PULSE Training Module 3

Underground Locating Safety Procedures

In addition to providing information on safety equipment and safety procedures, this module encourages underground locators to take the necessary precautions to prevent accidents and injuries on the job. (Note: The number of pages and slides indicated below are approximate.)

The following topics are presented in this module:

  • Vehicle safety
  • Job site safety
  • Personal protective equipment
  • Hardhat safety
  • Tool safety
  • Back injury prevention
  • Animal bites
  • Snake bites
  • Emergency medical service
  • How the One-Call system works
  • Confined spaces
  • Hazards in manholes
  • Suffocating, toxic, and combustible gases
  • Gas detectors
  • Four basic steps to manhole safety
  • Setting up safely around manholes
  • Testing atmospheres in manholes
  • Purging manholes
  • Entering manholes safely and ventilating

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Training Module 3 Materials

Subject Matter Areas

Length

Reading Materials Guide Product Sample

This guide is the same for both learners and facilitators.
  • General Safety
  • The One-Call System
  • Manhole Safety

65 pages

Classroom Activities Guide Product Sample

The module includes both learner and facilitator versions of this guide.
  • General Safety
  • The One-Call System
  • Manhole Safety

40 pages

Field Activities Guide Product Sample

This guide is the same for both learners and facilitators.
  • General Safety
  • Manhole Safety

5 pages

Progress Evaluations Product Sample

The module includes both learner and facilitator versions of this booklet.
  • General Safety
  • The One-Call System
  • Manhole Safety

60 Items

Slide Presentations Guide Product Sample

Only facilitators use these materials.
  • General Safety
  • The One-Call System
  • Manhole Safety

60 slides

Optional Materials

Subject Matter Areas

Length

Slide Presentations CD-ROM Product Sample

Only facilitators use these materials.
  • General Safety
  • The One-Call System
  • Manhole Safety

60 slides

DVD: National Safety Council's Defensive Driving Course

Includes 64-page participant guide

Defensive Driving

54 minutes

Video: Preventing Injury Incidents on the Jobsite

Includes video companion

Jobsite Safety

11 minutes

DVD: Hapless Hal and the Temple of Doom

Includes DVD companion

Alcohol and Drug Abuse on the Job

5 minutes

DVD: Back to Basics

Includes DVD companion

Back Injury Prevention

5 minutes

DVD: Get the Dirt - Dig Safely

Includes DVD companion

The One-Call System

9 minutes

Hazards! Product Sample

Game for learning manhole safety procedures

Manhole Safety

60 minutes

Tic-Tac-D'oh! Product Sample

Game for learning defensive driving techniques

Defensive Driving

30 minutes