 points).
 You cannot use equipment until you have
passed the safety test.
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