Workplace housekeeping has been an important part of job safety programs for many years. Whether you are working in a traditional factory or a 21st century work setting such as a wind energy tower, good housekeeping can be a life-saver.
What would you do if you encountered an emergency, either in the workplace or outside? Would you call for help? Would you know who to call and what to tell them?
In the US more than 15,000 people die each year from falls, placing falls second only to motor vehicle collisions as the leading cause of accidental death. In Canada, more than 1,800 people die as a result of falling each year. And across North America, tens of thousands of workers are injured in falls every year, with many of these incidents occurring from a height where fall protection measures should have been taken but weren’t.
The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) was created by the United Nations to help bring uniformity to hazardous materials labeling around the world.
Chocking and blocking are good practices which serve the purpose of keeping heavy loads and vehicles stationary. Any worker loading or unloading, hitching or unhitching, or performing maintenance on a vehicle should take care to chock and block to prevent unintended movement of equipment and/or cargo.
In this Safety Talk, we’ll look at some of the issues workers face as they age and what they can do to stay focused and accident-free.
Every day thousands of workers are exposed to sight altering and life altering eye injuries. Of those workers exposed, over 2,000 end up needing medical treatment each day because of a job-related eye injury.
Professional drivers see more than their share of motor vehicle accidents as they travel the highways of our country.
A job hazard analysis (JHA), sometimes called a job safety analysis (JSA), is a thorough work plan that is the cornerstone of any safety program.
It?s a great thing to be courageous and to have nerves of steel. There are many important tasks that would never get done if it weren?t for those who were brave enough and tough enough to tackle them. But there is a fine line between being brave and being dangerous.
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!
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