Increase Workplace Safety - High Dusting Safety

You can increase your workplace safety with these high dusting safety tips. Ensure that you use PPE including dust proof safety glasses and gloves. Use extension dusters to avoid having to use ladders.

Video Transcription:

Stephanie:

Hey Austin, how are you?

Austin:

I am doing so well. I’m so glad I caught you right in the middle of doing what we want to talk to our bug group teammates about. Bug group team, we have dropped in on Stephanie here, our subject matter expert to tell you a little bit about high dusting, which is something you guys are doing every single day. We want to talk with Stephanie about how to make sure we’re doing it safely. Stephanie, before you get set up, and you get going high dusting, what are some of the things that you need to make sure you’re wearing, the PPE that you need to have on?

Stephanie:

I need to make sure I’m wearing my gloves and my goggles.

Austin:

That’s exactly right. The goggles are extremely important. We see this a lot at the bug group. Sometimes people forget to wear their goggles and they get to high dusting and they knock something off that ends up getting in their eyes and that’s not something that we want. Goggles are super important. Glad to see that you have those on.

Stephanie:

Thank you.

Austin:

Also see that you got some fancy equipment here. This is another really important piece for us to have when we’re doing this type of work. We have different variations of this, but basically we want to have some type of duster that we can put on the end of an extension wand. The reason is this allows Stephanie to reach up high so that she doesn’t have to climb up on a ladder, and that is so important. We don’t want to use a ladder if we don’t have to. We’ve got our PPE, we’ve got our equipment. What are some of the places that we might be going to do this type of dusting?

Stephanie:

Some of the places that we need to dust regularly are, ceiling vents, ceiling corners, door trim, and molding, the top of bathroom stalls and rails, and any other high places that might collect dust.

Austin:

Well Stephanie, thank you for taking the time to do this. We really appreciate it, you taking the time to show our folks how to make sure we’re high dusting safely, talking about some of the places we should be doing it, and how to do it safely. The last thing we want to make sure we mention is, if you need to dust somewhere that you cannot reach with an extension pole and need to use a ladder, please make sure you let your manager know, and that you have been approved to use that ladder in that situation. We don’t want to be using ladders if we don’t have to. Thanks for your help and I hope to see you soon.

Stephanie:

Thank you.

Speaker 4:

High dusting safety tips. First, make sure you’re wearing your appropriate PPE, gloves and safety goggles. When high dusting, use an extension pole, this way we can avoid using ladders. Remember to clean high places that commonly collect dust like ceiling vents, corners, door trims, bathroom stalls, and railings. If you absolutely must use a ladder, talk to your manager first and get approval.

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