Vicky Pickford, Author at ICW

What are the 5 Key Elements of Pre-Job Briefings?

Identify hazards; ensure workers safety; protect equipment and public. Plan [...]

What are the 5 Key Elements of Pre-Job Briefings?Vicky Pickford2020-04-03T00:00:00+00:00

What are the Most Important Excavation and Trenching Safety Factors?

Inspection guideline; vibrations; training. Protective systems; pre-planning; soil types Protective [...]

What are the Most Important Excavation and Trenching Safety Factors?Vicky Pickford2020-04-03T00:00:00+00:00

What are the 3 Most Critical Elements of Emergency Equipment?

Emergency situations; readiness; training. Emergency equipment; power supply; maintenance. Emergency [...]

What are the 3 Most Critical Elements of Emergency Equipment?Vicky Pickford2020-04-03T00:00:00+00:00

Overhead Hazards
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Overhead Hazards

Automotive, Construction, English, Fatality Reports, Forestry, General Industry, Industry, Language, Manufacturing, Mining, Oil and Gas, Overhead Hazards, Topic, Type

Overhead Hazards

INCIDENT A comparison in real time between a Near-Miss/Close Call [...]

Overhead HazardsVicky Pickford2020-04-03T00:00:00+00:00

Distracted Worker

INCIDENT A worker at a shipyard was installing hatch covers [...]

Distracted WorkerVicky Pickford2020-04-03T00:00:00+00:00

Forklifts
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Forklifts

Construction, English, Fatality Reports, Forklifts, General Industry, Industry, Language, Manufacturing, Topic, Type, Wholesale & Retail Distribution

Forklifts

incident A Georgia farm was cited with safety violations after say a [...]

ForkliftsVicky Pickford2020-04-03T00:00:00+00:00

Lockout / Tagout Fatality File

PREAMBLE Employees servicing or maintaining machines or equipment may be [...]

Lockout / Tagout Fatality FileVicky Pickford2020-04-03T00:00:00+00:00

Food Service
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Food Service

English, Fatality Reports, Food Service, General Industry, Industry, Language, Manufacturing Food, Topic, Type

Food Service

INCIDENT An accidental mix of cleaners — acid and bleach [...]

Food ServiceVicky Pickford2020-04-03T00:00:00+00:00

Leadership

PREAMBLE The “employee experience,” as we’re currently branding it, covers [...]

LeadershipVicky Pickford2020-04-03T00:00:00+00:00

First Aid

INCIDENT A 44-year-old male police officer drowns while attempting to [...]

First AidVicky Pickford2020-04-03T00:00:00+00:00

Safety Training

INCIDENT Mélanie tells her story. My name is Mélanie, and [...]

Safety TrainingVicky Pickford2020-04-03T00:00:00+00:00

Fall Protection
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Fall Protection

Construction, English, Fall Protection, Fatality Reports, Forestry, Industry, Language, Mining, Topic, Type

Fall Protection

INCIDENT An Edmonton Alberta manufacturing company will pay a fine [...]

Fall ProtectionVicky Pickford2020-04-03T00:00:00+00:00

Fire Prevention Fatality File

INCIDENT Spencer Beach didn’t want to go to work. As [...]

Fire Prevention Fatality FileVicky Pickford2020-04-03T00:00:00+00:00

Hearing Loss

INCIDENT The Helena Police Department in Montana reached a $100,000 [...]

Hearing LossVicky Pickford2020-04-03T00:00:00+00:00

Noise
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Noise

Agriculture, Automotive, Construction, English, Fatality Reports, Forestry, Industry, Language, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Chemical, Manufacturing Food, Mining, Noise, Topic, Type

Noise

INCIDENT In 2008, Jeff Ammon, 55, began noticing a feeling [...]

NoiseVicky Pickford2020-04-03T00:00:00+00:00

Ladder Fatality from Fall
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Ladder Fatality from Fall

Agriculture, Automotive, Construction, English, Fatality Reports, Forestry, Industry, Ladders, Language, Oil and Gas, Topic, Type

Ladder Fatality from Fall

INCIDENT On Friday, Aug. 25, 2017, four gutter installation specialists arrived [...]

Ladder Fatality from FallVicky Pickford2020-04-03T00:00:00+00:00

Fire Extinguisher

INCIDENT Barney’s heart pounded when he opened the back room [...]

Fire ExtinguisherVicky Pickford2020-04-03T00:00:00+00:00

Hearing Conservation
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Hearing Conservation

Agriculture, Automotive, Construction, English, Fatality Reports, Forestry, Hearing Conservation, Industry, Language, Manufacturing, Mining, Topic, Type

Hearing Conservation

INCIDENT In 2008, Jeff Ammon, 55, began noticing a feeling [...]

Hearing ConservationVicky Pickford2020-04-03T00:00:00+00:00

Fatality File: New / Young Worker Safety

INCIDENT The incident happened at an agricultural cooperative (co-op). The [...]

Fatality File: New / Young Worker SafetyVicky Pickford2020-04-03T00:00:00+00:00

Fatigue

INCIDENT Air Force Reserve Command’s top three safety emphasis items [...]

FatigueVicky Pickford2020-04-03T00:00:00+00:00

Health and Wellness

INCIDENT Heart attacks can be covered by workers’ compensation insurance [...]

Health and WellnessVicky Pickford2020-04-03T00:00:00+00:00

Needlesticks and Sharps Fatality File

INCIDENT Lisa Black contracted HIV and hepatitis C when she [...]

Needlesticks and Sharps Fatality FileVicky Pickford2020-04-03T00:00:00+00:00

Hazcom

INCIDENT Global Manufacturing reports that Apple is eliminating use of [...]

HazcomVicky Pickford2020-04-03T00:00:00+00:00

Near Miss

INCIDENT An event or incident in a Near-Miss lethal accident [...]

Near MissVicky Pickford2020-04-03T00:00:00+00:00

Infection Control Fatality File

PREAMBLE Pathogens Infection is caused by pathogens ('bugs') such as [...]

Infection Control Fatality FileVicky Pickford2020-04-03T00:00:00+00:00

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