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Use Your Head When It Comes to Your Feet

Your feet and toes may be at the opposite end from your head, but you still need to use your brain when it comes to which type of shoes you wear in the winter. 

Use Your Head When It Comes to Your Feet2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

When to Use a Fire Extinguisher: 3 P’s Before You PASS

In a heroic attempt to extinguish an apartment fire, two men working in a residential building found extinguishers in a hallway and raced to the unit. Although they had just rescued a tenant from the same unit, they were both overcome by thick smoke and died of cardiac arrest.

When to Use a Fire Extinguisher: 3 P’s Before You PASS2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Working Safely is no Mean Feet

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.

Working Safely is no Mean Feet2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Stop, Look and Move Out of the Line of Fire

We often hear about people being “in the wrong place at the wrong time.” While this saying often refers to people who have been victims of crime, it certainly applies to workers as well.

Stop, Look and Move Out of the Line of Fire2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Are you Prepared for a Medical Emergency?

According to a recent report released by the CDC, nearly 1 in 5 Americans make a trip to the emergency room each year. And Canadians are among the most frequent users of emergency departments in the world, with an average of 17 million visits a year.

Are you Prepared for a Medical Emergency?2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Don’t Slip Up

A moment of distraction is all it took for Terrence’s foot to catch at the walkway’s edge, causing him to stumble. He recovered his balance but it was a close thing!

Don’t Slip Up2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Air Under Pressure is Hazardous

Tools using compressed air can be worth their weight in gold. Handled properly, they save a lot of sweating, grunting and possibly swearing.

Air Under Pressure is Hazardous2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Driving in the Dark

Most motor vehicle fatalities happen after dark, even though we drive less at night than in the daytime.

Driving in the Dark2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

10 Basic Safety Rules

Workplace safety can be a complex issue, but learning and adhering to a few safety basics can go a long way toward keeping employees safe on the job. Many workplace injuries and fatalities are directly related to either not knowing how to do something and attempting it anyway or committing unsafe acts through inattention or for other reasons.

10 Basic Safety Rules2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Stay Alert to Stay Alive

Struck-by and caught-between hazards account for over 1,500 workplace deaths a year and are present in almost every industry sector.

Stay Alert to Stay Alive2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Don’t Let Unsafe Conditions and Acts Trip You Up!

Read this Safety talk and learn how to avoid unsafe conditions which are a leading source of workplace accidents, with over 200,000 reported every year. 

Don’t Let Unsafe Conditions and Acts Trip You Up!2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Six Facts on Oxygen

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Six Facts on Oxygen2018-01-26T00:00:00+00:00

Companies Cited For Guardrail Violations

In safety, what you don’t have can be equally as [...]

Companies Cited For Guardrail Violations2018-01-26T00:00:00+00:00

Teaching Workers to Conduct Better Fire Safety Inspections

Safety Management Tools – Inspections Teaching Workers to Conduct Better [...]

Teaching Workers to Conduct Better Fire Safety Inspections2018-01-25T00:00:00+00:00

Five Facts on Falls

Odds of winning the lottery 1 in 135,145,920 (multi-state, mega-millions [...]

Five Facts on Falls2018-01-24T00:00:00+00:00

Workplace Emergency Preparedness Checklist

This emergency preparedness checklist can help you ready your workplace [...]

Workplace Emergency Preparedness Checklist2018-01-23T00:00:00+00:00

Workplace Violence Checklist

Violence, including murder and assault, happens in just about any [...]

Workplace Violence Checklist2018-01-23T00:00:00+00:00

Six Facts on Accidents and Injuries

Odds of winning the lottery: 1 in 135,145,920 (multi-state, mega-millions [...]

Six Facts on Accidents and Injuries2018-01-19T00:00:00+00:00

Safety Puzzle – Ergonomics

A basic understanding of ergonomics can help you work more comfortably and safely. Do you understand these ergonomics terms?

Safety Puzzle – Ergonomics2018-01-18T00:00:00+00:00

Safety Puzzle – Ergonomics 2

Ergonomics is all about a good fit between you and your job. The correct answers to these clues are a good fit for these crossword spaces.

Safety Puzzle – Ergonomics 22018-01-18T00:00:00+00:00

Oil Drum Blows Up

A steel drum containing lubricating oil exploded while a worker was heating it with a propane torch. The explosion occurred in cold winter weather in a temporary logging camp. The victim was preparing to replace

Oil Drum Blows Up2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00
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