A bomb threat or bomb scare is a threat, usually verbal or written, to detonate an explosive or incendiary device to cause property damage, death, injuries, and/or incite fear, whether or not such a device actually exists.

If it appears to be a suspicious item, follow these procedures:

• Remain calm.
• Do NOT touch, tamper with, or move the package, bag, or item.
• Notify authorities immediately:
• Follow instructions.
• If no guidance is provided and you feel you are in immediate danger, calmly evacuate the area.
• Be aware.

Do’s and Don’ts in the event of a bomb threat should constitute a major point of focus in all awareness programmes. Always keep an eye out for suspicious objects. Notice your surrounding for anything out of place. Evacuate everyone immediately to a safe distance.

Determination of Threat Level: The Subject stays on the line longer and states a motive for the bomb. High Level – The Subject is very detailed and describes the type, power, location or time of detonation. The Subject stays on the line longer or makes multiple calls.

The main danger from a dirty bomb is from the explosion, which can cause serious injuries and property damage. The radioactive materials used in a dirty bomb would probably not create enough radiation exposure to cause immediate serious illness, except to those people who are very close to the blast site.

Four Types of Evacuations

• Stay in Place. The first type of evacuation is known as stay in place and is used during a chemical or biological attack.
• Building Evacuation. The second type of evacuation is a building evacuation.
• Campus Evacuation. The third type of evacuation is a campus evacuation.
• City Evacuation.

• Prepare to evacuate.
• Get your workplace ready to be left unattended.
• For fire, close the doors as you go – do not lock them.
• Assist any person in immediate danger.
• Leave the building via the nearest safe route.
• Obey all directions from wardens.

In care premises, evacuations fall into three categories:

• Single-stage: If all residents are deemed independent of help, all residents can evacuate immediately with minimal assistance.
• Progressive horizontal: Occasions when most residents are dependent on staff assistance for a successful evacuation.

Which of the following is a way to protect yourself when working around excavations? Slope or bench the sides of the excavation and support the sides of the excavation.

2. HAZARD: Being caught between a vehicle and an object. Workers can be hit by a swinging structure, like a crane, or be caught between other moving vehicles, like forklifts, and solid objects.

Major hazards: When machines or power tools are not properly guarded, workers can get their clothing or parts of their body caught in the machines. Workers can be trapped and crushed under heavy equipment that tips, especially if they are thrown from the equipment.

Power Tool Safety Tips from OSHA

1. Never carry a tool by the cord or hose.
2. Never yank the cord or the hose to disconnect it from the receptacle.
3. Keep cords and hoses away from heat, oil, and sharp edges.
4. Disconnect tools when not using them, before servicing and cleaning them, and when changing accessories such as blades, bits, and cutters.

Hand tool precautions including the following: Employers shall caution employees that saw blades, knives or other tools be directed away from aisle areas and other employees working in close proximity. Floors shall be kept as clean and dry as possible to prevent accidental slips with or around dangerous hand tools; and.

According to OSHA, requirements employers must do to protect workers from caught-in or -between hazards include, but are not limited to, the following: Provide guards on power tools and other equipment with moving parts.

Caught-in or –Between hazards cause crushing injuries when a person is squeezed, caught, crushed, pinched, or compressed between two or more objects. This may include: Being crushed in equipment • Being crushed between mashing objects or a moving and stationary object • Being crushed between two or more moving objects.

Safe Working Environment: An employer must provide a reasonably safe working environment for his/her employees and according to Common law, the employer is delictually liable for any damages and injuries of an on-site or work-related accident.