Date: June 2020
MCIT developed the Facility Management Loss Prevention Best Practices Guide to provide members information and recommendations to help recognize and reduce hazards common to facility maintenance departments and protect public entities from liability and loss.
The nature of the work and the equipment used can expose people and property to harm. Keeping people safe and property protected is a priority. Each topic within the guide describes the typical safety exposures surrounding equipment and work tasks for facility maintenance departments. Best practices are then outlined to help educate employees and reduce those exposures.
Guide Addresses 2 General Areas
- Equipment and Processes: Each of these chapters describes hazards related to the topic and then offers guidelines or best practices to help recognize and reduce those hazards. The check list can be used as a targeted safety audit.
- Policies and Programs: Each of these chapters identifies policies and programs that should be in place as part of an overall safety program. The narratives outline the components that are required in the specific safety program, and the checkup can be used to determine quickly if all the components of the program are in place.
Quick Takes on Safety
Any of the topics in the Facility Management Loss Prevention Best Practices Guide can be used to initiate or augment regular safety talks or “Quick Takes on Safety.” A Quick Take is a short discussion on one safety topic that is often held at weekly staff meetings. These discussions help give priority to safety and bolster previous training. Many of the chapters already have pre-written Quick Take training scripts and employee handouts. See the Quick Takes on Safety page for more information and to download Quick Takes.
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Below are links to PDFs of the full Facility Management Loss Prevention Best Practices Guide and individual chapters from the guide. Click on the item you want to view or download the PDF.
- Download File "Facility Management Loss Prevention Best Practices Guide_06-2020"
- Download File "Chapter 1_Introduction_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 2_Abrasive Wheel Grinders_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 3_Aerial Lifts_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 4_Appliances_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 5_Asbestos_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 6_AWAIR_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 7_Bats and Pests_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 8_Blood Borne Pathogens_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 9_Boilers and Pressure Vessels_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 10_Compressed Air_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 11_Confined Spaces_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 12_Electrical_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 13_Emergency Action Plans_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 14_Employee Right to Know_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 15_Ergonomics_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 16_Exit Routes_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 17_Fall Protection_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 18_Fire Extinguishers_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 19_Fire Suppression Systems_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 20_First Aid CPR Training & Kits_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 21_Flammable Storage_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 22_Gas Cylinders_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 23_Grounds Keeping_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 24_Hearing Conservation_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 25_Hot Work_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 26_Housekeeping_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 27_Independent Contractors_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 28_Indoor Air Quality_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 29_Job Hazard Analysis_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 30_Ladders_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 31_Lock Out Tag Out_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 32_Lone Worker_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 33_Machine Guarding_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 34_Mold_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 35_Overhead Garage Doors_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 36_Personal Protective Equipment_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 37_Respirators_Facility Management Best Practices_2020"
- Download File "Chapter 38_Roofs_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 39_Security_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 40_Temperature Extremes_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 41_Winter Preparedness_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Chapter 42_Property & Injury Claims_Facility Management Best Practices"
- Download File "Appendix_Facility Management Best Practices"