AIKEN, S.C. - The Savannah River Site ’s liquid-waste contractor has launched a new safety video campaign.
The roughly two-minute-long videos in Savannah River Remediation’s (SRR) Safety 120 program feature company experts discussing safety topics as workers engage in related work activities.
SRR frequently implements new safety-focused technologies and programs, and this campaign is a fresh way to remind employees of the safety advancements.
In the first video, SRR Industrial Hygienist Sally Starling discusses a heart rate monitoring technology SRR uses to help determine if workers experience heat strain. This technology provides data to industrial hygienists and monitoring that allows intervention before a worker sustains a heat-related illness.
SRR has monitored nearly 200 activities since April 2017 and has asked some workers to slow down or pause work to allow their heart rates to recover.
Moving forward, SRR Environmental, Safety, and Health Programs Manager Kevin Smith plans more videos on topics such as electrical safety, chemical vapor awareness, and environmental issues.
“We believe videos shot in our own facilities, featuring our own employees, have the potential to have greater impact on the audience than a few paragraphs or a well-done PowerPoint presentation," Smith said. “By keeping the videos brief, concise, yet informative, we hope to capture the attention of the workforce more effectively than traditional communication methods."
Source: U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Environmental Management
