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Oneida Rail Trail Volunteer Worker
Safety
Personal Safety
- Learn correct procedures and tools for tasks
- Work with others, never alone Know/respect your limits and physical condition
- Recognize site hazards before starting any project
- Track your time & accomplishments
- Maintain space between you and others
- Alert others to any medical conditions, allergies, sensitivities
Work Zone
- Hazards & Precautions Pedestrian and/or auto traffic – recognize the need for barricades, signage, spotters
- Overhead or underground utilities – maintain a safe working distance, marking, notification, avoid and alert others
- Poisonous plants – learn to recognize, mark with flagging or paint, avoid contact and alert others
- Stinging, biting insects – recognize the habitat and presence of ticks, yellow jackets, hornets, avoid and alert others
- Trip and fall hazards – mark with flagging or paint, avoid and alert others
- Widow makers – recognize broken, hanging limbs, trees – mark with flagging or paint, avoid and alert others
Personal Protective Equipment
- Vests, safety glasses, gloves, hearing protection, hard hats, long sleeves, long pants, rain wear, cold weather wear
- Food and water, bug repellant, 1st Aid kit, Bee spray
Tools
- Hand tools – shovels, rakes, handsaws, loppers, pruners, carts, tarps, flagging, pry bars
- Keep cutting edges sharp and handles in good condition
- Understand their correct use
- Power tools – leave this work to professionals and /or paid city employees