• Personal protective equipment (i.e. rubber gloves, apron, eye protection, face mask and respirator)
• Lockout-tagout. This lifesaving device locks a circuit breaker so no one can switch it on while you’re working on the equipment pad or pool light
• Fire extinguisher
• Spill-containment kit. This comes in handy when you slop a bunch of acid or chlorine on the pool deck. It consists of a clean bucket and an absorbent sponge or other material to soak up the mess.
• Saline solution to wash chemicals out of your eye
• Caution tape and orange cones
• An inventory of all the chemicals in your cargo
• Safety Data Sheets
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For Managers, Here’s How to Keep Your Service Crew Safe on the Job
Your employees work with water, electricity and chemicals. Their job is dangerous. Here’s how to protect them from injuries … and yourself from lawsuits
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You got into a wreck. Now what?
Take quick action to protect yourself and others from chemical spills
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OSHA’s Ouches : A List of Trips, Slips and Shocks
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration maintains a detailed log of reported injuries. Here are six reports involving pools
