WTTC Visitor Safety Policy
WTTC Visitor Safety Policy
WTTC Visitor Safety Policy
Welcome. The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center and the Wind Technology Testing Center (WTTC) is committed to making your visit a safe and healthy one for you and others in the workplace. It is for that reason that we require that all visitors to the WTTC abide by the following safety rules while they're here. 1. General information. All visitors (including clients, federal and state government officials, independent contractor and vendors) to the WTTC shall enter at its main entrance, which is the small glass vestibule on the North-East corner. The main door is always locked and all visitors are requested to sign the visitors log. Visitors must leave through the same reception area in which they entered. All temporary passes must be returned to WTTC personnel. All visitors (excluding temporary permission provided to WTTC customer representatives) require WTTC personnel escorting them while on the lab floor area. Be aware that high pressure hydraulic pipes and hoses run throughout the lab floor. Clearly labeled E-STOPS for the hydraulic pumps are located throughout the lab floor, which are to be used only in case of emergency in order to stop the tests and/or shut off the hydraulic pumps. The WTTC provides ongoing daily confidential testing and related services to its clients, which a visitor may observe. As such, visitors must maintain the confidentiality of any information that they may receive or anything that they may observe during their visit to the WTTC. 2. Rules of Conduct. Hard Hats, safety glasses and gloves must be worn all the time when working on the floor. In addition, anyone who may be working on a blade and/or with composite materials is responsible to assess whether such work requires that he or she wear a respirator or other type of dust protection. WTTC tools cannot be used without prior approval from WTTC personnel. Do NOT take pictures without WTTC permission. All moving and lifting can only be done by certified WTTC personal.
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WTTC has a boom lift and hoist basket lift. All personal are required to use a harness to use and be in the lifts (fall prevention equipment), WTTC will provide and demonstrate the use of appropriate safety equipment. Only approved WTTC personal can operate lifts. All visitors certified/qualified to run this equipment need WTTC permission before operating any of the equipment in the lab area. Do not walk under or near any and all suspended loads. Do not walk in marked-off areas or under fatigue cycling blades. Please promptly alert WTTC personal know if you see anything unsafe or even uncomfortable. Follow all verbal instructions and signs. Do not talk to or distract workers operating machines, devices or equipment. Do not engage in any pranks, horseplay, contests, running or rough and boisterous conduct. Do not enter any restricted areas. Report all injuries or problems immediately, no matter how minor. 3. Emergency Situations. Fire exits are clearly marked throughout the building. In case of a fire please exit the building in a safe manner; all staff and visitors to congregate in the parking lot near the main entrance to make sure all people are accounted for. There is an eye wash station located mid-way on the north wall (near the fire exit) if hydraulic fluid or any other contaminate contacts a persons eye. 4. Noncompliance; No Liability. Visitors who fail to follow these policies will have their visiting privileges revoked and be asked to leave the WTTC. Visitors are responsible for their own individual safety and health, and each of the WTTC and the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center will not be responsible in any way for any type of injury that a visitor may suffer as a result of violating any of these rules.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
I hereby acknowledge that I have been given a copy of the Wind Technology Testing Center Visitors Safety Policy and that I have read such policy and fully understand my rights, obligations and liabilities as a visitor to the Wind Technology Testing Center. Printed Name: _____________________________________ Date: _____________________ Signature: ________________________________________
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