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IMANA CASE STUDY #2 Active Minerals Stays Clear of a Rail Hazard by Using a Brake Stick As part of a safety audit, an Active Minerals Safety Specialist identified a potential hazard involving the setting of rail car brakes. To manually access the brake wheel, employees were required to climb a ladder on the side of the rail car, step around with the outside foot to a rung above the rear car wheel, and then turn the brake wheel. This technique put the employee in an awkward position and increased the likelihood of an overexertion or slip. To abate this hazard, “brake sticks” were purchased in order to enable brake wheel access from the ground. Active Minerals now requires the use of brake sticks at all facilities. The brake sticks were purchased through: http://www.omnigroupcorp.com/brochure1.pdf

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IMA-­‐NA  CASE  STUDY  #2  Active  Minerals  Stays  Clear  of  a  Rail  Hazard  by  Using  a  Brake  Stick  

 • As  part  of  a  safety  audit,  an  Active  Minerals  Safety  Specialist  identified  a  

potential  hazard  involving  the  setting  of  rail  car  brakes.    

• To  manually  access  the  brake  wheel,  employees  were  required  to  climb  a  ladder  on  the  side  of  the  rail  car,  step  around  with  the  outside  foot  to  a  rung  above  the  rear  car  wheel,  and  then  turn  the  brake  wheel.    

• This  technique  put  the  employee  in  an  awkward  position  and  increased  the  likelihood  of  an  overexertion  or  slip.      

• To  abate  this  hazard,  “brake  sticks”  were  purchased  in  order  to  enable  brake  wheel  access  from  the  ground.    

• Active  Minerals  now  requires  the  use  of  brake  sticks  at  all  facilities.    

• The  brake  sticks  were  purchased  through:  http://www.omnigroupcorp.com/brochure1.pdf