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Picture This: Four Reasons Inspections are Important

Your safety depends on workplace inspections and the corrective actions that should be taking place. Workplace inspections are designed to uncover hazards, the obvious and not so obvious kind.

Picture This: Four Reasons Inspections are ImportantVicky Pickford2023-09-04T11:58:32+00:00

Focus On: Five Ways to Improve Your Safety Inspections

Conducting regular safety inspections is a key component of any workplace safety program. Unfortunately, safety inspection methods leave a lot to be desired at many workplaces. Although the specific details of the inspection process will vary from operation to operation, here are five strategies just about any employer can use to improve inspections.

Focus On: Five Ways to Improve Your Safety InspectionsVicky Pickford2019-04-01T00:00:00+00:00

By the Numbers: 6,098 Reasons to do Workplace Inspections

Need a reason to be regularly conducting workplace inspections? Here are 6,098 reasons why workplace inspections are important – that’s how many Canadian and U.S. workers died in 2017 from work-related injuries or illnesses.

By the Numbers: 6,098 Reasons to do Workplace InspectionsVicky Pickford2019-04-01T00:00:00+00:00

Focus On: Crane Safety

Working with cranes, either operating or working around them exposes workers to the hazards of lifted and moving loads and equipment, shock and electrocution hazards from overhead powerlines, and the falling or collapse of the crane itself. The good news is there are things you can do immediately and in the long-term to keep your workers safe and equipment in safe working condition.

Focus On: Crane SafetyVicky Pickford2019-04-01T00:00:00+00:00

Word Search – Machine and Equipment

Can you find all the words associated with heavy machinery and equipment?

Word Search – Machine and EquipmentVicky Pickford2019-03-26T00:00:00+00:00

Word Search – Health and Safety

Can you find all the words associated with health & safety management?

Word Search – Health and SafetyVicky Pickford2019-03-23T00:00:00+00:00

Word Search – Fire Safety 2

Can you find all the words associated with fire safety?

Word Search – Fire Safety 2Vicky Pickford2019-03-21T00:00:00+00:00

Word Search – First Aid

Can you find all the words associated with first aid?

Word Search – First AidVicky Pickford2019-03-21T00:00:00+00:00

Word Search – Human Resources

Can you find all the words associated with human resources?

Word Search – Human ResourcesVicky Pickford2019-03-21T00:00:00+00:00

Word Search – Workplace Safety

Can you find all the words associated with general safety?

Word Search – Workplace SafetyVicky Pickford2019-03-21T00:00:00+00:00

Word Search – Chemical Safety

Can you find all the words associated with chemical safety?

Word Search – Chemical SafetyVicky Pickford2019-03-21T00:00:00+00:00

Word Search – PPE

Can you find all the words associated with PPE?

Word Search – PPEVicky Pickford2019-03-21T00:00:00+00:00

Word Search – Ergonomics

Can you find all the words associated with ergonomics injuries?

Word Search – ErgonomicsVicky Pickford2019-03-20T00:00:00+00:00

Word Search – Electrical Safety

Can you find all the words associated with electrical safety?

Word Search – Electrical SafetyVicky Pickford2019-03-18T00:00:00+00:00

Word Search – Environmental Protection

Can you find all the words associated with environmental protection?

Word Search – Environmental ProtectionVicky Pickford2019-03-18T00:00:00+00:00

By the Numbers: Eye Injuries

Do you know how many workplace eye injuries could be prevented if eye protection had been worn? Read on to find out.

By the Numbers: Eye InjuriesVicky Pickford2019-02-28T00:00:00+00:00

Protect Your Eyes and Face

Safety eyewear and face shields can save you from injuries which can lead to blindness and facial disfigurement. Prompt treatment of eye and facial injuries reduces the risk of permanent damage.

Protect Your Eyes and FaceVicky Pickford2019-02-28T00:00:00+00:00

Workplan: How to Implement an Eye and Face PPE Program

The use of proper eye and face protection, such as safety glasses, goggles, face shields and helmets can prevent countless eye injuries. This Workplan focuses on implementing an Eye and Face PPE program but can easily be modified to include all PPE.

Workplan: How to Implement an Eye and Face PPE ProgramVicky Pickford2019-02-28T00:00:00+00:00

Picture This: Someone is About to Get Schooled with Sparks to the Eyes and Face

Using an angle grinder can be extremely dangerous for several reasons. If the wheel isn’t the right size or type, or is defective, it could break apart and become a dangerous projectile. One that can take off a finger, put out an eye, or do serious and sometimes fatal damage.

Picture This: Someone is About to Get Schooled with Sparks to the Eyes and FaceVicky Pickford2023-09-04T12:13:00+00:00

OSHA News Brief

11 Feb 2020 Last 30 Days February 10 - Region 4 - [...]

OSHA News BriefVicky Pickford2019-02-28T00:00:00+00:00

News You Can Use: OSHA Crane Operator Qualification

On November 9, 2018 OSHA published a Final Rule amending the requirements for crane and derrick operator training, certification, and employer evaluation (29 CFR 1926 Subpart CC). The evaluation and documentation requirements become effective on February 7, 2019. Here’s what you need to know.

News You Can Use: OSHA Crane Operator QualificationVicky Pickford2019-02-06T00:00:00+00:00

Workplan: First Aid Program Elements

A first aid program is required for most employers in the U.S. and Canada. The program should be based on the hazards, risks, and proximity to medical services of an individual site, however there are several elements that every program should include.

Workplan: First Aid Program ElementsVicky Pickford2019-01-31T00:00:00+00:00

Focus On: First Aid Training

Training your first aid attendants and first responders is a required part of every first aid program. But do you know what exactly should be covered or what training methods to use? Hazards are present at all worksites, from offices to mines. So too are the chances of injuries and illnesses. Sudden cardiac arrest, severe bleeding, shock, a near-drowning, or lack of oxygen during confined space work are all life-threatening emergencies. Without prompt and properly performed first aid a victim of any of these situations will very likely die or be permanently disabled while waiting for emergency services to arrive and begin care.

Focus On: First Aid TrainingVicky Pickford2019-01-31T00:00:00+00:00

Checklist: Focus Five – First Aid Program Checklist

The time to unearth potential problems in your current workplace first aid arrangements is right now—before a medical emergency does it for you. Although first aid requirements can vary - there are FIVE sets of documents to focus on when conducting an audit of your first aid program.

Checklist: Focus Five – First Aid Program ChecklistVicky Pickford2019-01-31T00:00:00+00:00

First Aid and Four Fatalities

Timely first aid saves lives. As these four fatal incidents show, accidents at work vary greatly in type, cause, and location. The common thread between them is the chance that first aid might have made a difference in how these workers’ stories ended.

First Aid and Four FatalitiesVicky Pickford2023-09-04T14:32:42+00:00