New Employee Safety Orientation Video

The Grain and Feed Association of Illinois (GFAI), Springfield, IL, is working to make elevators safer with its new Grain Elevator Safety Orientation Video.

�The video is geared toward making elevator employees more aware of safety issues,� says John Lee, director, safety, health, environmental services, GFAI.

�Due to employee turnover, there�s little time to fully train them. This video is designed to show employees what to do and not to do.�

The 14-minute video comes with a 20- to 25-page illustrated book and pre- and post-video quizzes for employees.

Topics covered include:

� Safely dumping trucks�straight, tandem, semi, gravity wagons.

� Cleaning around dumps.

� Explosions�causes, preventing them, the four factors needed for an explosion. GFAI used an explosion chamber to simulate grain dust explosions.

� Emergency exit plans�getting down, where to go in an emergency.

� Bin entry�avoiding suffocation, recognizing dangers. GFAI used a suffocation simulator to demonstrate the dangers of entering grain bins.

� Ladder safety�the 4-to-1 rule (for every 4 feet the ladder height increases, move the base out 1 foot).

� Electrical safety.

� Equipment safety�lockout/tagout, guards/covers.

Prices

� $50�Members of the Safety�Health�Environmental Services program of the GFAI.

� $60�Members of the GFAI and not a member of the Safety�Health�Environmental Services program.

� $85�Non-members of the GFAI.

For more information, call 217-787-2417.

Written by Joli A. Shaw, associate editor

• Grain & Feed Association of Illinois