Slips, trips, and falls are consistently rank as one of the top 2 causes of injuries and deaths on the job. Our contributor, Zachary O’Dell from SafetyLine asks, “Have you taken these 6 precautions to avoid injuries in your own workplace?”
Slip, trip, and fall injuries are one of the most common causes of workplace injuries and death. The falls from slips and trips can lead to disabling injuries, traumatic brain injuries, surgeries, and countless hours in rehab. These types of injuries are painful and costly and can put stress on your relationships, lead to depression, anxiety, and in some cases post-traumatic stress disorder, or PSTD.
When someone is choking with a completely blocked airway, no oxygen can enter the lungs. The brain is extremely sensitive to a lack of oxygen and begins to die within four to six minutes. Irreversible brain death occurs in as little as 10 minutes.
A 27-year-old male employee was fatally injured when he was crushed between the railing of a scissor lift and a mezzanine outer support beam while installing insulation on duct work.
Use this chart as a reference to help you identify common struck-by/caught-between hazards and ways to protect your workers against them and in some cases, eliminate the hazard altogether.
The prevention of struck-by and caught-between related hazards and injuries is a primary focus of OHS/OSHA inspectors. Here’s how you can help your organization protect workers and keep them safe on the job.
Struck-by incidents contributed to almost 1,000 construction worker fatalities in the last 5 years according to a new report from the Center for Construction Research and Training.
Caught-in and caught-between hazards account for:
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In this effective and motivational program, your employees will learn how the body functions, risk factors associated with overexertion type injuries, and preventive measures they can utilize to reduce their exposure and prevent injuries. The program teaches the impact their posture can have on their body and the cumulative affect of improper lifting techniques. The visual graphics and comprehensive information will educate and motivate your employees to make the proper decisions and lifestyle adjustments to ensure their health and safety.
(14 Minutes)
This video outlines the legal definition of sexual harassment and provides employees with information regarding the recognition and reporting of sexual harassment.
(16 Minutes)
This new, engaging and fast-paced program will motivate your employees to recognize and respect the common causes of slips, trips and falls, and teach them procedures and techniques to prevent them from occurring and causing injury.
(11 Minutes)
This video addresses how to recognize ergonomic problems and the potential adverse effects. It introduces some practical solutions employees can use to help deal with ergonomic problems in the office.
(13 Minutes)
Designed to promote awareness in preventing slips and falls. Covers potential hazards, importance of proper maintenance and cleaning procedures, and many other aspects of slips and falls prevention. Focus is on engineering, education, and enforcement.
(10 minutes)
This program allows you to train in any language or country with equal results. Viewers are shown both the correct and incorrect ways to perform common tasks. Then, the clips are played back and viewers are asked to fill in a symbol-coded worksheet denoting which procedure they think is correct.
(14 minutes)
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