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1 Workplace Description and work performed: Pine Falls pool is a public outdoor swimming facility which is comprised of a 4-10ft deep 25m swimming pool and a separately fenced wading pool for young children. There is one main building which includes a male and female dressing room with benches, hooks, communal shower, and separate bathroom stalls. There is one entrance from the pool deck and an emergency exit door in each. Between the 2 change rooms there is a lobby area and a glass enclosed office space where patrons pay staff and staff can take breaks and lunches. The pool deck is concrete with a narrow (4ft strip) of grass on the exterior side of the pool deck and behind the diving board. There are 2 lifeguard chairs, one on each side positioned in the middle of the pool length. There are 2 wooden benches at the shallow end with a 15ft-by-15ft grass area behind them for patrons. On the end of the building next to the female change room there is an enclosed pump room with steel doors that remain locked and always closed. Inside the pump room there is a large 4.5ft tall open vat on the right-hand side when entering, where the liquid chlorine is added into circulating water along with pipes leading from the vat to the wall behind it and down to the floor. This newly chlorinated water enters the pipes that run under the pool deck and enter the swimming pool. There are also pipes which bring water from the pool into the vat to be filtered and sent back to the swimming pool. There is one small window on the left side wall approximately 14” by 16” in size that always remains closed. There is an emergency shut off switch to the pump to the left of the door as well as a fire extinguisher. Jugs of liquid chlorine are stored in the pump room along the left side of the

2 back wall, as well as a 25ft hose used to vacuum the pool and the vacuum head and pole which is approximately 12ft long. Additionally, lane ropes and buoys are stored in the pump room, a mop and bucket, brooms, and other cleaning supplies such as floor soap and disinfectants. Pine falls pool staff consist of one swimming instructor and four to six lifeguards. Swimming instructors are responsible for teaching swimming lessons starting at 6:00 AM until noon Monday through Friday as well as adult lessons from 8:00 PM till 9:00 PM. Lifeguards work 1pm to 9pm 7 days a week, in pairs of 2, and are responsible to ensure patrons safety inside and outside the pool, to administer first aid and interact with patrons, provide information and education about hours, costs, programs being offered, lessons etc. They also complete membership applications and receive patron payment, clean change rooms, showers, and bathrooms which includes sweeping and washing all floors, disinfecting showers, toilets, and sinks. They ensure the pool deck is hazard free and pool rules are followed by all patrons. Lifeguards are also responsible to test pool water daily for ph. levels, chlorine levels and adjust the amount of chlorine entering the pool multiple times a day, occasionally pouring liquid chlorine from large jugs directly into the pool to shock cloudy water. Additionally, they must use the provided 12ft nets to clean the pool water multiple times a day, clean all pool skimmers daily, removing any dead reptiles or small animals that are in them. Every Sunday morning one staff is responsible to start work at 9 am and ensure chemical supplies are adequate, submit requests for cleaning supplies and chlorine, flush the pump system, hook up the 25ft hose to the pool vacuum system and head and clean the concrete pool bottom and walls of any algae.

3 This hazard report will be limited to hazards found in the Pine Falls Pool pump room. Hazard #1 The first hazard identified is an ergonomic hazard and involves the requirement of staff to lift heavy jugs of liquid chlorine on a regular basis (Foster & Barnetson, 2016). The jugs weigh approximately 40lbs each and staff are expected to lift them approximately 5 ft high to pour the liquid chlorine into the open pump system’s vat or carry them to the poolside and pour it directly into the pool. The process of heavy lifting every shift creates a possible risk of injury like back and shoulder injuries such as strains, sprains, muscle or tendon and ligament tears (CCOHS, 2023-01). These injuries may not generally be considered significant, but they can have long lasting effects for the worker (CCOHS, 2023-01). With staff performing heavy lifting tasks daily, it makes it possible that injury will occur (Foster & Barnetson, 2016). To address the above hazard, a substitution control should be implemented, with a different form of chlorine sourced such as chlorine pucks, which would eliminate the need to lift any jugs (CCOHS, 2023-01; Foster & Barnetson, 2016). The implementation of substitution control is the most effective at removing the lifting hazard as the pucks are small, light weight and easily handled by a single staff person (CCOHS, 2023-01; Foster & Barnetson, 2016). If an appropriate product could not be found, an engineering control should be applied in the form of installing mechanical lifting equipment that would potentially eliminate the need for staff to lift the jugs 4.5ft high (CCOHS, 2023-01; Foster & Barnetson, 2016). In the immediate, an administrative control should also be implemented in the form of lift training and having two

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