1. Intro & Refresher
Studio's OH&S practices!

2. Hi Everybody!
• Thanks for sitting through this mandatory
meeting!
• While you are getting paid to sit and watch,
please remember the content of this because
it could save your life!

3. Current Safety Procedures
• Just because we’re creatives, doesn’t mean we
don’t know or care about safety
• Becasue we’re a legit business, we actually
have to follow some safety guidelines
• . . . And so do you. If you want to continue
working here. So . . .

4. The Equipment Safety Checks are :
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Essential to your safety in this environment
Mandatory. You don’t get to pick and choose
You have to follow all the protocols
Don’t worry, we’ll go through them together .
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5. The Designated Safety Rep is:
• Montgomery Burns

6. 10 Important Existing & Potential
Hazards in the Studio:
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1. RSI – Repetitive Strain Injury
2. Back pain – can you feel it already?
3. Cross-eyed – it’ll happen
4. Poor posture – yes, we’re being just like your
mother. But your significant other will be
thankful.
• 5. Eyestrain from computer use
• 6. Computer-related overuse injuries of the hand
or arm (a form of RSI no doubt)

7. 10 Important Existing & Potential
Hazards in the Studio:
• 7. Paper cuts – For real. They happen. You don’t
want them, and we don’t you to have them.
Avoid them watch how you handle paper people!
• 8. Obesity. Ok, we didn‘t want to bring it up, but
there it is. It‘s true, you can get fat from working
here. Even though we make ads of skinny people
to make other fat people think they could be
skinny, truth is if you sit around too much you can
get fat. Even obeses. So get on up!

8. 10 Important Existing & Potential
Hazards in the Studio:
• 9. Burning of the tongue – it happens more
than one would think – repeatedly.
• 10. Sleeping on the job – it is hazardous in
many ways. Don’t be caught – or, that’s right,
you’ll be out of a job (this one) and without a
good reference for the next one

9. A Procedure for Controlling these
Risks:
• Keep on your toes- in all senses of the phrase
• Figuratively: office space awareness is crucial.
Don’t pretend this is the school yard. It
matters what you sat and do – and don’t do.
So, always, remember where you are and do
the right thing.
• Literally- it helps circulation to move your
extremities - so wiggle them toes – and get
up on them every once in a while : )

10. Reporting Risks and Incidents:
• Talk to Montgomery Burns. He is after all the
safety rep.
• Begin reporting incidents verbally with Mr.
Burns
• Secondly submit a written account of the
incident
• It’s good to have this documented for our
records and yours

11. Studio's Meetings/ Inspection and
Consultative Process for OH&S Issues
• Oh you know we do. And if you think we
don’t, then step back because there’s 50 little
interns that’ll be happy to have your job.
• Actually we are in full compliance. And other
interns may come in various sizes other than
“little”

12. Emergencies
(Fire, Injury, Assault, Power-Outs)
• Run! That’s right. We want people to mistake
this place for a race track! People you best
move your feet when we have any type of
emergency.
• In all honesty, keep cool (even if the situation
is hot), collected (that’s right, keep it together
even if you feel like it ain’t)
• Talk to Safety Rep Montgomery Burns

13. Responsibilities of Employers
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Obtain up-to-date Materials Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) from their suppliers of
hazardous substances and ensure that this information is available to workers.
Keep a register of all hazardous substances.
Ensure that all chemical storage containers are suitable for the substance they
contain and are correctly stored and labelled.
Provide information, instruction and training to employees or contractors who
could be exposed to hazardous substances.
Monitor exposure levels and provide health surveillance where necessary.
Assess and control all risks to employees or other persons who could be exposed
to hazardous substances.
Maintain records of all risk assessment reports, instruction and training
associated with hazardous substances.
Advise the local emergency service organisation about storage, location and
quantities of any hazardous or dangerous substances kept on-site.
You'll find more information on staff training and risk control in The answer
section.

14. Responsibilities of Employees
• Employees must cooperate with their employers in the
action taken to comply with the Act or Regulations. In
particular, they should use or apply control measures as
required and should cooperate with assessments, training
programs and other action taken to protect health and
safety.
• Employees who become aware of any situation or incident
that could be a source of danger to themselves or any other
person must act immediately to protect their health and
safety, and report the matter to the employer or relevant
health and safety representative.

15. Hazard Signs & Safety Symbols
• Here’s the situation. We probably won’t have
hazardous events here. But just in case, and
because it’s the law, we have to talk about it.
• More realistically you’ll encounter hazards on
an outside job. If we’re scoping a site for new
signage on a construction site – there could be
some real safety issues.
• So keep the following in mind . . .

16. Fire Equipment

17. Goggles

18. Footwear

19. Hazardous Chemicals

20. OH&S National Policies
• Know them, fear them & respect them:
• http://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/sites/sw
a/australianstrategy/pages/nationalohsstrategy2002to201
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21. Thanks Everyone!

22. The Test:
• Who is your Safety Rep?

23. If you answered . . .
• . . . Montgomery Burns you are correct!