The first few minutes are important for the survival of any accident victim. If you can provide prompt and proper first aid while waiting for medical assistance to arrive, you greatly increase your co-worker's chance for a complete recovery.
Workers in health care, warehousing, transportation, manufacturing, retail and many other industry sectors have to lift and move people and materials as part of their jobs.
Let's look first at the problem of stored materials. Materials are piled in the yard, in the truck or at various places on the jobsite.
Falls through floor openings cause many deaths and serious injuries. These incidents also cause terrible feelings of guilt because typically, one worker fails to securely cover a floor opening and another worker falls through it to his death.
The hardhat is an essential piece of safety gear no construction worker should be without. Not all hardhats are made equal, however. Some provide only minor protection, while others are designed to protect workers from falling objects and electric shocks as high as 20,000 volts.
Portable electric-powered tools can be indispensable. They can also be deadly. Each year, thousands of construction workers are injured using these otherwise handy tools.
Boxes and cartons The best way to carry boxes and cartons is to grip them at opposite top and bottom corners. Carry sacked materials the same way, and against your waist if possible. Don't strain
Too much noise can cause permanent hearing loss. It develops gradually and without pain, but noise-induced hearing loss cannot be reversed.
When you weld, cut or grind, the potential for accidents is significant. Eyes and skin can be burned, hearing can be damaged and an electric shock can kill you.
They carry you through heat or cold, wet and slippery conditions. Your feet are also at risk from falling construction materials and equipment. No wonder wearing approved steel-toed boots can be required on the job.
Grinding wheels operate at very high speeds and can present health and safety hazards.
It is important to be aware of the particular hazards of any stretch of road. However, the most critical mile is always the mile right in front of you. That is the mile which needs
Reverse can be more dangerous than forward. Backing up causes many damaging collisions as well as fatal accidents, particularly ones involving pedestrians. Think ahead and try to avoid many backing-up situations. Before you park, enter
Keep control of your emotions when you drive. Take a few deep breaths, check your speedometer and slow down mentally and physically if necessary. Allow enough time to get to your destination, taking into account
Tools using compressed air can be worth their weight in gold. Handled properly, they save a lot of sweating, grunting and possibly swearing.
Employees often work shifts that consist of many more consecutive hours or days than the average worker in this country. Additionally, people working the night shift are often faced with hazardous work that is deliberately
The forklift is an efficient tool. However, sometimes things go terribly wrong.
Serious stairway accidents occur most often when people are walking down stairs. Every year, new incidents result for the same old reasons: slippery surfaces losing balance because items being carried block vision handrail not used
All drivers need to watch out for small vehicles on the road – the compact car hiding in the truck driver's blind spot, the bicycle courier passing on the right side at an intersection and the oncoming motorcycle.
When your feet hurt, everything hurts. Ask anyone finishing a long shift in bad shoes.
Life can be rough. Traffic crashes, violent encounters, and falls are only a few of the things that can happen suddenly and without warning. Even commuting to and from work can be a dangerous undertaking.
When fuel is burned, carbon monoxide is a byproduct. This gas kills thousands of people at work and at home each year.
We're all grownups around here, right? Everyone has a job to do and every job is taken seriously.
Every workplace is a little different, but one thing they all have in common is the need and desire to keep workers as safe and free from injury or illness as possible.
People who never touched a chainsaw before have been using these tools for disaster cleanup. So it's time for a safety talk on the hazards of these tools.
Since it's your first time, you may want to checkout some of the video tutorials.
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